Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 6th Sept.. 1887.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and, by the following statement:-
This invention relates more especially to the lighter classes of wire-fences such as
are employed for fencing henneries, lawns and the like and it consists in a novel
construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed,
the object being to produce a more desirable article of this character than is now in
ordinary use, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this
specification, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a piece of my improved wire fence.
Figure 2 an enlarged view of one of the double coils and,
Figure 3 an enlarged view of one of the single coils.
Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawings.
In the drawings, A represents the body-wires, B C the filling-wires, and D the
braces.
For convenience of reference the body-wires, A, are respectively marked from
1 to 5.
It will be observed that the lower portion of the fence is provided with double sets
of filling-wires, and the upper portion with single sets, this mode of construction
greatly increasing its strength and improving its appearance. It also effectually
prevents the passage of chickens and small animals through the fence.
It is constructed as follows; beginning at f, near the lower left-hand corner of the
piece illustrated in the drawings (see Figure 1) the end of the filling-wire B, is coiled
around the body-wire 1, and thence carried diagonally upward and coiled three times
around the body-wire 2 at t, from which point it is carried diagonally downward to k,
and coiled three times around the body-wire 1, and thence diagonally upward again

page_text: to v where it is coiled three times around the body-wire 2, and so on throughout the
piece.
The end of the filling-wire C, is coiled around the end of the body-wire 2 at and
is carried thence diagonally downward, crossing the wire B at 1 and coiled three
times around the body-wire 1 at b, from which point it is carried diagonally upward
to a, where it is coiled three times around the body-wire, 2, and thence passes
diagonally downward to r, where it is coiled three times around the body-wire 1,
from which point it passes diagonally upward to d, where it is coiled three times
around the body-wire 2, and so on throughout the piece.
The corresponding filling-wire C, between the body-wires 1 and 2 has its end coiled
around the end of the body-wire 3, as shown at y, and is carried thence diagonally
downward and coiled three times around the body-wire 2 at t, from which point
passes diagonally upward to h where it is coiled three times around the body-wire 3
thence diagonally downward to v, where it is coiled three times around the body-
wire 2, and so on throughout the piece.
The filling-wire between the body-wires 3 and 4, has its end coiled around the
end of the body-wire 4, and is carried thence diagonally downward to i where it
is coiled three times around the body-wire 3, thence diagonally upward to ; where
it is coiled three times around the body-wire 4, thence diagonally downwards to w
where it is coiled three times around the body-wire 3, and so on throughout the piece.
The filling-wire B, between the body-wires 4 and 5 has its end coiled around the
end of the body-wire 4, and is carried thence diagonally upward to 14, where it is
coiled three times around the body-wire 5 and brought diagonally downward to j
where it is coiled three times around the body-wire 4, being carried thence upward
to 15 where it is coiled three times around the body-wire 5 and so on throughout the
piece.
All of the coils formed by the filling-wires on the lower body-wire 1, are necessarily
single, there being no filling-wires below said body-wire.
The coil h, and every alternate coil on the body-wire, 3 formed by the filling-wire C
is single there being no filling wire B, between the wires 3 and 4.
All of the coils on the body-wire 2, are double, each coil inclining in a different
direction from its adjacent coils, for instance the coil a inclines to the right, and
the coils t, vat either side, to the left.
The coilt on the body-wire 2, is composed of the filling-wire B, between the
body-wires 1 and 2, and the filling-wire C, between the body-wire 2 and 3, every
alternate strand of said coil being formed from the filling-wire B and the other
strands from the wire C as best seen in Figure 2, this mode of construction being
substantially applicable to all of the double coils.
The double coils on the body-wire 3 are all inclined to the left, and those on the
body-wire 4, all to the right, and when more than five body-wires are employed this
order is maintained throughout above where the double filling-wires terminate, or, as
in the example given, above the body-wire 3.
By uniting the filling-wires in double coils on the body-wires the filling-wires
are prevented from slipping or kept in position on the body-wires each filling-wire
serving as a lock to its companion wire, and thereby greatly strengthening the fence.
The filling-wires are not formed into loops at the body-wires and the loops lapped
or twisted around the body-wires, as in some styles of wire fence, but pass entirely
around the body-wires in double or single coils, as the case may be.
Each of the braces D is composed of a piece of wire which is folded around
the body-wire 5 as shown at 20, and then twisted into a cable, being secured to the
other body-wires by the filling-wires, as shown at 17. It may, however be secured to
the body-wires by other means than the filling-wires if preferred.
The body-wires are composed of two strands, but may be made of a single wire, or
of a cable composed of two or more strands as desired. The braces may also be made
of a single wire, or of a cable composed of two or more strands.
It will be obvious that the body-wires constitute the rails of the fence, and the
braces the slats, and that they may severally.be placed at any desired distance apart.

page_text: The braces may also be elongated at the top to form pickets and at the bottom to
form stakes if desired, thereby enabling the fence to be erected without attaching it
to independent stakes or posts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First In a fence of the character described, a series of horizontally arranged body-
wires connected by filling-wires which are passed back and forth diagonally between
said body-wires and coiled at intervals entirely around certain of the body-wires in
double coils, substantially as shown and described.
Second In a fence of the character described, a series of horizontally arranged
body-wires provided at intervals with vertically arranged braces, and connected by
filling-wires which are passed back and forth diagonally between said body-wires, and
coiled at intervals entirely around certain of the body-wires in double coils, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
Third In a fence of the character described, two or more body-wires at the bottom
of the fence, each pair of said wires being connected by two sets of filling-wires, and
a top body-wire connected to one of said bottom body-wires by one set of filling-wires,
the filling-wires passing in double coils entirely around certain of said bottom body-
wires, substantially as shown and described.
Fourth-The improved wire fence herein described, the same consisting of the
horizontally arranged body-wires 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 provided with the vertically arranged
braces. D, the body-wires 1, 2 and 3 being connected by double sets of filling-wires B.
C, the body-wires 3 and 4 by filling wires C and the body-wires 4'and 5, by filling
wires B, said filling-wires being arranged diagonally and coiled in double coils entirely
around certain of said body-wires, substantially as shown and described.
Fifth In a fence of the character described, the double coils, t a, composed of the
filling-wires, B C, said coils being disposed on the body wire 2, and inclined in
opposite directions, in combination with the body-wires 1 and 3 to which said
filling-wires are attached and between which they cross each other, substantially as
shown and described.
Sixth In a fence of the character described, the body-wires 3, 4 and 5, the wires 3
and 4, being connected by the filling-wires C, and the wires 4 and 5, by the filling-
wires B, the coils of the wires C on the wire 3, inclining to the left, and on the wire 4,
to the right, and the coils of the wire B on the wire 5, inclining to the left and
on the wire 4 to the right, substantially as shown and described.
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11007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.