IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON FENCING OF LA
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Scott Underhill, of Newport, in the
County of Salop, Ironfounder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON FENCING OF LAMINE
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Scott Underhill at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 80th August 1860, pursuant to the 9th Section of
the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
I, WILLIAM SCOTT UNDERHILL, of Newport, in the County of Salop, Iron-
founder, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON FENCING OR LATTICE," and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings here.
unto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in making a light, strong, and economical fence by
the employment of hoop iron for the horizontal stays, and attaching the
upright rods to the hoop iron in manner herein-after more particularly
illustrated. This will be more clearly understood. by a reference to the
accompanying Drawings of my Invention, in which Figure 1 represents an
elevation of a length of fencing made according to my improvements;
Figures 2 and 3, plan and elevation, full size, of a portion of the hoop-iron
stay or band employed to bind the upright rods or wires into a fence; Figure 4,

page_text: an elevation of a similar length of fencing constructed upon a plan somewhat
modified from that shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 3; Figures 5, 6, and 7, plan,
elevation, and section, full size, of the hoop-iron stay used in Figure 4;
and Figures 8 and 9 shew a portion of hoop-iron band cut or slotted once only
instead of in two places, as in the preceding Figures. (A), Figure 3, is a
length of hoop iron, slit through at (B, B,) in the direction of the length of the
band, which band, being bent the centre part inwards, and the upper and
lower parts outwards, as seen in (C, Figure 2,) eyes or loops are formed in
the band for the reception of the upright rods or wires; these being placed in
the loops, as seen in Figure 1, the tension of the hoop iron keeps them
in place, and I can thus form a light, strong, and economical fence for field,
park, or garden use. The modification illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7,
consists in corrugating the hoop-iron band in the direction of its length, and
providing for the loops by slitting the rib produced by the corrugation at
proper intervals for the reception of--the upright rods or wires; these being
inserted in manner already described, the manufacture of the fencing is
completed. This modification produces a more ornamental and also a some-
what stiffer fence, but is scarcely so available for the purposes of transport, as
the corrugated rib, to a certain extent, prevents the rolling up of the fencing.
(Figures 8 and 9) shew a simpler and stronger form of band, the hoop iron
being cut.through or slit once only' instead of in two places, as in the preceding
examples.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I claim the manufacture of iron fencing or lattice
by securing the several parts of the same together, in manner substantially as
herein described and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Scott Underhill, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One-thousand eight hundred and sixty.
WILLIAM SCOTT UNDERHILL. (L.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named William Scott Underhill, in the
presence of
HY. HEANE, Sol*.,
Newport, Salop..