Improvements in Earth Plates for the Standards of Metallic Fencing.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Earth Plates for the Standards of Metallic
Fencing.
I, JOSEPH HENRY SMITH, of Brierley Hill Iron Works, Brierley Hill, in the
County of Stafford, Fencing Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of earth plates made as herein described for the standards
of metallic fencing (including wire fencing) the object of my invention being to
provide improved means for connecting the said earth plates vertically to the
standards without rivets or bolts. My invention is applicable to what are known
as "two-way earth plates and also to " four-way earth plates. I will first
describe my invention as applied to "two-way" earth plates which when connected
to the standard project from the two opposite sides of the same.
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A two-way earth plate constructed according to this invention consists of a plate
of steel or other suitable ductile metal or alloy having two or more elongated holes
or slits pierced in it and arranged vertically at short distances apart one below
the other at about midway between the extreme ends of the earth plate thus
forming three or more crossbars which by stamping in suitable dies or by other
means are bent into a looped form projecting from the two sides of the plate, one
or more of the said loops projecting from one side of the plate and one or more of
the said loops projecting from the other side of the same. These loops are raisel
to the proper shape and size to suit the particular section of standard with which
they are to be used such a standard for instance as T section or I section. The
said loops thus together form a vertical socket in the earth plate in which the
standard is inserted and fits so as to be connected thereto.
A four way" earth plate constructed according to this invention consists of
two separate earth plates each made with alternate looped cross bars and spaces
where they are connected to the standard the looped bars of one plate interlocking
into the spaces between the looped bars of the other plate and thus together
forming the vertical socket of the "four way" earth plate of the proper shape and
size to suit the particular standard with which the "four way earth plate is to
be used. The two plates are bent so that together they project from the sides of
the standard in four different ways.
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I may make a "two-way "earth plate of two plates close together side by
side and interlocking together as above described with reference to a "four-way
earth plate.
Dated this 26th day of February 1805
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Earth Plates for the Standards of Metallic
Fencing.
I, JOSEPH HENRY SMITH, of Brierley Hill Iron Works, Brierley Hill, in the
County of Stafford, Fencing Manufacturer, 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 consists of earth plates made as herein described for the standards
of metallic fencing (including wire fencing) the object of my invention being to
provide improved means for connecting the said earth plates vertically to the
standards without rivets or bolts. My invention is applicable more particularly to
what are known as
four way
earth plates but can also be applied to the
construction of "two way earth plates. I will first describe my invention as
applied to "four way" earth plates which when connected to the standard project
from the two opposite sides of the same in four different directions.
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On the accompanying drawings
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Fig. is an elevation of a "four way" earth plate constructed according to this
invention and applied to a girder-section standard; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same;
Fig. 3 shews one half of the "four way" earth plate separately;
Fig. 4 is an elevation of another "four way earth plate constructed according
to this invention and applied to a standard of T-section; and Fig. 5 is a plan of
the same; and
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Fig. 6 is a plan of a two-way earth plate made according to my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
A four way" earth plate constructed according to this invention consists of
two plates of steel or other suitable metal or alloy; one of these plates is
marked AA and the other plate B' B³. Both of these plates are bent cross-
wise about centrally so that the two portions or wings of the plate project
outwardly at an angle with each other as shewn in Figs. 2 and 5. The plate A³A²
is at the part corresponding with the standard C pierced with elongated holes a'
at certain distances apart leaving looped cross bars a between the holes a' these
cross bars thus connecting the two wings A'A' together. The other plate B'B'
is similarly pierced with holes of the proper size to admit the looped cross
bars a of the other plate A'A and thus forming the plate B¹ B with looped
cross bars of the proper size to enter the holes a' in the other plate A¹ A³.
The plate A'A' and the plate B' B2 are now placed together back to back as
shewn in Figs. 2 and 5 the looped cross bars a of the plate A' A² entering the
spaces between the looped bars 6 of the other plate B' B2 which last named
cross bars enter the spaces a' between the cross bars a. The cross bars of the
two plates thus together form the vertical socket of the "four way
"earth plate
of the proper size and shape to suit the particular standard C with which the
"four way
earth plate is used. By bending the plates as aforesaid they project
from the sides of the standard in four different ways as shewn in Figs. 2 and 5.
When the standard ( has been threaded through the loops of the two plates as
shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5 the plates are thereby secured together and to the
standard without any rivets having to be used.
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It will be evident that my invention can be similarly applied to "four way
earth plates for fencing standards of other sections than those shewn, the cross
bars of the two plates being bent so as together to form a socket of the proper
shape to suit the particular standard with which the tour way" earth plate is to
be used.

page_text: The plates are readily bent to the required form to suit the particular standard
with which they are used, by the plates being stamped in suitable dies as will
readily be understood.
I make "two way
"earth plates similarly as above described except that the
wings of the plates lie in about the same line instead of being bent up at right
angles to each other. This will be clear by an examination of Fig. 6 where it
will be seen that the wings A' A' lie in the same line and the wings B₁ B² lie in the
same line and the two plates lie close together side by side making each of the two
wings of double thickness, their cross bars interlocking as above described with
reference to "four way" earth plates.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. Making a "four way
earth plate for a fencing standard of two plates which
are each bent crosswise so as to form two wings making an angle and between the
wings each plate is formed with alternate cross bars and spaces said cross bars of
each plate being shaped to enter the spaces between and interlocking with the
cross bars of the other plate so that the cross bars of the two plates together form
the vertical socket in which the fencing standard fits, all substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
2. Making a "two way" earth plate for a fencing standard of two plates which
are each formed with alternate cross bars and spaces said cross bars of each plate
being shaped to enter the spaces between and interlocking with the cross bars of
the other plate so that the cross bars of the two plates together form the vertical
socket in which the fencing standard fits and the two plates lie together side by
side, all substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 6 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of November 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.