Improvements in Wire Fencing.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Fencing.
1. SAMUEL HUGHES, of Brewood, Staffordshire, Inland Revenue Officer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the construction and erection of wire fencing, and
consists in an improved method of constructing and erecting the same.
I apply
my method. to any description of fencing wire. In carrying my invention into
effect I use a detachable hook-piece by which I secure the wire to the standard or
upright. I make the standard or upright of any suitable section, and I attach the
hook-piece to it by means of a slotted hole in the standard and suitable notches
in the hook-piece. When fixing the wire, I first insert the hook-piece in the
standard or upright and then attach the wire by passing it into the hook-piece
which I then close over the wire. This firmly secures the wire to the hook-piece,
and the strained wire locks the hook-piece in the standard or upright. I strain or
tighten the wire in the usual and ordinary manner.
Dated this Fourth dow of Anvil 1901
SAMUEL HUGHES.
Improvements in Wire Fencing.
I, SAMUEL HUGHES, of Brewood, in the County of Stafford, Inland Revenue
Officer, 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 to wire fencing such as is employed for enclosing fields
and meadows.
The object of my invention is to so construct and arrange detachable clip pieces
for securing the wires to the standards or uprights, that the fencing may be very
readily and cheaply erected.
In order that my invention and the method of carrying the same into effect
may be the more readily understood, I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to-
Figure 1 represents the fence as completely erected.
Figure 2 is a side elevation and Figure 3 a front elevation of a portion of a
standard or upright showing one form of my improved clip or hook piece for
securing the wires to the standards.
Figures 4 and 5 are similar views representing the hook piece when turned up
into position for securing the wire.
Figure 6 illustrates the hook piece when closed upon the wire.
Figures 7 and 8 illustrate a modified form of the clip or hook piece.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
Referring to the figures, I form the standards or uprights A from any suitable
material of convenient section, but preferably employ standards of wrought iron
angle bars. The lower end of each bar has feet or plates riveted or attached
thereto for the purpose of giving a secure hold in the ground. The standards are
placed at such distances apart as to afford sufficient stays or supports for the wire.
employ barbed or plain wire, or wire rope of any desired section in the

page_text: construction of the fencing, and attach or secure the same at the standards by
means of detachable hook pieces B, preferably formed fr. n wrought iron.
The method of securing the book pieces to the standards is illustrated in
Figures 2 to 5 (inclusive). The hook piece B is first inserted with its flat or broad
side horizontal, in a suitable slot punched or formed in the upright A as illustrated
in Figures 2 and 3. The hook piece B is then turned at right angles into the
position shown at Figures 4 and 5, and I preferably so form the nose or back
projection 6 (Figure 4) of the hook piece that when turned into position it shall
bind upon or grip the angle iron. The wire or wire rope is then placed in the
hook which is afterwards closed over to the position shown at Figure 6. The
modified form of clip or hook piece as illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 is secured in
like manner to the standard or upright.
I stretch or tighten the wires between the uprights or standards in the usual
manner, and when so tightened each of the hook pieces B will be locked or
secured in position by the gripping of the hook b', upon the strained wire.
For the purpose of stiffening or steadying the lower wires or wire ropes of the
fencing, I sometimes suspend or attach in the usual manner a short upright or
supporting piece between the wires, and thus prevent their being readily forced
apart between the uprights or standards.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form or design
of fencing, but modify the varying parts and the arrangement of the same in
erection to suit the requirements of varying services.
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 :-
1. The method of securing the wires or wire ropes of a fencing to supporting
uprights or standards, by means of clip or hook pieces, substantially as herein before
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of a clip or hook piece such as B having a nose or back
projection for securing and retaining it in position within a slot formed in an
upright or standard such as A, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a wire fencing, the combination of wires or wire ropes, with the clip
or hook pieces such as B attached or secured to uprights or standards such
as A, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 11th day of June 180.1
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buidings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.