Improvements in or relating to Fencing.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Fencing.
I, EDWARD GRIFFITHS, of Weston-under-Lizard, Shifnal, Estate Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to fencing, and has for its object to provide means whereby
an ordinary open post and rail or hurdle fence, or any desired portion thereof, may
readily and economically be temporarily converted into a close fence of which the
height can be varied within reasonable limits according to requirements. The
invention will be found of especial advantage for dividing cattle yards, sheep folds
and other enclosures for live stock.
According to my invention I detachably connect vertical boards, flitches or
planks with the horizontal rails of an open post and rail or hurdle fence by means
of one or more hangers or hooks secured to each board, flitch or plank and adapted
to engage with the aforesaid horizontal rails. The said boards, flitches or planks
thus hung upon the horizontal rails of the fencing may either be placed in close
contact with each other or at some little distance apart according to requirements,
and the height of the fence may be adjusted by shifting the hangers or hooks from.
one horizontal rail to another. The invention is equally applicable to wire fencing.
In a fence to which my invention is applied, the horizontal rails, bars or wires
should preferably be equidistant.
Dated stay or may
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
Chartered Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
I, EDWARD GRIFFITHS, of Weston-under-Lizard, Shifnal, Estate Agent, 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 fencing and has for its object to provide means
whereby an ordinary open post and rail, wire, or hurdle fence, or any desired
portion thereof, may readily and economically be temporarily converted into a
close fence of which the height can be varied within reasonable limits according
to requirements. The invention will be found of especial advantage for dividing
cattle yards, sheep folds and other enclosures for live stock.

page_text: According to my invention, I detachably connect vertical boards, planks or
flitches with the horizontal rails or wires of an open post and rail, wire or hurdle
fence by means of one or more (preferably two) hangers or hooks secured to each
board, plank or flitch and adapted to engage with the aforesaid horizontal rails
or wires.The said boards, planks or Hitches thus hung upon the horizontal rails
or wires of the fencing may either be placed in close contact with each other or
at some little distance apart according to requirements, and the height of the
fence may be regulated by shifting the hangers or hooks from one horizontal rail
or wire to another. In a fence to which my invention is applied, the horizontal
rails, bars or wires would be preferably be equidistant.
In the accompanying drawings in which similar letters refer to like parts in
all the figures:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of fencing constructed and arranged according to my
invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections of Fig. 1 taken on lines 2-2 and 3--3
respectively.
Fig. 4 is a detail.
a and b indicate respectively the posts and horizontal rails of an ordinary open
fence.
c. c. are boards or planks, each having two hangers d bolted thereto,
whereby they are suspended vertically from the horizontal rails b. The open fence
can thus readily be converted into a close fence at will, and vice versa. The height
of the fencing can also be varied by shifting the hangers d from one row of rails b
to another as shewn in the drawing. Where each board or plank is suspended from
two hangers as shewn, the rails b should be equidistant so that both hangers may
engage with them when the height of the boards is altered as above described. In
some cases lengths or strips of corrugated or flat iron or concrete slabs or other
material may conveniently be substituted for the wooden planks c.
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. The combination with an open fence comprising horizontal rails, bars or
wires, of vertical boards, planks or metal strips, detachably connected with such
horizontal rails, bars or wires by hooks or hangers, substantially as described and
for the purpose set forth.
2. The improved fencing substantially as described and illustrated
annexed drawings.
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nnexed drawings.
Dated this 11th day of November 1897.
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
Chartered Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
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