Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1896
Comp ete Specification Left, 5th May, 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
I, ALBERT DAVISON of Belvidere, County of Boone, Illinois, U.S.A., Watch-
maker and Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The fence post of this invention is constructed of rod metal preferable having
sides, say four sides, of concave form. A length of such a rod is bent in the
middle to form two branches and an eye. A third branch is placed between
the other two branches and all three branches are then twisted together until the
required length of post is obtained when the branches are cut off even and
separated in a radial direction and bent at the bottom ends for embedding in the
ground.
Dated this 10th day of duanet 1806
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, ALBERT DAVISON of Belvidere, County of Boone, Illinois, U.S.A., Watch-
maker and Jeweller, 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:-
The object of this invention is to construct a metallic (fence post which will be
equally rigid in all directions and which at the bottom end is formed with prongs
for engaging in the ground.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the metallic post of this invention.
Fig. 2 a transverse section of one of the strands on an enlarged scale.
The post is made of rod or bar metal of polygonal cross section and preferably
but not necessarily concave in form as shewn by way of example. A suitable rod
or bar length is bent at its centre so as to form two branches 1, 2, and an eye 3.
A third branch 4 is located between the two branches 1, 2, and all three branches
twisted together and cut off even to give the desired length of post. The branches
are then separated at their lower ends 5 in a radial direction and bent to a semi-eye
form extending in the direction of the length of the post and sharpened. In
placing the post in position, a hole is made in the ground large enough to receive
the whole of the lower ends. The sharpened ends are then driven into the hard
earth at the bottom of the hole, earth is packed around and stones placed over the
upper part of the separated branches and also earth filled in around the post. By
this means the post is firmly anchored in an upright position.

page_text: Before the branches are twisted together they are each separately twisted to
"give them additional strength.
I find that a rod three fourths of an inch square with three twists or turns
per foot, and a series of these twisted rods twisted together in the same direction
two turns per foot, makes a stronger and better post than one twisted the same way
-out of untwisted rods. The number of twists and the size of the rods may of
course be varied.
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 :-
A metallic fence post cousisting of a series of rods of polygonal cross section
each separately twisted and all twisted together in the same direction substantially
as described and shewn.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.