Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Dec., 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Posts and in Securing them in the Ground.
I, RICHARD WRIGHT of High Lodge, Richmond, in the County of York, Farmer
and Race Horse Breeder, 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 has for its object to render wooden posts more durable and to fix 5
them securely. For these purposes I encase the lower end of wooden posts with sheet
lead or iron. I secure the lead or iron to the wood by metal bars placed outside and
parallel to the axis of the post the bars being held in place by nuts and bolts passing
through the posts or by bands around it. At the bottom of the hole to receive the post
I place a metal plate and secure it to the ground by pegs.
At the centre of the plate I provide a hole to receive the end of the post.
My invention is illustrated by drawings annexed.
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 is a vertical section showing the lower part
of a wooden post.
a is the post, the lower part only is shown. The part of the post which enters the
ground is encased in lead or iron as is seen at 6 b. The casing is held on by bars c c
and bolts dd; hoops e may also be employed. In the bottom of the post there is a
recess the purpose of which will be presently shown. The lower part of the post is
thoroughly painted before the casing b is put on. The casing extends into the recess f
so that the wood is everywhere protected from contact with the soil.
Figure 3 is a plan and Figure 4 is a side elevation of a metal plate or disc which is
placed at the bottom of the hole dug to receive the post. It has a central hole at g
into which the post fits and smaller holes h h around it to receive pins by which the
plate is held down.
Figure 5 is a side view and Figure 6 is an end view of one of the metal pins :
employed to secure the plate or disc.
Figure 7 is a side view and
Figure 8 is an end view of a metal point which is driven down through the central
hole g in the plate or disc shown by Figures 3 and 4. The metal point terminates at
the top in a pin which when the point is driven stands up within the hole g; it is to
receive this pin that the central recess f in the bottom of the post is provided.
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section showing the post set in its place.
The arrangement described is applicable to gate posts, posts for fencing, telegraph
posts, and many others where durability and solidity is required.

page_text: 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. A wooden post encased, as to the part below ground, in metal and inserted at its
lower end into a metal disc or plate in the hole dug to receive the post.
2. A post inserted at its lower end into a metal disc or plate in the hole dug to
receive the post, such disc or plate being held down by pins substantially as described.
3. My improvements in securing posts in the ground substantially as described.