Improvements in Means for Securing Wires Together or to Posts or Rods.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing Wires Together or to Posts or
Rods.
I, THOMAS TOMKINS GALLIERS, of Wistaston, near Weobley, in the County of
Hereford, Hop Grower, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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My invention relates to the securing of wires together or to posts or rods and is
more particularly designed for fastening to the tops of galvanized iron posts the
horizontal wires to which the wires or strings used for training hops is or are
secured or for fastening the wires together or to rods for connecting such wires.
For this purpose I employ a screw in which is a notch or recess adapted to receive
the wire or wires which is or are then tightly secured by screwing a nut over the
notched end of the screw, a washer being advantageously interposed between the
underside of the nut and the wire or wires. When securing wires to posts or rods
the screws are fixed to or formed on the ends of the posts or rods.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Means for Securing Wires Together or to Posts or
Rods.
I, THOMAS TOMkins Galliers, of Wistaston, near Weobley, in the County
of Hereford, Hop Grower, 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 :-
My invention relates to the securing of wires together, or to posts or rods,
and is more particularly designed for fastening to the tops of galvanized iron
posts the horizontal wires to which the wires or strings used for training hops
are secured or for fastening the wires together or to rods for connecting such wires.
For this purpose I employ a screw in which is a notch or recess adapted to receive
the wire or wires which is or are then tightly secured by screwing a nut over the
notched end of the screw, a washer being advantageously interposed between the
underside of the nut and the wire or wires. When securing wires to posts or rods
the screws are fixed to or formed on the ends of the posts or rods.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating my invention as applied for securing a wire
to the top of an iron post or rod :
Figure 2 is a vertical section taken at a right angle to Figure 1; and,
Figure 3 is a plan of the same :
Figure 4 is a sectional elevation shewing my invention as applied for securing
two cross wires to the top of a wooden post:
Figure 5 is a plan of the same:
Figure 6 is a section shewing my invention as applied for securing cross wires
tomatha

page_text: Figure 7 is a plan of the same; and,
Figure 8 is a plan shewing how the ends of wires can be fastened together by my
invention; and,
Figure 9 is a perspective view of a number of posts and wires suitably arranged
for training hops and illustrates the use of my invention.
a is the screw; b is the notch or recess therein adapted to receive the wire or
wires c d is the nut which I screw over the notched end of the screw a in order
to tightly secure the wire or wires c in the notch; e is the washer which I
advantageously interpose between the underside of the nut d and the wire or
wires c.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 shew the screw a formed on the end of an iron post or rod f
and the notch or recess 6 made to receive and hold a single wire c, the wire being
secured by being first inserted in the notch or recess b, and the washer e being then
passed over the screw a and the nut d screwed down tight upon the same.
In Figures 4 and 5 the screw a is formed upon a metal cap or sheath fadapted
to pass over the top of a wooden post g and the notch or recess 6 is designed, as
clearly shewn in Figure 5, to receive and hold two cross wires c, c, the nut d and
washer e being applied in the same manner as in Figures 1, 2, and 3.
Figures 6 and 7 shew the screw a adapted to secure two cross wires together and
will be understood without further description particularly if reference be made to
Figure 9 in which a number of such wires are shewn secured together and to a
number of posts as they would be in practice for hop training purposes.
Figure 8 shews the ends of two wires c secured together by a screw having a
notch or recess b similar to those shewn in Figures 5 and 7, the ends of the wires
being for this purpose bent at right angles and placed in the notch or recess as
shewn, a washer and nut being of course then applied as hereinbefore described to
secure the wires.
It will be obvious that two or more wires could be connected together by rods
provided with screws such as a having notches or recesses in each end for receiving
the wires and a nut for securing the same.
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 improvements in means for securing wires to posts or rods consisting in
notching or slotting the upper ends of such posts or of a part secured thereto, the
said upper ends or parts being screw-threaded and provided with nuts which are
screwed down to hold the wires in the notches or slots, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The means for securing wires together consisting in the employment of an
externally screw-threaded stud having notches, recesses or slots crossing each other
for receiving the wires, the wires being held in the slots by means of a nut,
substantially as described.
3. The manufacture and use of the improved means for securing wires together
or to posts or rods for training hops substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of June 1894
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.