Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Hurdles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Hurdles.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK MILLAR, of Kingsweston Estate Office, Shirehampton,
in the county of Gloucester, estate agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to he as follows:
This invention relates to iron or steel hurdles used in fencing.
It consists in so constructing such hurdles that they are capable of being readily
taken apart for convenience in carriage.
In a hurdle constructed in accordance with this invention, the top bar is round or
rounded, but at each end a short piece is cut out in such manner that the ends of the
bar are semi-circular in section or approximately so, the chord of the arc being
horizontal and uppermost.
The ends of the bar are received in correspondingly shaped apertures provided
in the end standards.
A tapered key is then inserted vertically outside the end standards in a slot
provided in the projecting semi-circular end of each bar.
The keys hear against the standards and keep the standards and bar securely bound
together. The bars below the top are placed in position before the top bar. They
are made flat and are provided at each end with a tongue formed by removing a part
of the bar on each side thereof.
The tongues are received into correspondingly shaped apertures in the end standards,
and the shoulders bear against the inner faces of the standards. Each flat bar has a
snug formed at a short distance from the centre of the bar.
These snugs bear against the middle post of the hurdle, the snug of each alternate
bar bearing against one side of the post and the snug of the other bars against the
other side of the post.
Diagonal ties are applied to the lower bar and are connected at one end thereto by
a screw. At the other end they are pivotted to the end standards and, when discon-
nected from the lower bar of the hurdle, they are capable of assuming a position
parallel with the posts.
Under a modification, all the horizontal bars are round, being made and secured in
the same way as hereinbefore described with reference to the top bar.
Dated this 20th day of Tub. 1980
:
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Hurdles.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK MILLAR, of Kingsweston Estate Office, Shirehampton,
in the county of Gloucester, estate agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 iron or steel hurdles used in fencing.
It consists in so constructing such hurdles that they are capable of being readily
taken apart for convenience in carriage.
They are readily put together again.
In a hurdle constructed in accordance with this invention, the top bar is round or
rounded, but at each end a short piece is cut out in such manner that the ends of the
bar are semi-circular in section, or approximately so, the chord of the arc being
horizontal and uppermost.

page_text: The ends of the bar are received in correspondingly shaped apertures provided in
the end standards.
A tapered key is then inserted vertically outside the end standards in a slot provided
in the projecting semi-circular ends of the bar.
The keys bear against, the standards and keep the standards and bar securely bound
together. The bars below the top are placed in position before the top bar.
They are made flat and are provided at each end with a tongue formed by removing
a part of the bar on each side thereof.
The tongues are received into correspondingly shaped apertures in the end standards
and the shoulders bear against the inner faces of the standarus. Each flat bar has a
snug formed at a short distance from the centre of the bar.
These snugs bear against the middle post of the hurdle, the snug of each alternate
bar bearing against one side of the post and the snug of the other bar against the
other side of the post.
Diagonal ties are applied to the lower bar and are connected at one end thereto by
a screw. At the other end they are pivotted to the end standards and, when dis-
connected from the lower bar of the hurdle, they are capable of assuming a position
parallel with the posts.
At Fig. 1 on the accompanying drawing is represented a front elevation and at
Fig. 2 an end view of a hurdle constructed, of iron or steel, in accordance with this
invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged representations of parts of the hurdle.
The top bar a of the hurdle is round or rounded. At each end it is of semicircular
or of approximately semicircular shape. The ends of the bar a are passed through
apertures in the end standards b, the apertures being of similar shape to the ends of
the bar a. The end standards may be of angle iron, as shown, or they may be of
other convenient section.
The flat faces of the end pieces are preferably uppermost and lie horizontally or
approximately so.
shown.
The other bars c, placed at desired intervals below the top bar a, are rectangular, as
At each end they are reduced in width in such manner that tongues or tenons
are formed thereat. These tongues are received in apertures provided in the end
standards against the inner faces of which the shoulders of the bars c bear. Near
the centre of each bar c is formed a boss or snug d projecting outwards from the face
of the bar. The inner end of the snug is brought to bear against the middle post e of
the hurdle. The snug on each alternate flat bar bears against one side of the post e;
those on the other bar bear against the opposite side, as shown. Diagonal tie bars f
connect the lowermost bar of the hurdle with the end standards b. These tie bars f
are secured to the lowermost bar of the hurdle by a nut and bolt, and when this is
unscrewed the bar may be turned down to lie parallel with the end standards.
In building up the hurdle the flat bars care first placed in position in the end and
middle standards. The top bar a is then placed in position and tapered keys g are
then inserted in slots provided for their reception in the projecting semi-circular ends
of the bar. By these keys the various parts of the hurdle are kept rigidly bound
together. Hurdles thus constructed are readily taken apart and re-erected and the
bars and standards are capable of being packed in bundles for carriage.
Under a modification all the horizontal bars of the hurdle are shaped and secured
in place in the standards in the same manner as the top bar of the hurdle hereinbefore
described.
At Figs. 5, 6, and is illustrated a further modification of my invention for con-
struction of metallic hurdles.
According to this arrangement each bar k is round throughout and is provided
towards each end and at or about midway with pairs of snugs d produced by.
partially punching the bar as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6 and so raising the
snugs. In the standards m and middle post n are apertures of the form shown at
Fig. 5. The bar is inserted in the apertures of the standards and middle post with-
the snugs downwards and when the standards and the middle post are between their
proper pairs of snugs the bar is turned half round and is thereafter prevented by the

page_text: snugs & from moving longitudinally. A wedge w may or may not be then driven in
below the bar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A metallic hurdle, the top bar of which is round or rounded between the end
standards, and half-round, or approximately half-round, beyond, and is secured by
keys or cotters passed through slots provided outside the standards in the projecting
half-round ends; the other bars being flat and having tenons or tongues projected
through corresponding slots in the end standards, each flat bar being provided also
with a boss or snug which when the hurdle is put together bears at opposite sides in
each bar against the centre post or upright, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. In a metallic hurdle the provision of diagonal tie bars connecting the end
standards with the lowermost horizontal bar of the hurdle, said tie bars being capable
of turning on the pins or bolts which bind them to the standards so as to lie parallel
therewith, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The modification herein before described with reference to Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the
accompanying drawings, in which the horizontal bars are provided with pairs of snugs
produced by partially punching the said bars and between which snugs the standards
and middle post, are locked as specified.
Doted this 19th day of November 1000
NICHOLAS WATTS,.
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Agent.