Improvements in Iron Fencing Standards.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVIDIONAL DE MUTLICATION.
Improvements in Iron Fencing Standards.
BERNARD BEARD, Works Manager, Messrs. Frances Morton & Co. Ltd. Engineers
Garston near Liverpool do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object improvements in that class of fencing standards
which are pressed or stamped out of sheet iron or steel in two halves, and rivetted or
otherwise fastened together so as to form hollow posts of oval or other section.
My invention relates more particularly to the forming of the standard post in one
piece instead of halves and to the several methods of closing & fastening the two
extreme edges of the iron or steel sheet out of which it is formed.
The standard post referred to is formed of a strip of sheet metal pressed or stamped
with two straight or tapered grooves in such a manner that when folded together with
one groove opposite the other, a hollow post of eliptical, circular, or other convenient
section is formed, the folded sides or halves are then fastened together by folding the
edges together or by shutting one edge over the other or by rivetting, bolting, or
clipping the two edges together.
A modification of this invention is made by forming the post in two interchangeable
halves the alternate edges of which are folded over to grip the other edge.
The above described standard is shown in the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the standard.
Fig. 2 a section in plan thereof.
Fig. 3 is a section in plan of the modification above described, whereby the post is
made of interchangeable halves instead of one piece.
Fig. 4 is a further modification of Figs. 1 & 2 being a plan showing the two edges
rivetted or bolted together instead of having one edge lapping over & closing on the
other.
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In Figs. 1 & 2 A. is the standard post pressed in one piece and bent over at a 1 so
that the two edges are brought face to face together, one of which a 2 is longer than,
and made to bend over or overlap the other. Holes a 3 are punched in the standard
to receive the wires or other horizontal parts connected thereto. A cast or wrought
iron ornamental cap B is affixed by a bolt, rivet, or by the horizontal connections to
the standard through a hole b.
In the modification Fig. 3. the standard is made in two dished interchangeable
halves C, one edge of each half being straight and the other bent over the former, and
closed as at C, the joined edges being crimped or corrugated, as shown in the drawing,
in such a manner that the halves of the post are firmly affixed to each other without
other parts or attachments.
In the modification Fig. 4, the standard D. is made in one piece and bent over at d.
so as to bring the edges together as before, but instead of having one edge lapping.
over and closing on the other as described they are fastened together by rivets, bolts,
or other suitable attachments.
Dated this 14th day of August 1895.

page_text: Improvements in Iron Fencing Standards.
I, BERNARD BEARD, Works Manager to the Firm of Francis Morton & Co..
Limited, of Garston, near Liverpool, in the County of Lancashire, Engineers and
Contractors, 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 improvements in that class of hollow metal fencing
standards which have been pressed or stamped out of sheet metal such as iron or
steel in halves and rivetted or otherwise fastened together, so as to form hollow posts.
of oval or other section.
My invention relates more particularly to the forming of the standard post of or in
one piece instead of in balves, and to the several methods of closing and fastening
the extreme edges of the iron or steel sheet out of which it is formed.
The standard post referred to is formed of a strip of sheet metal pressed or stamped
with two straight or tapered grooves in such a manner that when folded together
with one groove opposite the other, a hollow post of elliptical, circular, or other
convenient section is formed. The folded sides or halves are then fastened together
by folding the edges together, or by shutting one edge over the other, or by rivetting,
bolting, or clipping the two edges together. A modification of this invention is
made by forming the post in two interchangeable halves, the alternate edges of
which are folded over to grip the other edge.
The above described standard is shown in the drawings accompanying my Provisional
Specification in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the standard, and
Fig. 2 a section in plan thereof on a larger scale,
Fig. 3 is a section in plan of the modification above described, whereby the post is
made of interchangeable halves instead of in one piece.
Fig. 4 is a further modification of Figs. 1 and 2 being a plan shewing the two
edges rivetted or bolted together instead of having one edge lapping over and closing
on the other.
In Figs. 1 and 2 A is the standard post pressed in one piece and bent over at a¹,
so that the two edges are brought face to face together, one of which edges a' is
longer than, and made to bend over or overlap the other edge. Holes a³ are punched
in the standard to receive wires or other parts connected thereto. A cast or wrought
iron ornamental cap B is affixed by a bolt, rivet, or by the horizontal connections to
the standard through a hole b.
In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the standard is made in two dished inter-
changeable halves C, one edge of each half being straight, and the other bent_over
the former, and closed as at c the joint edges being crimped or corrugated, as shown
in the drawing, in such a manner that the halves of the post are firmly affixed to each
other without other parts or attachments.
In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the standard D is made in one piece and bent
over at d so as to bring the edges together as before, but instead of having one edge
lapping over and closing on the other as described, the edges meet as at e and are
fastened together by rivets, bolts, or other suitable attachments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. A fencing standard post formed of a strip of sheet metal stamped or pressed
in one piece with two straight or tapered-grooves, folded together with one groove
opposite the other and having its two edges fastened together by folding the edges

page_text: together or closing one over the other or by rivetting bolting, or clipping the edges.
together.
2. A fencing standard post formed of two interchangeable halves the one side
edge of each half being connected to the alternate side edge of the other half by
being folded thereover the joined edges being crimped or corrugated for firmly
connecting them together.
Dated this 10th dox of Inne 1806
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.