Improvements in Stays for Wire Fences.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1896--Accepted, 11th July, 1896
Improvements in Stays for Wire Fences.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co., of 18, Bucking-
ham Street, Strand, London, W.C. Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention a communication to me from abroad by Simeon Chapin Davis, of
Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States of America, Builder, 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 stays for wire fences, and more especially to that class
of stays that are quickly placed in position, and when applied, grip the fence's line
wires firmly or tightly and thereby prevent slipping of the line wires.
The invention consists essentially in an upright wire stay looped at the location
of each line wire, and having the loops bent into the shape required to form two
clamp constituting U shaped rests or bends through which the respective line wire
is designed to extend, and by which said line wire is supported and clamped. One
of the said U shaped rests or bends is formed approximately in line with the stay
and the other U shaped bend or rest is formed a short distance from the stay.
The line wire rests at the lower ends of said U shaped bends or rests, and upward
displacement of the line wire is prevented by bending the clamp over or against
the line wires.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of my improved fence stay applied to the line
wire of a wire fence.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line a-a, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the
arrow marked 2, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the same line, looking in the
direction of the arrow marked 3.
Referring to the drawings A designates the line wires of the fence, which span
the space between, and are suitably secured to the fence posts (not shown).
B represents my improved wire stay that is provided with a clamp b at the
location of each line wire. Clamps & are integral with the stay wire, and the line
wires extend through and rest within the lower portions of the clamps. Clamps b
are formed by looping the wire stay at each line wire, as already. indicated, and
bending the loops into the shape required to form two U shaped bends or rests b
connected together at the top by one or more bends or members 62. The two
U shaped rests are located a short distance apart: one of them is approximately
in line with the stay, and the other is a short distance to one side of the stay, and
this construction accommodates bending of the members 6 over or against the line
wire for the purpose of preventing upward displacement of the line wire.
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 :-
1. An upright stay for wire fences provided at that part which engages the line
wires, with two U shaped bends or rests one of said rests being approximately in
line vertically with the stay and the other rest being located a short distance to
one side of the stay, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.
2. A stay for wire fences provided at that part which engages the line wires,
with two shaped rests, one of said rests being approximately in line vertically
with the stay and the other rest being located a short distance to one side of the

page_text: stay, and said rests being connected, at the top, by a bend or member bent or
adapted to be bent over the line wire, substantially as shown, for the purpose
specified.
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R. HADDAN.