AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN STAPLES FOR FASTENING WIRE FENCING AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Sellers, of Moseley, in the County of Worcester,
Machinist, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN
STAPLES FOR FASTENING WIRE FENCING AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
iled the 5th January 1877, and dated the 26th July 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Sellers at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th July 1876.
HENRY SELLERS, of Moseley, in the County of Worcester, Machinist. "AN
IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN STAPLES FOR FASTENING WIRE FENCING AND
FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
My Invention consists of the improvement or improvements, herein-after
described, in staples for fastening wire fencing and for other like purposes, whereby
the said staples are more easily driven into the wood and are more economically
manufactured than staples of the ordinary construction.
Ordinary staples for fastening wire fencing consist of two parallel sides or legs
joined together at top by a loop or arch, the ends of the said legs or sides being
inclined or pointed. My Invention consists in making the said staples with one
long side or leg, the said long side or leg having a top or head made by bending
or turning the upper part of the leg at or about a right angle with the said leg;
or it may be somewhat further bent so as to make an acute angle with the said
leg. The extreme end of the top or head is bent parallel to the long leg or side,
so as to form a short leg having a V or pointed figure. The end of the long leg is
pointed similarly to the legs of the ordinary staple. The improved staples are
made from wire or rods of iron, having either a rectangular or circular figure in cross
section.
In using my improved staples the long leg is driven into the wood, and when it
is nearly driven home the short leg comes in contact with the wood and the further
driving advances both legs and fixes the staple, the wire to be fastened being
enclosed between the head and the two legs described of the staple. The short leg
retains its position with great firmness and less resistance is offered to the driving
of the staples than in the case of ordinary staples. The opening of the staples,
which frequently occurs when ordinary staples are driven into hard wood, is by
the use of my Invention avoided.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Sellers in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th January
1877.
"AN IM-
HENRY SELLERS, of Moseley, in the County of Worcester, Machinist.
PROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN STAPLES FOR FASTENING WIRE FENCING AND FOR 5
OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
My Invention consists of the improvement or improvements, herein-after
described, in staples for fastening wire fencing and for other like purposes, whereby
the said staples are more easily driven into the wood and are more economically
manufactured than staples of the ordinary construction.
Ordinary staples for fastening wire fencing consist of two parallel sides or logs
joined together at top by a loop or arch, the ends of the said legs or sides being
inclined or pointed. My Invention consists in making the said staples with one
long side or leg, the said long side or leg having a top or head made by bending or
turning the upper part of the leg at or about a right angle with the said leg, or it
may be somewhat further bent so as to make an acute angle with the said leg. The
extreme end of the top or head is bent parallel to the long leg or side, so as to
form a short leg having a Vor pointed figure. The end of the long leg is pointed
similarly to the legs of the ordinary staple. The improved staples are made from
wire or rods of iron, having either a rectangular or circular figure in cross section.
In using my improved staples the long leg is driven into the wood, and when
it is nearly driven home the short leg comes in contact with the wood and the
further driving advances both legs and fixes the staple, the wire to be fastoned
being enclosed between the head and the two legs described of the staple. The
short leg retains its position with great firmness, and less resistance is offered to
the driving of the staples than in the case of ordinary staples. The opening of the
staples, which frequently occurs when ordinary staples are driven into hard wood,
is by the use of my Invention avoided.
Figures 1, 2, and 3, represent in side elevation and plan of under side, respectively,
staples made according to my Invention; Figure 4 represents in plan, and Figure 5
in section, one of the said staples applied to the fastening of a wire fencing.
u is the long side or leg of the staple; and b is the head or top of the same; the
part marked c forming a continuation of the said top or head constituting the short
leg of the staple. The said head and short leg b, c, are made by bending the upper
part of the long leg a into the figure represented, that is to say, the top of the
long leg a is bent at or about a right angle or at an acute angle with the said
leg a. The extreme end or short leg c of the head b may be bent nearly parallel
to the long leg a, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2; or the said head band short
leg c may forin a continuous curve from their junction with the long leg a to their
outer end, as illustrated in Figure 3. The two legs a, c, of the staple, Figure 1, are
pointed by cutting away the metal on one side the said legs so as to form Vor
chisel points, while the two legs a, c, of the staple, Figure 2, are pointed by making
a series of facets on the said ends. The end of the leg a of the staple, Figure 3, is
pointed as in the staple, Figure 2, but the end of the short leg c has only the
angular figure represented formed by the cutting off of the rod or wire. The staple,
Figure 1, is made from wire or rods having a rectangular figure in cross section,
and the staples, Figures 2 and 3, are made from wire or rods having a circular
figure in cross section.
I prefer during the manufacture of the staples, Figures 2 and 3, to flatten the
sides of the head and short leg b, c.
For the purpose of facilitating the driving in of the staple I make at tho summit
of the long lega a hump or protuberance d, which is struck by the hammer in
driving in the staple. The hump or protruberance d is formed by preference by
the machine by which the staples are made.
In using the staples the long leg a is driven into the wood by striking the

page_text: hump d, and when the said leg a is nearly driven home the short leg c comes in
contact with the wood and the further driving advances both legs a, c, and fixes
the staple, the wire being enclosed between the two legs a, c, and the head b of the
staple, as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, the wire being marked e.
The improved staples represented may be made by hand by a forging or bending
and shaping process, or they may be formed by machinery. The machinery
employed resembles generally that employed for the manufacture of ordinary
staples, excepting that the working tools have the required figure to shape my
improved staples instead of the figure proper for shaping staples of the ordinary
kind.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention,
the improvement or improvements in staples for fastening wire fencing and for
other like purposes herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say, making the said staples of a long side or leg and a top or
head and short leg, the said top or head and short leg being made by bending and
shaping the upper part of the long leg in the manner described and illustrated, the
wire fencing or other article to be fastened being enclosed on driving home the
staple between the head and the two legs of the staple, substantially as described
and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Sellers, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
HENRY SELLERS. (L.S.)