IMPROVEMENTS IN EARTH-PLATES FOR FENCING STANDARDS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss, of Victoria
Works, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, fencing manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for, IMPROVEMENTS IN EARTH-PLATES
FOR FENCING STANDARDS, to be as follows:—
This invention has for its object improvements in that class of earth-plates which
are fixed vertically within the ground so as to give a strong lateral support to the
fencing standards.
According to one modification of this invention, earth-plates constructed for use
with uprights which have a T-headed, or bulbed part along one edge thereof, are
formed from a flat plate of wrought iron or steel by punching down in the centre
thereof two tongues of metal so as to leave a narrow opening between the outer
edges of the tongues. The upright is fixed to the earth-plate by passing the bulb
or flange thereof between the inner faces of the tongues and the face of the plate,
the web of the upright passing between the two outer edges of the tongues. The
upright may of course be driven down to fix it within the plate, or the plate may
be driven down to fix it around the upright.
The above-described earth-plate may be modified by forming a pair of tongues at
the upper and another pair at the lower edge thereof, instead of a single pair of
tongues in the middle. In this case, of course, the T-headed, or bulbed part of the
upright passes down inside both the pair of tongues, in a corresponding manner to
that already described for the single pair.
Earth-plates constructed according to the modifications above-described may, of
course, be slid down the uprights, if desired, after the uprights and the wires or
other horizontal parts are fixed.
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A further modification of this invention consists in employing a plate and
loose V-shaped part as described in the provisional specification lodged with my
application for letters patent for an invention entitled "Improvements in metal
fencing" dated the 26th day of July A.D. 1884 and numbered 10,638; but instead
of forming a hole through the centre of such plate, as described, such hole is formed
in the lower edge thereof or two slits are formed up in the lower edge thereof;
so that, in either case, the V'd part may be first placed around the standard and
then the vertical plate be placed down thercover, and thus driven down with the
hole or the edges therein over the outer ends of the V'd part, but with the flanges
of the V'd part bearing against the outside of the plate. This modification allows
of an earth-plate of this description being fixed at any time, if desired, after a
encing upright has been fixed in position and the wires or other horizontal parts
connected thereto.

page_text: I, WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss; Jones: and--Bayliss, of. Victòria
Works, Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, fencing manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for lMPROVEMENTS IN, EARTH-PLATES
FOR FENCING STANDARDS, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
_be_particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
-reference being had to the accompanying drawings-and-the-letters-of-reference
marked thereon:-
This invention has for its object improvements in that class of earth-plates which
are fixed. vertically within the ground, so as to give a strong lateral support to the
__fencing-standards...
According to this invention, carth-plates-constructed for use with standards-
which have a T-headed, flanged; bulbed, or other thickened part, along one odge
thereof, are formed from a plate of wrought iron or steel by punching down one,
two, or more pairs of tongues.or clips of metal, so as to leave a narrow opening
between, the outer edges of the tongues of each pair. The standard is fixed to the
earth-plate by passing the T-head, flange, or bulb thereof between the inner.faces
of the tongues and the face of the plate, the web of the standard passing between
the opposite edges of the tongues of each pair. The standard may, of course, be
driven down to fix. it within the plate, or the plate may be driven down to fix it
around the standard..
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, is a front elevation of an earth-plate and
standard, the two being shewn; fixed together in the manner peculiar to this
invention. Figure, 2 is a plan of the same.. The same letters of reference occurring
upon both views indicate corresponding parts.
A is the earth-plate. CC etc. are two pairs of tongues of metal, situated
respectively at the upper and lower edges of the plate. These tongues are formed
by punching the metal thereof outwards from the plate A. B is the standard,.and
is shewn, broken off in its length for convenience of illustration.
a is a T-headed
back and b the, web of such standard. The flange a forming the T-head is shewn
passing between the inner faces of the tongues CC etc. and the face of the plate A,
and the web b passes consequently between the opposite edges of each pair of
tongues, as shewn; and thus the standard is securely attached to the earth-plate.
A single pair of tongues may be formed in the centre of the plate in lieu of the
arrangement of tongues shewn; or two, three, or more pairs may be punched out in
any convenient position vertically; or the tongues may be placed alternately,
instead of in, pairs, or in any desired position relatively to one another; and the
earth-plate may of course be formed of cast iron, if preferred, with suitable tongues
cast thereon.
Earth-plates constructed according to any of the modifications above described
may, of course, be slid down the standards, if desired, after such standards and the
wires or other horizontal parts are fixed.

page_text: 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. An earth-plate having tongues or clips projecting therefrom, to take around or
clip a T-headed, flanged, bulbed, or other thickened edge of a fencing standard,
substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shown by the drawings
herowith.
2. An earth-plate having tongues of metal punched outwards therefrom to take
around or clip a T-headed, flanged, bulbed, or other thickened edge of a fencing
standard, substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shown by the
drawings herowith.
3. An earth-plate A, having tongues of metal C C etc. punched outwards there-
from, so that the plate may be capable of being passed along a T-headed, flanged,
bulbed, or other thickoned edge of a fencing standard, substantially as and for the
purpose herein described and shown by the drawings herowith.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton,
Agent for the Applicant.