IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METAL HURDLES FENCING AND GATES " PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Bayliss of the firm of Bayliss Jones and Bayliss
of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford fencing Manufacturers and
William Bailey foreman in the employment of the said firm for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METAL HURDLES FENCING AND
GATES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Bayliss and William
Bailey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th September
1882.
SAMUEL BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss Jones and Bayliss of Wolverhampton
in the County of Stafford, fencing manufacturers, and WILLIAM BAILEY, foreman in
the employment of the said firm, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
METAL HURDLES, FENCING AND GATES."
This invention relates to improved methods of fixing the horizontal bars of
hurdles, fencing and gates to the uprights, or the vertical bars to the horizontals of
vertical-bar hurdles fencing and gates, so as to dispense with the riveting usually
employed;
According to one modification a niche is formed on each side of the bar at the
part where it is carried within an upright (or horizontal). A hole is punched
through the upright (or horizontal) to the section of the niched part of the bar.
A tongue of metal is punched out from the upright, (or horizontal) at either end
of the hole, in such a manner that the said tongue remains, at its further end from
the hole, connected with the upright (or horizontal), and so as to leave an additional
hole through the upright (or horizontal) capable of receiving the full section of the
bar: To fix the bar it is first passed through the hole formed by punching out
the tongue and the niched part is then lowered or moved into the first-mentioned
hole, after which the tongue is driven back thus firmly fixing the bar. The bar
projects slightly beyond the upright, in the case of an outside upright. This
method forms a strong and cheap joint.
According to another modification, instead of punching out a tongue as aforesaid,
a hole is punched through the upright (or horizontal) to receive the full section of

page_text: the bar which is then placed in position as before and held by means of a wedge
driven in between the bar and the edge of the larger hole. According to this
second modification the bar may project somewhat into the larger hole to avoid the
necessity for a thick wedge; or the wedge may consist simply of the burr which is
punched out in forming the larger hole. This method of forming the joint is
specially useful in the case of hurdles etc. made for exportation, as the same may
be readily put together, at their destination.
The joints before described are intended chiefly for round-bar hurdles, fencing, and
gates, but may be applied also to other sections of bar if desired as will be
obvious
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Samuel Bayliss and William Bailey in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 21st March 1883.
SAMUEL BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss, of Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, fencing manufacturers, and WILLIAM BAILEY, foreman in
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METAL
the employment of the said firm
HURDLES FENCING AND GATES
"
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This invention relates to improved methods of fixing the horizontal bars of
hurdles, fencing and gates, to the uprights, and the vertical bars to the horizontals
of vertical-bar hurdles fencing and gates, so as to dispense with the riveting usually
employed and which is objectionable on account of the frequent breaking away of
the ends of the bars.
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According to one modification a niche is formed on each side of the bar at the
part where it is carried within an upright (or horizontal). A hole is punched
through the upright or horizontal to the section of the niched part of the bar.
tongue of metal is punched back cold from the upright (or horizontal) at one end of
the hole in such a manner that the said tongue remains, at its further end from the
hole, connected with the upright (or horizontal) and so as to leave an additional
hole through the upright (or horizontal) capable of receiving the full section of the
bar. To fix the bar it is first passed through the hole formed by punching back
the tongue, and the niched part is then lowered or moved into the first-mentioned
hole, after which the tongue is driven back, thus firmly fixing the bar. The bar
projects slightly beyond the upright in the case of an outside upright. This method
forms a strong and cheap joint.
According to another modification, instead of punching back a tongue as
aforesaid, a hole is punched through the upright (or horizontal) to receive the full
section of the bar, which is then placed in position as before and held by means
of a wedge driven in between the bar and the edge of the larger hole. According
to this second modification the bar may project somewhat into the larger hole to
avoid the necessity for a thick wedge, or the wedge may consist simply of the burr

page_text: which is punched out in forming the larger hole. This method of forming the joint
is specially useful in the case of hurdles etc. made for exportation, as the same may
be readily put together at their destination.
The joints before-described are intended chiefly for round-bar hurdles fencing
and gates, but may be applied also to other sections of bar if desired as will be
.obvious.
Having thus stated the nature of our said invention we will now proceed more
particularly to describe the manner of performing the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4 illustrate the manner of forming the joint between a round
horizontal bar and an end or outside upright of a hurdle, fence or gate, according
to the first modification of this invention. The same letters of reference occurring
upon any two or more of these views indicate corresponding parts. Figures 1 and 2
are respectively an end and a side elevation of such joint previously to the bar being
placed in position and the tongue closed up; and figures 3 and 4 are respectively
corresponding views to figures 1 and 2 shewing the joint completed, but in
figure 3 the bar is shewn in section. A is the bar and B the upright. C is the
section of the part of the bar within the upright, such section being produced by
forming a niche on either side of the bar. A. hole D, corresponding to the
section C of the bar, is first punched out of the upright. A tongue E of the shape
shewn at figure 3 is then punched back as shewn at figures 1 and 2. An opening
is thus formed adjoining the hole D through which the end of the bar A is pushed
as shewn by broken lines figures 1 and 2. The reduced section C of the bar is then
moved into the hole D and the tongue E afterwards clenched back into the opening
from which it was punched out, with its upper and concave end bearing tightly
against the bar as at figure 3, thus completing the joint.
If the joint is intended to be made at an intermediate upright the tongue E
must of course be bent back sufficiently to let the bar pass right through such
upright and in such case the tongue may be inade longer if desired to facilitate such
bending.
Figures 5, 6 and 7 illustrate a joint constructed according to the second
modification of our invention as applied to a round-bar hurdle, fence or gate. The
same letters of reference occurring upon two or more of these views indicate
corresponding parts.
Figures 5 and 6 are end views, the former before the bar is placed in position
and the joint made, and the latter shewing such joint complete, but with the bar
and wedge in section. Figure 7 is a side elevation of the joint when complete.
A is the bar and B' the upright. An opening D' E' is first punched out through
the bar. The bar is niched as in the first modification, and is first passed through
the part E of the opening through the upright (as shewn by broken line circle
figure 5) and the reduced section thereof C is then moved into the part D¹ of such
opening as shewn at figure 6. A wedge F" is then driven in between the side of the
opening E' and the bar; thus completing the joint. The taper of the wedge F¹ is
made to follow the taper which results from the punching of the hole. The
wedge F may consist simply of the burr punched out in forming the hole E. In
this case of course the hole D', corresponding in shape to the part C', must be
punched out previously to punching the hole E¹, otherwise both the holes D' and E'
may be punched out, if desired, at once.
The application of this invention to the joints of vertical-bar hurdles, fencing
and gates, and to other sections of bar beside the section illustrated, will now be
obvious without need for further illustration.
Having now stated the nature of our said invention and particularly described
and ascertained the manuer of performing the same, we declare that we do not
claim niching, or reducing the section of the bars at the part where such pass
through an upright or horizontal; but what we do claim as our invention and
desire to secure by the herein-before in-part-recited Letters Patent, is :-
First In a Metal hurdle, fence or gate, fixing the bars to the uprights (or to

page_text: the horizontals as the case may be) substantially in the manner and for the purpose
herein described as constituting the first modification of this invention and
illustrated (as applied to a horizontal round-bar hurdle, fence or gate) by figures 1
to 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Second: In a Metal hurdle, fence or gate, fixing the bars to the uprights (or to
the horizontals as the case may be) substantially in the manner and for the purpose
herein described as constituting the second modification of this. invention and
illustrated (as applied to a horizontal round-bar hurdle, fence or gate,) by figures 5
to 7 of the accompanying drawings
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Bayliss, for myself and on behalf of
the said William Bailey, have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth
day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty three.
SAMUEL BAYLISS. (L.S.)
Witness
RICHARD. H. THOMAS
Clerk to Stephen Watkins, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.
Office for Patents,
Wolverhampton.