IMPROVEMENTS IN SOCKETS OR SUPPORTS FOR POLES AND UPRIGHT STANDARDS AND FOR SECURING LINES
Year: 1884

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I WILLIAM SQUIRES CODNOR of 83 Upper Thames Street in the city of London
do hereby declare the nature of iny said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SOCKETS
OR SUPPORTS FOR POLES AND UPRIGHT STANDARDS AND FOR SECURING LINES
be as follows
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This invention relates to certain improvements in sockets or supports or holders
for poles and upright standards and holders for securing lines or ropes through
eyes or rings thereof the object being to fix the holding feet or plate of the socket
support or holder to the ground securely by means of outwardly spreading and
driven pins operating against the leverage of that which has to be supported In
carrying the invention into practice I-form the socket piece into which the pole or
post has to be secured, or to which the rope has to be attached with extending feet
one or more of which will be formed simply of downwardly extending spikes but
the other ends fitted with a socket, end piercing or guide extending obliquely in an
outward direction so that when spikes or pins are driven into the ground through
such outwardly extending sockets, end piercings or guides an extended bearing
against leverage will be afforded.
In making a socket or support for a tent pole or lawn tennis net, for instance
where great weight may be avoided a socket would be cast with a stud or shank
thereon and two lengths of bar iron would be employed as a cross, the holes in the
bars for receiving the stud or shank being stamped or punched. In fixing the cross
the socket would be heated to welding heat and then the bars be laid onto the stud
of the socket and be rivetted down.
One end of the bars would be sheared or rounded off and pointed and the other
may be bent over and made with holes or guides through which the outwardly
extending pins will be driven by this construction the parts will lie evenly and
flat upon the grass.
For heavier work such as for telegraph pôles the sockets for receiving the pole
ends will be made upon a base plate provided with the outwardly extending socket
end piercings or guides.
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I WILLIAM SQUIRES CODNER of 83 Upper Thames Street in the city of London
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SOCKETS
OR SUPPORTS FOR POLES AND UPRIGHT STANDARDS AND FOR SECURING LINES
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 certain improvements in sockets or supports or holders
for poles and upright standards, and holders for securing lines or ropes through
eyes or rings thereof, the object being to fix the holding feet or plate of the socket
support or holder to the ground securely by means of outwardly spreading and
driven pins, operating against the leverage of that which has to be supported or
secured.
In the drawings annexed hereto I have illustrated in diagram Fig 1 the object
to be effected by the outwardly spreading and driven pins working together with
inclined sockets to the object to be secured in position. A represents an upright
pole to be supported, such as a tent pole, B is a foot of the pole At C, C₁ is
represented the ordinary way of driving in the pegs, and at D the manner to
be followed according to this specification. Sidewise strain in direction of the
arrow E, becomes transferred through A to the foot of the pole A¹ which will act
as a centre of leverage and the strain is thence transferred through B to the holding
pins. Now the result upon C, C₁ is an action to draw the pin C or C¹, directly
upon the curve A² but in the case of D which illustrates my improvements, its
outwardly extending position and its socket and pin precludes anything but a
lifting action and so affords greater holding power. In contemplating this the
well known example of the roots of a tree spreading outward may be instanced.
In carrying the invention into practice I form the socket piece into which
the pole or post has to be secured, or to which the rope has to be attached,
with extending feet; one or more of which will be formed simply of downwardly
extending spikes but the other ends fitted with a socket end piercing or guide
extending obliquely in an outward direction so that when spikes or pins are driven
into the ground through such outwardly extending socket end piercings or guides
an extended bearing against leverage will be afforded.
Figs 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings show a construction of socket or support for a
tent pole, or lawn tennis net for instance. The socket a would be cast with a stud
or shank b thereon and two or more lengths of bar iron c would be employed as a
cross, the holes b¹ in the bars for receiving the stud or shank 6 being stamped or
punched.
In fixing the cross, the socket a would be heated to welding heat and then the
bars be laid onto the stud b of the socket and be rivetted down.
The ends of the bars c would be sheared or rounded off and pointed and be bent
over as shown and one or both ends be made with holes or guides c¹, c² through
which the outwardly extending pins d will be driven, by this construction the parts
will lie evenly and flat upon the grass.
For heavier work, such as for telegraph poles, gate posts and so forth the sockets
for receiving the pole ends will be made upon a base plate provided with the
outwardly extended socket end piercings or guides. Fig 5 shows in plan a base
plate of this description more particularly adapted for gate posts and Fig 5º a
transverse section of the same at line x.

page_text: In this construction the outwardly extending sockets, end piercings or guides c¹
are formed for the reception of angle iron spikes or pegs and the plate is shown as
supporting the flange of gate post e.
Figs 6 and 7 represent a construction as a tent peg wherein the long spike g
formed of flat, round, or tee iron is driven into the ground at an angle of about
45°; and the short spike or pin h is driven through the hole or slot g¹ in an
opposite direction as shown in Fig 7. This spike is the holder of the line and
may be provided with ring, hook or eye. The hole or slot g¹ formed in the long
spike g is made to receive the spike h nearly as a "fit."
I also apply this invention to the securing of covering plates for ricks, thatches:
and so forth.
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
In sockets or supports or holders for poles and upright standards and holders for
securing lines or ropes the outwardly spreading and driven pins working together
with inclined sockets of the object to be secured in position as herein described in
reference to and shown by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of December 1884.
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Agent for William Squires Codner.