IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL FENCING
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Bailey, Foreman in the employment of Messieurs
Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford,
Iron Fencing Manufacturers for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL
FENCING
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Bailey at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd September 1882.
WILLIAM BAILEY, Foreman in the employment of Messieurs Bayliss Jones and
Bayliss of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, Iron Fencing Manufacturers,
'IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL FENCING"
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This invention relates to that class of metal Fencing in which the horizontal
bars are of strained wire, either barbed or otherwise, and consists of modifications
in the manner of connecting the wires with the standards, and also with the
"droppers" employed in Corrimony fencing, the object being to save the trouble
of threading the wires through such standards or droppers' as in the usual
manner of attaching the wires.
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According to one modification the standards and "droppers" employed are of an
angle or U-shaped section of metal, or of other section forming a channel or groove
lengthways of such standards and droppers. At each point in such standard or
dropper" where a wire is to be connected therewith, and in each side thereof
which bounds the V or other channel therealong, an L-shaped piece of metal is
punched out. One limb of the L of one of such pieces to be punched out runs
upwards from the point where the wire is to be connected, the other limb lying
out horizontally therefrom to the edge of the metal. The other L-shaped piece
runs downwards, thence lying out horizontally therefrom to the edge of the metal.
The wires are first drawn up leaving sufficient slackness to pass them sideways
through the horizontal openings, formed as above described, into the vertical
openings at right angles thereto. The wires are then strained tight, thus drawing
them on one side of each standard or "dropper" above the horizontal openings on
that side and on the other side below the horizontal openings on that side, thereby
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page_text: preventing the wires from being drawn out from the standard or "dropper."
Wedges are then driven, in the manner now practised, between the wires and the
inside of the V or other channels along the standards or " droppers" to prevent
such standards or "droppers" from moving lengthways of the wires. Instead of
L-shaped pieces as described, curved or other shaped pieces may be punched out
so that the openings left by such pieces provide for the wire being passed sideways
into one side of the standard or "dropper" bounding the V or other channel, below
the point of permanent attachment, and into the other side above such point, and
provide also that when the wire is strained tight it will be pulled into the parts of
such openings which are opposite to each other. Both the openings for one
attachment may however, if desired, be punched out exactly opposite to one another
in every respect, but it is much to be preferred that the points at which a wire
is placed sideways into the sides of an upright or "dropper' should be at different
levels.
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According to another modification the standards and "droppers" employed may
be of any convenient section of metal, but preferably one which allows of a flat
side being against the wires. Oblong pieces of metal, vertical lengthways, are
punched from the flat side, aforesaid, in such a manner as to stand out from such
flat side on the face thereof on which the wires are to be fixed, but with one end
of each such piece remaining solidly connected to the standard or "dropper." The
wires are placed between the projecting pieces and the standards or "droppers,"
and after the wires have been strained tight the projecting pieces are clenched
back again towards the standards or "droppers thus firmly fixing the wires
thereto. A flat side to the standard or " dropper" is preferable, but a convex or
a concave side, or any side which admits of the oblong pieces, aforesaid, being
punched back, will answer the purpose.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Bailey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th February 1883.
WILLIAM BAILEY, Foreman in the employment of Messieurs Bayliss, Jones and
Bayliss, of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, Iron Fencing manufacturers,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL FENCING
"
This invention relates to that class of metal fencing in which the horizontal bars
are of strained wire, either barbed or otherwise, and consists in the manner of
connecting the wires with the standards of such fencing, and also with the
droppers" employed in that class of wire fencing known as "Corrimony" or
swing fencing, the object being to save the trouble of threading the wires through
such standards or "droppers" as in the usual manner of attaching the wires.
According to this invention the standards and "droppers" employed are of an
angle or U-shaped section of metal or of other section forming a channel or groove
lengthways of such standards and "droppers." At each point in such standard or
dropper" where a wire is to be connected therewith, and in each side, thereof
which bounds the V or other channel therealong, an L-shaped piece of metal is
punched out. One limb of the L of one of such pair of pieces to be punched out
runs upwards from the point where the wire is to be connected, the other limb
lying out therefrom to the edge of the metal The other L-shaped piece runs
downwards, thence lying out therefrom to the edge of the metal. The wires are
first drawn up leaving sufficient slackness to pass them sideways through the
openings at the edges of the metal formed as above described, into the vertical
openings The wires are then strained tight, thus drawing them, on one side of
each standard or "dropper" above the openings lying out to the edge of the metal
on that side, and on the other side below the openings lying out to the edge of
the metal on that side, thereby preventing the wires from being drawn out from
the standard or "dropper." Wedges are then driven (when the wires are to be
firmly fixed to a standard or dropper" instead of simply passing therethrough),
in the manner now practised, between the wires and the inside of the V or other
chanuels along the standards ΟΙ droppers to prevent such standards or
"droppers" from moving lengthways of the wires.
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"Curved or other shaped pieces may be punched out in lieu of L-shaped pieces,
providing that the openings left by such pieces allow of the wire being passed
sideways into one side of the standard or 'dropper" bounding the V or other
channel below the point of permanent attachment, and into the other side above
such point, and allow also that when the wire is strained tight it will be pulled
into parts of such openings opposite to each other.
Both the openings for one attachment may however, if desired, be punched out
exactly opposite to one another in every respect, in which case a wedge as above
described is employed to firmly fix the wire at each attachment thereof to a
standard or dropper.
Figure 1 is a cross section through an angle section of standard or dropper,
and figure 2 an elevation of a short length of the same at a point where a wire is
to be connected therewith. Figure 3 is an elevation of the part shewn by figure 2,
but shewing one of the sides forming the angle in edge view and the other side
consequently in flat view. a a are vertical holes through the sides of the angle
iron and b b are openings inclined, one upwards and one downwards, therefrom to
the edge of the metal. c is the wire shewn in its strained up position, by dotted
lines figures 1 and 2, passing through the two holes a a. The wire is placed in

page_text: position when slack by being passed sideways through the openings b b and thence
into the holes a a. d, shewn by dotted lines only figure 1, is the wedge usually
employed when it is desired to tighten the wire in the standard or "dropper," such
wedge being driven between the inside of the standard or "dropper" and the wire.
In the case of a "dropper" such wedges are employed only at two of the wire
connections therewith, preferably the top and bottom, but in the case of a standard
a wedge is not necessary though such wedge may be employed at one or more con-
nections if desired. e is an additional web or member rolled on with the V-shaped
(or U-shaped) section of standard or "dropper" to increase its strength, and thus
compensate for the reduction of strength otherwise occasioned by forming the holes
through the standards and droppers. The holes a. a and openings b b may be
exactly opposite to one another in every respect if desired, as shewn by figure 4,
in which case, however, a wedge must be employed to fix the wire in the standard
or dropper at each connection. The modification illustrated by figure 4 is shewn
as applied to a standard. When this modification is applied to a dropper the
holes and openings are preferably both the opposite way up so that the dropper
may rest upon the wire.
The
Figure 5 shews a modified shape for the holes a a and openings b b.
openings bb may be made horizontal as described in the provisional specification of
this invention, but it is found preferable to give them an upward or downward
inclination as shewn at figures 3 and 5.
Figures 6 and 7, being corresponding views to figures 2 and 3, shew a modifi-
cation in which the metal on the outside of the holes a a is simply bent back so as
to form the openings b b. The openings bb are shewn to be horizontal in this case,
but they may be formed inclined if desired. When the wire is placed in position
the bent parts ff may, if desired, for instance when employed for a permanent
fence, be straightened back more or less into their original position thus closing up
or partially closing up the openings b b, or they may be left bent back as shewn.
The parts ff may also, if desired, be bent back less than shewn in the drawing
provided that there is just sufficient space left to lift or loop the wire over into its
place. According to this latter method, while the wire may be readily placed in
the holes it cannot very well be accidentally slipped out. One of the openings
and bent parts may be in reversed position, if desired, similarly to the holes and
openings figure 2. If the standard or dropper is to be placed in position with
one of its sides at right angles to the wire, one hole a only may be formed there-
through, namely, through the side at right angles to the wire, the part of being
bent just sufficiently to loop the wire over into the hole, or otherwise it is
straightened back more or less after the wire is placed in the hole a. In order in
this case to fix the standard or " dropper "to the wire at any desired eonnection
therewith a wedge may be driven in between the wire and the end of the hole a.
Since the date of my provisional specification I have learnt that tongues had
been previously punched out of standards and "droppers," substantially in the
manner and for the purpose described in the latter part of such specification; and
I therefore abandon any claim to this part of my invention as described in the said
provisional specification.
I am aware also that prior to the date of my invention L-shaped holes have
been cut out of one flat bar or member of a standard or dropper through which
the wire has been passed at right angles and fixed by means of a wedge in the
hole, and I do not therefore claim the formation of such shaped hole by itself for
the purpose of receiving the wire, but what I do claim as my invention and desire
to secure by letters patent is :-
First ;—În a strained wire fence, the two L-shaped or similarly shaped holes or
openings (a a b b figures 3. 5 and 7) in reversed position to each other as shewn
at figure 2, one in each side or member of a U, V, or other trough shaped standard
or dropper at the point of a wire connection thereto, and either with or without
the ordinary wedge (d) driven in between the bottom of the U, V. or other trough
forming the standard or dropper and the inside of the wire, or with or without

page_text: other suitable fastening as may be desirable substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Second; In a strained wire fence, the two L-shaped or similarly shaped holes
or openings (a a, b b, figures 3. 5 and 7) opposite to one another in every respect,
as shewn at figures 4 and 6, one in each side or member of a U, V or other trough
shaped standard or dropper at the point of a wire connection therewith, in
combination with the ordinary wedge (d) driven in in the usual manner as
described, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Third; In a strained wire fence the combination, at a point where a wire is to
be connected with a standard or dropper, of the two holes a a with the parts ff
on the outer side thereof, such holes and parts being either opposite to one another
in every respect or in reversed position, and such parts being left bent back after
the wire has been looped over into the holes or straightened back more or less,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Fourth In a Ur V-shaped section of standard or dropper, through which
two holes are fo.med in any manner as aforesaid at a point where a wire is
connected therewith, the extra web or meuber e, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
In witness whereof I, the said William Bailey have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twentysecond day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
Witness to the signature of the
said William Bailey,
JAMES HOCROFTE WILSON
Penn Fields
Wolverhampton.
WILLIAM BAILEY (L.S.)