Improvements in Wire Fencing.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Fencing.
We GEORGE BRUCE LAWSON and WILLIAM GRANT NARES trading as
Favarger & Co. of 76 Turmmill Street London Aerated Water Engineers and
THOMAS HAYWARD of Kushford Thetford in the County of Norfolk, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide an economical and efficient form of
wire fencing; and consists in turning the top of the fence over in a semi-circular
form. Standards are made of suitable heights with the ends turned over for three
quarters of a circle, or turned further as a scroll. The object of this form is to
prevent rats or other vermin from climbing over the fence. Upon these standards,
which are fixed at suitable intervals, is stretched wire netting of ordinary make
or pattern. The top of the netting being brought round similar to the form of the
standards at top. For angles and corners small wire segments are used and the
same form is preserved throughout. We are aware that fencing composed of iron
rods or wires have been used before but our invention is in the novel form of the
standards and the use of stretched wire fencing in combination with the standards
aforesaid.
Dated this 25th day of February 1891.
JOHN BLAEK,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Fencing.
We, GEORGE BRUCE LAWSON and WILLIAM GRANT NARES trading as
Favarger & Co. of 76 Turnmill Street London Aerated Water Engineers and
THOMAS HAYWARD of Rushford Thetford in the County of Norfolk do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The object of our invention is to provide an economical and efficient form of
wire fencing and consists mainly in turning the top of the fence over in a semi-
circular or scroll form. Standards are made of suitable height with the ends turned
over for three quarters of a circle or turned further as a scroll. The object of this
form is to prevent rats or other vermin from climbing over the fence and with a
view of offering further obstacles the top of the fence is made of sheet zinc for a
certain portion of its length with the top turned over in a similar manner or the
whole of the fence may be of sheet zinc. The object of this form is to prevent rats
or other vermin climbing over the fence. The material preferably adopted is wire
netting stretched over the standards aforementioned and curved at the top either
with or without a roll of zinc at the top of the fence. For corners and angles we
employ wire, wire and zinc or zinc segments of the form shown at A Fig. 2. We
are aware that fencing composed of iron rods or wires have been used before but
not wire netting or wire netting and zinc as heretofore described.
In order that our invention may be better understood we append drawings in
which
Fig. 1 shews the fencing with semicircular scroll of metal attached ;
Fig. 2 the wire fencing with semicircular scroll of wire ;

page_text: Fig. 4 fencing of wire netting with turned scroll;
Fig. 5 shews the corners of the fencing and
Figs. 5 and 5 the corner pieces in front and back view respectively.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A fence of wire netting stretched over standards and turned over at the top
semicircular or in the form of a scroll.
2. A fence of wire netting fitted with a semicircular or scroll like piece of zinc
or similar metal.
3. A fence of similar form entirely of zinc or metal.
4. A fence of the form described and illustrated substantially and as set forth.
Dated this 14th day of October.
JOHN BLAEK,
Agent for Applicants.