A New or Improved Fastener for use in Wire and Bar Fencing.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 25th Oct., 1889--Accepted. 30th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Fastener for use in Wire and Bar Fencing.
1 ROBERT RAMSAY MAIN of Clydesdale Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
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This Invention relates to fasteners for securing the wires or bars of fencing to their
standards and also for securing "droppers" upon the said wires or bars and the new
or improved fastener constructed in accordance with the invention consists of a strip
oi metal the ends of which are bent back upon the body or length towards each
other After the ends have been so bent the strip is doubled or bent at or about its
middle into the form of a staple which is passed over the wire or bar and through a
hole in the standard or "dropper" the doubled ends being afterwards flared or spread
apart to secure the wire or bar or the "dropper" in position-In so flaring or spreading
the doubled ends of the staple the extremities of the strip or piece of metal are caused
to butt against or are brought in contact with each other whereby a secure lock
fastening is obtained.
Datad this Twanty f&h day of January 1080
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Fastener for use in Wire and Bar Fencing.
1, ROBERT RAMSAY MAIN of Clydesdale Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, Engineer, 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 :-
This Invention relates to fasteners for securing the wires or bars of fencing to their
standards and also for securing "droppers" upon the said wires or bars and as seen in
vertical section at figure 1, in plan at figure 2, and in detail at figure 3 of the annexed
drawings, the new or improved fastener constructed in accordance with the Invention
consists of a strip a of metal the ends of which are bent back upon the body or
length towards each other. After the ends have been so bent the strip is doubled or
bent at or about its middle into the form of a staple which is passed over the wire
or bar c and through a hole d in the standard or "dropper" the doubled ends being
afterwards flared or spread apart to secure the wire or bar or the "dropper" in
position. In so flaring or spreading the doubled ends of the staple the extremities
of the strip or piece of metal are caused to butt against or are brought in contact
with each other as seen at figure 1, whereby a secure lock fastening is obtained.
e,
Figure 4 illustrates in vertical section and figure 5 in plan a modification in which
the hole d through the standard or dropper is divided into two by a mid rib fand in
which the flared ends of the fastener instead of being in contact with each other
bear upon opposite sides of the said rib.
Figure 6 illustrates in vertical section and figure 7 in plan a modification of the
fastener in which the ends of the strip are folded outwards instead of inwards as at
figure 3 so as when flared to bear upon the upper and lower edges of the hole d through
the standard or dropper the hole being divided or not by a mid rib.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In wire and bar fencing a fastener constructed as described with reference to the
several figures on the accompanying drawings.
.Dated this Twentyfourth day of October 1889.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.