IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDARDS FOR FENCING
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ROBERT RAMSAY MAIN of Clydesdale Iron Works Possilpark, Glasgow in the
County of Lanark, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDARDS FOR FENCING" to be as follows:-
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This invention which has for its object improvements in standards for fencing
relates more particularly to the class of such standards known as
" bulb tee
although it is also applicable to ordinary tee standards.
The invention consists in forming the web of the tee" tapered or pointed at
its lower end the narrowest part of the taper or the point being preferably in the
centre of the standard. From or above the part where the front inclined side of
the web meets the vertical part the flange of the standard is also tapered at both
sides the inclined part extending upwards at any desired angle and meeting the
vertical sides of the flange, by which improvements the driving of the standards
into the ground is facilitated.
Instead of constructing the lower end of the web as hereinbefore set forth the .
inclination may be entirely from the back to the front or vice-versa, or the web
may be made of equal breadth throughout its length and rounded or not at its
lower end or a V or other shaped piece may be cut out of the lower end in either
of which cases the flange is constructed as before set forth.

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I, ROBERT RAMSAY MAIN of Clydesdale Iron Works Possilpark, Glasgow in the
County of Lanark, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDARDS FOR FENCING" and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
This invention which has for its object improvements in standards for fencing
relates more particularly as seen in side elevation at figure 1, in front elevation at
figure 2, in back elevation at figure 3, and in horizontal section at figure 4, of the
appended drawings, to the class of such standards known as bulb tee.
The invention consists in forming the web a, of the tee tapered or pointed at its
lower end the narrowest part b, of the taper or the point being preferably in the
centre of the standard.
From or above the part c, where the front inclined side of the web meets the
vertical part of the standard, the flange or palm d, is also tapered at both sides the
inclination or taper extending upwards, as seen at e, figures 2 and 3, at any desired
angle and meeting the vertical side or edges of the flange at f.
By this construction, in driving the standard into the ground, the web enters
and takes hold of the ground before the flange or palm and the driving of the
standard straight into the ground is thereby facilitated.
Instead of forming the lower end of the web a, with a point b, at the centre of
the standard as seen at figure 1, the inclination of the lower end of the web may
be entirely from the back to the front or vice versa, as seen at h, h¹, figure 5; or
the web may be rounded at its lower end as at i, figure 6; or the lower end may
be made flat and at right angles to the length of the standard; or, as seen at j
figure 7, a V or other shaped piece may be cut out of the lower end, in either of
which cases the flange ar palm d, is constructed as before set 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
A standard for fencing having the lower or driving end tapered, rounded, or flat
and the flange or palm tapered from its greatest breadth inwards to and meeting
the web of the standard at a point above its lower end, and so that in driving the
standard into the ground the web is entered first substantially as and for the
purpose described.