Improvements in Appliances for the Attachment of Bars, Rods, or Wires to their Supports.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 26th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 24th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for the Attachment of Bars, Rods, or
Wires to their Supports.
I DAVID ROWELL of 5 Victoria Street, Westminster, in the County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of appliances, each being a modifi-
cation of the other, whereby hars, rods, or wires, such as are used for fencing,
telegraphic, telephonic, or other similar purposes, may be attached to their uprights
or supports, whether they are of bar, tee, angle iron or other suitable section, without
passing through them, thus admitting of the adjustment and re-adjustment of the
rods, bars, or wires, while the necessity for perforating and so weakening the supports
is avoided.
In the first arrangement for securing a rod or bar to an upright or support I make
a clip with return flanges so shaped and of such size as to allow of its being slid
over the support. Through the opposite sides of the clip there are perforations
corresponding with the shape and size of the rod or bar, and through these holes
the rod or bar is passed and when adjusted is fixed to the upright by the insertion of
a thin wedge either between the upright or support and the rod or bar, or else between
the clips and the support.
In the second arrangement I make a clip having hooks at its extremities. The
clip is made to slide over and embrace the support, and into the hollow of the hooks
the rod or wire is inserted, the fastening taking place by the interposition of a thin
wedge between the clip and the support.
A third arrangement is as follows. I make a clip with return flanges to slide over
and embrace the upright. The clip is formed with a projection, in which there is a
peculiarly shaped opening that admits of the insertion of a rod or wire, and then
being closed by pressure. This clip is also fastened to the support by interposing a
thin wedge or wedges between the return flanges and the support.
In the fourth arrangement, I make a clip with a flange extending on each side, if
for tee or angle iron supports, or a plate if for a bar iron support. The flanges or
plate extends beyond the width of the support and these flanges or parts extending
beyond the support are perforated. Another plate having similar perforations is
attached to the first by passing through each hole a hook screwed at one end and
furnished with a nut. The wire or rod to be attached is placed in the hollow of
the hooks and the whole secured to the support by screwing up the nuts.
In the application of the wedges 1 do not confine myself to the insertion of them in
the exact positions described, as they may be varied. Variations may also be made
by combining a part or parts of one arrangement with a part or parts of one of the
other arrangements.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for the Attachment of Bars, Rods, or
Wires to their Supports.
I DAVID ROWELL of 5 Victoria Street, Westminster, in the County of London,
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 has for its object the construction of appliances, each being a

page_text: modification of the other, whereby bars, rods or wires, such as are used for fencing,
telegraphic, telephonic, or other similar purposes may be attached to their uprights or
supports, whether they are of bar, tee, angle iron or other suitable section, without
passing through them, thus admitting of the adjustment and re-adjustment of the rods
bars or wires, while the necessity for perforating and so weakening the supports is
avoided.
In plan in Fig. 1, in front elevation in Fig. 2 and in side elevation in Fig. 3, are
seen the first arrangement for securing a rod or bar A to an upright or support B.
For this purpose I make a clip C with return flanges D, D, so shaped and of such
size as to allow of its being slid over the support B. Through the opposite sides of
the clip C there are perforations corresponding with the shape and size of the rod or
bar A, and through these holes the rod or bar A is passed, and when adjusted is fixed
to the upright by the insertion of a thin wedge E either between the upright or
support and the rod or bar, or else between the clips and the support.
Fig. 4 shows a sectional plan and Fig. 5 a side elevation of a modification of
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 wherein it will be seen that no perforations in the clip are required,
the clip being made to slide over the main member of the tee and the rod or bar A.
Fig. 6 is a sectional plan and Fig. 7 a side elevation of the second arrangement
which consists of a clip C having books I, F, at its extremities. The clip is made to
slide over and embrace the support B, and into the hollow of the hooks the rod or
wire A is inserted, the fastening taking place by the interposition of a thin wedge E
between the clip and the support. Figs. 8 and 9 show a similar arrangement to that
of Figs. 6 and 7 applied to a simple bar iron support B.
Fig. 10 is a sectional plan and Fig. 11 a side elevation of the third arrangement,
which is as follows. I make a clip with return flanges D, D to slide over and
embrace the upright B. The clip is formed with a projection G, in which there is a
peculiarly shaped opening H that admits of the insertion of a rod or wire A, and
then being closed by pressure. This clip is also fastened to the support by inter-
posing a thin wedge or wedges between the return flanges and the support.
Fig. 12 is a sectional plan and Fig. 13 a front elevation of the fourth arrangement,
wherein I make a clip with a flange extending on each side, if for a tee or angle iron
support, or a plate as shown in Figs. 14 and 15 if for a flat bar iron support. The
flanges D, D, or plate I extends beyond the width of the support and these flanges or
parts extending beyond the support are perforated. Another plate J having similar
perforations is attached to the first by passing through each hole a hook K screwed
at one end and furnished with a nut L. The wire or rod A to be attached is placed
in the hollow of the hooks and the whole secured to the support by screwing up the
nuts L.
Figs. 16 and 17 show modifications of Figs. 14 and 15. In this case too the clip
extends on each side beyond the support and is furnished with screwed hooks K and
nuts L.
In the application of the wedges I do not confine myself to the insertion of them
in the exact positions described, as they may be varied. Variations may also be made
by combining a part or parts of one arrangement with a part or parts of one of the
other arrangements. In cases where this invention is used for supporting wires for
telegraphic, telephonic or other electrical purposes, it is intended that the wires shall
be insulated in any appropriate or convenient manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is,
The construction of appliances for the attachment of bars, rods or wires to their
supports, as herein described and shown on the drawings.
Dated th: acu
1000