Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Nov., 188
I, WILLIAM SQUIRES GORTON, of the Brierley Hill Iron Works, near Dudley, in the
County of Worcester, Fencing Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to so construct vertical-bar fencing and metal hurdles
that they can be fixed either in positions where the ground is level or where the ground
is inclined to the horizontal without having to disconnect or alter any of the parts of
the said fencing or hurdles.
In carrying out this invention as applied to vertical-bar fencing I make the said
fencing by preference in sections or short lengths of about six or eight feet each (or
they may be longer or shorter if required) each of these sections consisting of two or
more horizontal bars parallel with each other and preferably formed of angle iron (but
metal of other sections may be used) to the side of which are secured the vertical bars
(of which latter there may be any number) crossing the horizontal bars and arranged
parallel with each other as close together as may be required. These vertical bars are
preferably formed of flat iron but metal of half round, square or other suitable section
may be employed or they may be made of wood. The said vertical and horizontal
bars are not rigidly fixed together but are jointed together by rivets or bolts one of
which passes through the vertical and horizontal bars where they cross each other so
Between
that each rivet or bolt forms a joint pin on which the bars can turn.
each section is a standard preferably made of T-iron the flat side being to the front of
the fence. The ends of the horizontal bars are secured preferably by bolts to the cross
webs of these standards, one bolt being used in each of the ends of the horizontal
bars so that the horizontal bars will be free to be turned through a certain angle on
these bolts as centres to allow of the horizontal bars being inclined at any required
angle to the standards, as is the case on uneven ground when one standard is higher
than the other. The standards bave the usual feet or are otherwise suitably formed
for fixing in the ground.

page_text: By the vertical bars and standards being jointed to the horizontal or cross bars as
above described the sections of fencing can be fixed either on level ground or where
the ground is inclined, as the so called "horizontal" or cross bars can turn on
their jointed parts to be parallel with the inclined ground and allow one end of the
section to be fixed higher than the other, the vertical bars and standards always
remaining vertical.
Instead of one standard serving for connecting two sections together as above
described, a separate standard (in this case preferably made of angle iron) may be
employed at the end of each section, so that each section is complete in itself, the
ends of each section being bolted or otherwise secured together to make the continuous
fencing.
In order to add rigidity to a continuous vertical-bar fencing formed as above
described I sometimes find it necessary to render some of the sections rigid which can
readily be done by rivetting or otherwise securing a diagonal bar to the vertical or to
the cross bars of those sections after they are erected.
Metal hurdles can be made to fix either on level or inclined ground similarly to
the vertical-bar fencing above described, their cross bars and vertical bars being
jointed together as in the fencing above described instead of being rigidly fixed
together.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vertical-bar Fencing and in Metal Hurdles.
I, WILLIAM SQUIRES GORTON, of the Brierley Hill Iron Works, near Dudley, in
the County of Worcester, Fencing Manufacturer, 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 this invention is to so construct vertical-bar fencing and metal
hurdles that they can be fixed either in positions where the ground is level or where
the ground is inclined to the horizontal without having to disconnect or alter any of
the parts of the said fencing or hurdles.
In carrying out this invention as applied to vertical-bar fencing I make the said
fencing by preference in sections or short lengths of about nine feet each (or they may
be longer or shorter if required) each of these sections consisting of two or more
horizontal bars parallel with each other and preferably formed of angle iron (but metal
of other section may be used) to the side of which are secured the vertical bars (of
which latter there may be any number) crossing the horizontal bars and arranged
parallel with each other as close together as may be required. These vertical bars
are preferably formed of flat iron, but metal of half round, square or other suitable
section may be employed or they may be made of wood. The said vertical and
horizontal bars are not rigidly fixed together but are jointed together by rivets or
bolts one of which passes through the vertical and horizontal bars where they cross
each other and through a washer so that each rivet or bolt forms a joint pin on which
the bars can turn. Between each section is a standard preferably made of T-iron the
flat side being to the front of the fence. The ends of the horizontal bars are secured
preferably by bolts to the cross webs of these standards, one bolt being used in each
of the ends of the horizontal bars so that the horizontal bars will be free to be turned
through a certain angle on these bolts as centres to allow of the horizontal bars being
inclined at any required angle to the standards, as is the case on uneven ground when
one standard is higher than the other. The standards have the usual feet or are
otherwise suitably formed for fixing in the ground.
By the vertical bars and standards being jointed to the horizontal or cross bars as
above described the sections of fencing can be fixed either on level ground or where
the ground is inclined, as the so-called "horizontal" or
cross bars can turn on
their jointed parts to be parallel with the inclined ground and allow one end of the
section to be fixed higher than the other, the vertical bars and standards always
remaining vertical.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents part of a continuous fence
constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same;
Fig. 3 is an elevation and Fig. 4 a plan of a modification of the same and Fig. 5
shews the fence made in the form of hurdles.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.

page_text: Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the two so-called "horizontal ” bars
are marked respectively a a², the vertical bars are marked b, and the rivetts which joint
the vertical and horizontal bars together are marked c. As will be seen by Fig. 2 a
washer d is placed on each rivet before being rivetted over so as to ensure the joint
working freely. In Fig. 1 two T-iron standards are shewn and marked e these
standards connecting together three sections A, B, C of the fence by the ends of the
horizontal bars a¹ a³ of each section being bolted to the cross webs of the standards
by the bolts f. It will be seen that by the vertical bars and standards e being
jointed to the horizontal bars a¹ a instead of being rigidly fixed together the
fencing can be fixed on either level or inclined ground and the uprights will always
remain vertical whatever the slope may be.
Instead of one standard serving for connecting two sections together as above
described, a separate standard (in this case preferably made of angle iron) may be
employed at the end of each section, so that each section is complete in itself, the ends
of each section being bolted or otherwise secured together to make the continuous
fencing.
This is illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 where the ends of the horizontal
bars a a² of the two sections A and B are shewn bolted to two angle iron standards el e
which are themselves bolted together to secure the two sections together and make the
continuous fencing.
:
In order to add rigidity to a continuous vertical-bar fencing formed as above
described I sometimes find it necessary to render some of the sections rigid which
can readily be done by rivetting or otherwise securing a diagonal bar to the vertical
or to the cross bars of those sections after they are erected.
Metal hurdles can be made to fix either on level or inclined ground similarly to the
vertical-bar fencing above described, their cross bars and vertical bars being jointed
together as in the fencing above described instead of being rigidly fixed together.
An example of this is illustrated by Fig. 5 which shews three hurdles D, E and F
made similarly to the sections A, B, C of the continuous fence and bolted to the
standards g g which have the usual pointed feet for driving into the ground.
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 :-
1st. The improvements in vertical-bar fencing and in metal hurdles hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, that is to say, jointing the
upright bars to the so-called " horizontal or cross bars so as to permit of the
said cross bars being fixed either level or on a slope whilst the upright bars
remain vertical, substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
2nd. In a vertical-bar fence, the combination of the upright bars 6 parallel with
each other, the two or more cross bars a¹ a² parallel with each other and jointed
to the upright bars b, and the standards to which the ends of the said cross bars
are jointed the whole forming a continuous vertical bar fence adapted for fixing
either on level or sloping ground, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated.
Dated this 5th day of October 1888.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.