IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING ROSE AND OTHER TREES TO THEIR STAKES OR TO ESPALIERS OR TO OTHER SUPPORTS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WALTER EDWARD BENNETT of Condover in the County of Salop Gardener
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SECURING ROSE AND OTHER TREES TO THEIR STAKES OR TO ESPALIERS OR TO
OTHER SUPPORTS to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a simple cheap and effective appliance
for securing rose and other trees such as fruit trees and the like to their supporting
stakes or to espaliers or to walls or to other supports which appliance can easily be
secured in position and can quickly be removed or loosened when required and
which will not injure the tree by cutting or chafing the bark thereof.
I carry out this object by taking a piece of wire preferably copper wire of a
suitable length and strength for my purposes and in a suitable position in this wire
preferably about the middle thereof I form a loop or eye by twisting the two parts
of the wire together or otherwise and over these two parts so adjacent to each
other I place a piece of tubular india rubber or other similar or suitable material
of a convenient length for the purpose described. I then pass one of the ends of
the wire through one or more pieces of similar tubular material until a sufficient
length of the wire is covered wherewith to surround the tree and when this wire
so covered is placed round the tree this end of the wire is passed through the loop
or eye and the other end of the wire being passed round the stake or espalier or
other support the two ends of the wire are secured together by twisting or other-
wise. If the tree is to be secured directly to a wall the wire can be passed through
a staple or eyebolt or other fastening secured in the wall and the ends of the wire
would be secured together in a similar manner.
Thus that piece of tubular material that surrounds the two parts of the wire is
situated between the tree and its support and that part of the wire that surrounds
the tree is covered by the soft india rubber or other material whereby all injury to
the tree is entirely avoided. At the same time this appliance can easily and
quickly be secured in position or .removed.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WALTER EDWARD BENNETT of Condover in the County of Salop Gardener
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SECURING ROSE AND OTHER TREES TO THEIR STAKES OR TO ESPALIERS OR TO
OTHER SUPPORTS 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 my invention is to provide a simple cheap and yet effective
appliance for securing rose and other trees such for example as fruit trees and
the like to their supporting stakes or to espaliers or to walls or to other supports
which appliance can easily and readily be secured in position and can quickly be
removed or loosened when required and which will not injure the tree by cutting
or chafing the bark thereof or otherwise.
I carry out this object by taking one or more pieces of wire of a suitable length
and strength for my aforesaid purposes which wire or wires or the required and
necessary part or parts thereof I cover with or pass through one or more pieces of
india rubber or other similar or suitable soft material preferably of a circular
shape in cross section and the wire or wires so covered as aforesaid I pass round
the tree to be supported and I then secure the uncovered ends of the said wire or
wires round or on to the stake espalier wall or other support as is required.
Galvanized wire or copper wire is very suitable for use in this my invention and
the india rubber or other soft material can conveniently be made of a tubular form
so as to render the aforesaid passing of the wire or wires therethrough extremely
easy and speedy of accomplishment.
In order clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 shews an extremely simple and effective form of this my appliance.
Figure 2 shews a tree secured to its supporting stake with and by this appliance.
According to this form in the length of the piece of wire A and preferably about
the centre thereof I form a loop or eye B by twisting the two parts of the said
wire A together or otherwise and over or round these two parts 80 adjacent or
twisted together place one or more pieces of soft material C of any suitable
diameter or dimensions in cross section and of a convenient length for the purpose
hereinafter declared. I then pass the end A¹ of the wire A through one or more
pieces of soft material D also of any suitable diameter or dimensions in cross
section until a sufficient length of the said wire A has been covered wherewith to
surround the tree and when this part of the said wire A so covered as aforesaid is
placed round the tree in the proper position the end A¹ of the said wire is passed
through the loop or eye B and the other end A' of the said wire which is not covered
is passed round the stake and preferably also through the said loop or eye B and the
said two ends A1 and A2 of the wire are then secured together by twisting or
otherwise as shewn in Figure 2. Thus the piece or pieces of soft material C is or
are situated and interposed between the tree and the stake and that part of the
wire A that surrounds the tree is covered by the piece or pieces of soft material D
whereby all injury to the tree by and from and through this my appliance is
entirely avoided as is desired. It is obvious also that this my appliance for
securing trees as hereinbefore described can easily quickly and readily be secured
in position and as easily quickly and readily be removed or loosened when required.

page_text: In Figure 3 I shew another convenient form of this my appliance wherein the
wire A is bent into a semicircular shape and covered as aforesaid with the soft
material D and a separate piece of wire A' also covered with the soft material
C is connected to the two parts of the wire A and interposes as aforesaid between
the tree and the stake and in this case also the two ends A1 and A2 of the said
wire are secured round the stake by twisting or otherwise.
It is sufficiently obvious that the same method as herein before described would
be observed and followed when the tree is to be secured to espaliers or to other
supports and when a wall is used to support the said tree I preferably pass the
wire or wires through one or more staples or eyebolts or other fastenings secured in
the said wall.
In Figures 4 and 5 I shew other convenient methods of forming this my
appliance which would be more particularly suitable for some kind of trees such
for example as newly planted conifer or specimen trees.
Figure 4 shews the wire A formed in a square shape and in Figure 5 the wire A
is of a triangular shape in both cases covered as aforesaid with the soft material D
and when the said wire A is passed round the tree the end A thereof may either
be inserted through the loop or eye B formed on the other end of the said wire A
and be secured thereto as shewn in Figure 4 or loops or eyes B may be formed on
both ends of the said wire A and another piece of wire E be attached to one or
both of the said loops or eyes B as shewn in Figure 5 whereby the same may be
secured together as is desired and other loops or eyes are also preferably formed in
the said wire A at the angles or corners of these shapes aforesaid. Then when the
tree is surrounded by rails as is frequently the case in parts and other places to
prevent cattle from injuring the same the appliance is secured as aforesaid round
the tree and is attached or connected by pieces of wire or otherwise preferably
from and by the loops or eyes aforesaid to the rails or to the posts thereof that
surround the said tree and in other cases the said appliance is secured as aforesaid
round the tree above one or more of the branches thereof and is then attached or
connected by pieces of wire or otherwise preferably also from and by the loops or
eyes aforesaid to two three four or more pegs driven into and secured in the ground
in suitable positions around the said tree.
In all these cases as hereinbefore described the ends of the wire or wires are
preferably secured together by twisting or otherwise as aforesaid so that this
appliance can easily quickly and readily be secured in position and as easily quickly
and readily be removed or loosened as is desired.
I have thus described and shewn in the drawing what I consider to be most
suitable and convenient forms of this my appliance for securing trees but I would
have it clearly understood that I do in no wise limit myself to the exact forms of
my appliance or to the details of fitting and constructing the same or the several
parts thereof for the said appliance and the several parts thereof may be made of
any form and such details may be used and followed in fitting and constructing the
same as may be desirable or convenient or suitable in each particular case.
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
The appliance for securing trees to their supports consisting of the combination
of wire and india rubber or other soft material constructed and formed and used
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and declared.