Improvements in Standards for Wire Fencing.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Standards for Wire Fencing.
I, RICHARD SARGINSON MONCASTER, of 9, Walker Street, Hull, in the County
of York, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to standards for wire fencing, and has for its object to
provide a standard so arranged that the wire may be more firmly secured
thereto than hitherto, and which may also be more quickly erected and more
easily removed it being often necessary to take down the wires in a hunting
district. Another advantage incidental to my invention: that the earth
plates are more easily attached to or detached from the standards, and further-
more they may be attached in any desired position on the standard to suit the
varying level of the ground without providing holes in the said standard for this
purpose.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide standards having a hollow
tubular form such as an oval which is slotted by being bent out of a flat metal
plate the edges of which do not meet, the slot running the whole length of
the tube. Each open slotted standard is punched with holes at certain distances
apart in line with the slot to receive hooks or eye bolts into which is placed the
wire whether solid, strand, barb or any other kind of wire, the hooks or eye
bolts being preferably open for the reception of the wire without threading and
which is securely held in position when the said hooks or eye bolts are screwed
up tight by a nut or are otherwise rigidly secured. In order to attach the earth
plates to the standards in any position to suit the varying level of the ground and
without drilling any holes in the standard I mount the earth plate on a T headed
square or flat shouldered bolt having its head and shoulder engaged with the
edges of the slot of the standard so that the T bolt can be screwed up to a tight
grip with the earth plate and adjusted to any desired vertical position. These
earth plates are driven edgewise into the earth before screwing up and present
their broadside surface to the earth in line with the pull of the wires, thereby
offering a high resistance to the strain or pressure exerted by cattle pushing
against the fence.
If desired the above described standards can also be used for wire netting.

page_text: 1, RICHARD SARGINSON MONCASTER, of 9, Walker Street, Hull, in the County
of York, Machinist, 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 standards for wire fencing 'and has for its object to
provide a standard so arranged that the wire may be more firmly secured thereto
than hitherto, and which fence may also be more quickly erected and more
easily removed, it being often necessary to take down the wires in a hunting
district. By my invention there is no threading of the wire through holes, and
barb, strand or any other kind of wire may be used. Every wire is firmly
secured to the standards, thereby giving strength and rigidity to the fence.
The standards are made of steel or iron in an oval and tubular or equivalent
form which combines lightness with strength and offers a great resistance against
the rubbing of cattle. Another advantage incidental to my invention is that
when earth plates are required they are more easily attached to and detached
from the standards, and furthermore they may be attached in any desired
position on the standard to suit the varying level of the ground without pro-
viding holes in the said standard for this purpose.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2a corresponding
back view of a standard for wire fencing constructed in accordance with my
invention; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of a suitable device for secur-
ing the wires. Fig. 4 is an elevation and Fig. 5 a corresponding plan view
shewing the manner in which the earth plates are attached to the standards.
In the drawings, the standard a, which is driven into the ground, consists of
a hollow form such as an oval or other form which can be conveniently bent out
of a flat metal or steel plate, the edges of which do not meet, the slot. b so formed
running the whole length of the standard. Each open slotted standard is
punched with holes in line with the slot to receive hooks such as c or other
equivalent securing devices which grip the wire d whether solid, strand, barb
or any other kind of wire, the hooks being preferably open as shown in Fig. 3
for the reception of the wire without threading and which is securely held in
position when the said hooks are screwed up tight by a nut e or are otherwise
rigidly secured with the return end of the hook drawn into the slot which
thereby makes it impossible for wires to be lifted out of their position without
unscrewing the nut at the back.
When earth plates are required as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in order to attach
them to the standards in any position to suit the varying level of the ground and
without drilling any holes in the standard, I mount the earth plate fon a
T headed and square or flat shouldered bolt such as g having its head and
shoulder engaged with the edges of the slot b of the standard so that the said
Tbolt can be screwed up to a tight grip with the earth plate after being
adjusted to any desired vertical position. These earth plates are driven edgewise
into the earth before screwing up, and present their broadside surface to the
earth in line with the pull of the wires, thereby offering a high resistance to
the strain or pressure exerted by cattle pushing against the fence.
If desired the above described standards can also be used for wire netting.

page_text: 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:-
As a means for the reception and support of wire fencing, the use of standards
consisting of open slotted tubes or the like hollow forms adapted to be bent out
of metal or steel plates and driven into the earth, the slot running lengthwise of
the standard for the reception of hooks such as c or their equivalents for
securing the wire rigidly in position without threading, the several parts being
arranged or combined with or without earth plates, substantially as and for
the purpose herein before described with reference to the accompanying draw
ings.
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G. J. CLARKSON,
Chartered Patent Agent,
Stockton-on-Tees and Hull, Agent for the Applicants.