Improvements in or relating to Fences or Barriers and Supporting Posts therefor.
Year: 1888

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Cate of Application, 15th Sept., 1888
Specification Accepted, 19th Oct., 1888
RESERV
Improvements in or relating to Fences or Barriers and Supporting
Posts therefor.
I, JOHANNES SJÖSTRÖM of Gefle in the Kingdom of Sweden, 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 an armed or barbed fence having barbed wires
extending between poles. The invention relates to the posts as well as to the wires.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figures 1 and 2 represent a shell, intended for the arming of the wire, shown
respectively in half manufactured and manufactured states.
Figure 3 shows part of an armed or barbed wire, and
Figure 4 a supporting post with part of such a wire attached to it.
The shells are made of metallic sheet of which holes a, Figure 1, are punched out,
and which, by means of a narrower part b, are united in pairs. Previous to the
punching out of these pieces, they are stamped or pierced in the middle, and the plate
around the holes is bulged out, so as to give the shells the shape of bowls c, with
jagged or pointed edges, Figure 1. By folding the neck b, the faces of the shells are
brought face to face on their concave sides, so as to obtain the appearance shown,
Figure 2. The sharp points of the parts a are disposed so that the points of one part
will either coincide with or come between, the points of the other part, when folded.
The pointed shells thus united, are passed close to another upon a metallic wire, which
may be round or fashioned, and which at the ends are fastened to the upright
supporting posts, or united to the next length of wire. The barbed shells can, if
desired, be made separately in one piece instead of being made in pairs.
The pole, Figure 4, is made of plate in the shape of a conical tube, which is
preferably made of a single sheet, but which may, if desired, have joints at one or
more places. The thicker end of this tube is to be embedded in the ground, and the
top may be covered by any suitable cap passed into or upon the top of the tube. A
pole made in this way is provided at suitable heights with loops or hooks for fastening
the wire.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is: --
1. Armed or barbed fence wire, consisting of a round or fashioned metallic wire
upon which small barbed shells stamped or otherwise formed out of metallic sheet,
and having a hole in the middle, are passed close to each other, said shells having
barbs or points on the edges, formed out of the same piece, the shells being moreover
punched out in such a manner that they are united in pairs by means of a neck, which
after being punched out is folded in the middle, so that the two shells are brought
face to face on their concave surfaces, either so that their barbs coincide with each
other, or so that the barbs of the one shell will alternate with those of the other shell,
substantially as described.
2. The modified form of armed or barbed fence wire indicated in the preceding
claim, which consists in stamping out or otherwise forming the barbed or pointed
shells separately in one piece instead of in pairs.
3. Fence posts of metallic sheet, made in the shape of a conical tube, the thicker
end of which is embedded in the ground, and which at suitable heights are provided
with a suitable device for holding the end of the fence wire, substantially as described.
Dated thin wath d... of Cantahan 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Filing Agents for the Applicant.