IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ERECTING METALLIO FENCING, AND FOR SECURING OR FASTENING THE SAME AS ERECTED
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip Middleton Justice, of 14, Southampton Buildings,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR ERECTING METALLIO FENCING, AND FOR SECURING OR
FASTENING THE SAME AS ERECTED." A communication from abroad by the
Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, of Worcester, in the State of
Massachusetts, in the United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip Middleton Justice at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th June 1879.
PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE, of 14, Southampton Buildings, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ERECTING METALLIC
FENCING, AND FOR SECURING OB FASTENING THE SAME AS ERECTED." A com-
munication from abroad by the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, of
Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, in the United States of America.
This Invention relates to the apparatus employed in erecting metallic strip or
band fencing which may be of a character analogons to that described in my
application for Letters Patent bearing date the 23rd day of May 1879, and numbered
2053. The apparatus consists of a twister and a fence hook, both formed with a
triangular or V shaped alot with inwardly projecting shoulders at the top, sufficient
space being left between the extremities of the said shoulders to permit of the band
or fence strip passing between and finding a seat beneath them upon either side of
the triangular alot, depending upon which direction the metallic fence strip may
have been twisted, as hereafter more fully described. The method of using this
apparatus is as follows:-The metal strip or band of which the fence bar or rail is
composed is stretched taut and is then firmly secured to, say posts number one and
three, whilst into post number two the fence hook (formed as above described) is
driven. The strip or tand is then twisted by applying the twister to the said strip
about midway between posts one and three and rotating it. The band or strip is
held from springing out of the twister during this operation by the before described
shoulders. When the said strip or band is sufficiently tant it is passed between the
shoulders of the fence hook upon post number two, and immediately finds a seat in

page_text: the triangular or V shaped slot, where it is securely held from untwisting by the
spring of the metal itself causing it to bear against one side of the said slot, and
from displacement by the top of the strip coming under and against one of the
projecting shoulders as before described. The twister is then removed from this
section of the strip, and the operation is completed.
The twister is preferably formed of metal, and is fitted with suitable handles, or
the fence hook may be used as a single handed twister, although a twister having
a closed slot (as well as the triangular one) is preferred, said slot being used in
erecting the fence. Although the fence hook has been described as applicable to
wooden posts it is evident it may be cast on or made to form part of posts of iron 1
or other material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Philip Middleton Justice in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
December 1879.
PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE, of 14, Southampton Buildings, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ERECTING METALLIC
FENCING, AND FOR SECURING OR FASTENING THE SAME AS ERECTED." A com-
munication from abroad by the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, of
Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, in the United States of America.
This Invention relates to the apparatus employed in erecting metallic strip or
band fencing which may be of a character analogous to that described in my
application for Letters Patent, bearing date the 23rd day of May 1879, and numbered
2053. The apparatus consists of a twister and a fence hook, both formed with a
triangular or V shaped slot with inwardly projecting shoulders at the top, sufficient
space being left between the extremities of the said shoulders to permit of the band
or fence strip passing between and finding a sent beneath them upon either side of
the triangular alot, depending upon which direction the metallic fence strip may
have been twisted, as hereafter more fully described. The method of using this
apparatus is as follows:-The metal strip or band of which the fence bar or rail is
composed is stretched taut and then firmly secured to, say, posta number one and
three, whilst into post number two the fence hook (formed as above described) is
driven. The strip or band is then twisted by applying the twister to the said strip
about midway between posts one and three and rotating it. The band or strip is
held from springing out of the twister during this operation by the before described
shoulders.
When the said strip or band is sufficiently taut it is passed between the shoulders
of the fence hook upon post number two, and immediately finds a seat in the
triangular or V shaped alot, where it is securely held from untwisting by the spring
of the metal itself causing it to bear against one side of the said alot, and from
displacement by the top of the strip coming under and against one of the projecting
shoulders, as before described. The twister is then removed from this section of the
strip, and the operation is completed. The twister is preferably formed of metal,
and is fitted with suitable handles, or the fence hook may be used as a single
handed twister, although a twister having a closed slot (as well as the triangular
one) is preferred, said slot being used in erecting the fence.
To better and more perfectly explain the nature of this Invention reference is
made to the annexed Drawings which form part of this Specification, and in which
Fig. 1 represents an elevation of the twister fitted with suitable handles, A being
the triangular or V shaped opening in the same; b, b', being inwardly projecting
shoulders beneath which the fence band or strip finds a seat during the operation of
twisting; B represents the position of the fence strip when the twister is being
turned in the direction shown by the arrow; O represents the closed slot, said slot
being used to keep the strip straight while stretching it from post to post before
twisting or fastening. Fig. IV. is a plan of Fig. L
Fig. II. represents a fence hook suitable for use where wooden posts are employed.
A represents the triangular or V shaped opening in the same with inwardly
projecting shoulders b, b; B represents the fence band or strip in the position it
will naturally seek in the fence hook upon the middle or second post when the fence
is erected in the manner herein before indicated, the twister being turned in the
direction of the arrow, as shown in Fig. L The strip or band under theso
circumstances finds its seat beneath the shoulders corresponding to 6¹ upon posts
one and three.
Fig. 3 represents a plan of Fig. 2.
Although the fence book has been described as applicable to wooden posts it is

page_text: Having described the Invention of my foreign correspondents, and the manner in
which the same may be practically employed, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is the improved apparatus for erecting metallic fencing, and for
securing the same as erected, said apparatus consisting of a fence hook and a twister,
each formed with a triangular opening A and shoulders b, b', substantially as and 5
for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Philip Middleton Justico, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
1879.
PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE. (L.S.)
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