Improvements in Chains for Use in Making Collapsible.and.. Transportable Fencing.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1898--Accepted, 16th Apr., 1898”-
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Chains for Use in Making Collapsible.and..
Transportable Fencing.
I, ALFONS MAUSER, of 95, Tübingerstrasse, Stuttgart, in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer, 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 has for its object chains which are formed of pieces of sheet. metal
rivetted together, more particularly for making collapsible and easily transportable
fences.
In the accompanying drawings,,
Figures 1-3 show several methods of arrangement of the improved chains in the
form of fencing, wire; and
Figures 4-8 show several forms of arrangement of the chains separately.
The form of chain shown in Figure 4 consists of sheet metal rings a which overlap
like roofing tiles and are held together by means of rivets b.
In the form of construction shown in Figure 5 rectangular pieces of sheet metal a
are employed each having a round part stamped out.
In the form of construction shown in Figure 6 rectangular sheet metal pieces
are also employed, which however are provided with rectangular apertures.
In Figures 7 and 8 two chains are, shown formed of triangular pieces of sheet metal,.
the said pieces of sheet metal being in one case (Figure 7) solid, whilst in the other
case (Figure 8) they are provided with triangular apertures.
Instead of the above mentioned round, rectangular or triangular form other suitable
shapes may of course be given to the sheet metal pieces a; for instance oval, star
shaped or polygonal forms may be employed and may be provided with one or more
apertures, which instead of being round, rectangular or triangular may also be star
shaped or polygonal.
The rivetting together of the separate sheet metal pieces a is carried out in such
a way that the latter do not adhere firmly together but are revoluble or pivoted one
on the other. The separate members may therefore be folded together so that they
lie one above the other. If for instance in the chain shown in Figure 4 the right
hand extreme member a be folded over the adjacent member until both completely
coincide and then the next ring be turned over these two lying one on top of the other,
it is evident that a whole chain of the form shown in Figure 4 may be folded together
to form a single hollow cylinder. Similarly the chain shown in Figure 5 may be
folded into a rectangular bar with a round perforation and a chain as shown in
Figure 6 may be folded to form a rectangular bar with a rectangular perforation,
whilst the chains shown in Figures 7 and 8 will when folded together form bars of
double dovetail outline.
The chains herein before described may be employed in various ways for construct-
ing collapsible and transportable fences. If for instance it be assumed that the
vertical posts and horizontal connecting rods which form the framework of a fence are
removably connected in any suitable manner with one another and that the fields of
this fence are enclosed with the chain shown in Figure 1, it is evident that to allow of

page_text: its more easy transport the chains forming such a fencing may be folded in the manner
herein before described into rodlike bodies and packed up together with the posts and
crossbars. .
Figure 2 shows a latticed work formed of chains crossing each other which
also may be utilised with fence posts of the kind described in connection with
Figure 1.
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The improved chains may of course be employed as suspension chains and the
fence of a field may be formed partly of ordinary metal bars or strips or the like, and
partly out of the above mentioned chains in order to obtain any desired pattern.
Figure 3 shows such an arrangement of fence.
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:-
Chains for forming collapsible and transportable fencing, consisting of apertured or
non-apertured sheet metal pieces (a) laid to overlap one over another like roof tiles
and rivetted to one another by the overlapping parts in such a way that the separate
members of the chain may be folded one on to another to convert the chain into the
form of a bar, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 15th day
100
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.