IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BARBED WIRE FOR FENCES
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BARBED WIRE
FOR FENCES 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 certain improvements in barbed fence-wire wherein the
fence-wire strand is composed of a single wire. The fence-wire is provided with
short kinks or bends at the points where the barb is secured thereto. The barb is
made of ordinary round wire pointed at each end, and is secured to the fence wire
by coils, one at each side or end of the short bend or kink formed in the fence
wire, the two coils being united together by the middle portion of the barb which
lies spirally in the hollow of said bend or kink, thus preventing the barb from
either rotating or slipping longitudinally on the fonce wire.
In the accompanying Drawing which forms a part of this Specification, and in
which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figures 1-2 and 3 are
respectively front, side and rear views of a short piece of my improved barb
fence-wire.
In the Drawing A, represents the fence-wire, provided at intervals where the
barbs are secured thereto with short kinks or bends a. The barb B, is secured by
two coils therein, b, b, to the fence-wire, A, one coil being wrapped around the
fence-wire at each extremity of the kink or bend, a, and the two coils being
connected together by the middle portion 61 of the barb which lies spirally in the
hollow of said bend, a. The ends or points 62, 63, project in opposite directions from
the hollow of the bend or kink, a. The shoulders formed in the wire, A, by tho
bend or kink, a, at each extremity thereof, effectually prevent the barb from
slipping longitudinally on the fence-wire, while the spiral middle portion b' of the
barb, lying in the hollow of the bend a renders it impossible for the barb to be
rotated on the fence-wire. By this construction therefore, it will be seen that the
barb is secured perfectly rigid on the fence-wire. As the coils b, b, encircle the
fence-wire at each extremity of the bend a, and as the middle portion of the barb

page_text: lies in the hollow of said bend, and the barb points also projecting from the hollow
side of the bend, it will be observed that the barb presents a very neat and snug
appearance.
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
1. The combination with the fence-wire provided with short kinks or bends at
suitable intervals, of the barbs coiled about the fence-wire at said kinks or bends
therein and having pointed ends projecting in opposite directions, substantially as
specified.
2. The barb fence-wire consisting of the combination with the fence wire A,
provided with short kinks or bends a, of barb B secured to said fence-wire by
coils at each extremity of said kink or bend a, and connected together by the
middle portion of the barb lying spirally in the hollow of said kink or bend a, tho
points of the barb projecting in opposite directions from the hollow side of said
kink or bend at the extremity thereof, substantially as specified.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.