provements in the Staples or Carrying Brackets of Wire and like Fencing
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Staples or Carrying Brackets of Wire and
like Fencing
I, RICHARD TAYLOR of Sidney House, Wellington, in the County of Salop,
Fumer and Engineer, do hereby declue the nature of this invention to be as
follows
My invention has relation to the securing staples or ca rying brackets of barbed
and other wire and like fencing, and consists in so constructing the sud staples or
brackets, that the sud fencing is readily detached without the drawing of the said
staples from their standards or uprights, and moreover the said wire admits of
being readily set-up without the employment of special tools
It is often des able to clear the feuces for hunting purposes at short notice, and
by my invention such can be done without trouble, and afterwards expeditiously
replaced
Fat bailed-wire fencing is traught with danger to hunting parties, and in order
to clear the fence the connecting and supporting staples have to be withdrawn
According to my improvements, I make the staple or bracket in the form of a
long spike, with the foie part pierced with an L or bayonet shaped gap or slot
pivotedly hun
with the gate or entrance coming upon the top edge, and with
double pawl lock pivoted to a pait, a considerable distance above the horizontal
part of the slot or gap which is preferably of a cylinducal figure at its end
Now the pair of sw nging and pawl shaped locks, which are hung from a pivot
upon the inner side of the gap, have their acting edges, curved cam-shaped of
made of a wedge figure and serrated or toothed, and with the radius of the culve
so directed, that the pres ing down of the pawls, will jamb the fencing wire into
the end of the slot and there lock it and with the line of pressure coming below the
pivot hence the self affixing and locking of the pawls, in then affixing positions
In such a cast
Instead of a pair of pivotedly hung pawls, 1 may employ one only
I prefer that the staple gap at the end whole the fencing comes, should be bulged
into a bearing for the wire to rest upon
Assuming that a fencing is being set up, after the staples have been duiven into
or connected to the standards, throw back the pawls upon then pivot leaving the
entrance to the gap clear, then drop the wire into position, and press the pawls home,
until the line of pre sure of the wire comes below the pivot, when the same is made
self-locking as the greater the pressure the more securely the wie becomes held
By now throwing back the pawl lock upon its pivot, the fencing is instantly
released
As a modihed form of staple, the paul locks may be gapped upon their outer
edges, instead of seinted, so that the tencing is first passed into the gaps, and then
taken home by pressing the locks downwards, until the same has passed the centro
of the pivot oi line of pressuie
It will be understood that in the arrangement first described, the locks not only
support and hold the we to the standards, but also gup the wire between the
tandard, so that should we between two standuids get cut, then all the

page_text: remaining lengths of wire coming between the other standards, will be kept fast
instead of running loose
As a still further form of my invention, the gap may come upon the underside
of the staple, which is preferably made from sheet metal, and with the pawl lock,
made in the forin of a tooth with an inclined plane acting edge
As a further form, I may employ two pivoted cam-shaped locks, with then
opposed edges, which are channelled or curved coming together and between which
the wire is passed, and becomes locked and affixed, after the line of pressure has
passed the pivots or centres
As a still further form, a part of the pawl lock, may be made in the form of a
closure, which enters the gap, and with the fencing wire pressing against it so as
to keep the same down This pawl lock is Jointed above and out of line with the
end of the gap in which the fence lies
As a still further form, I employ a slide with an inclined gap running from its
top edge and with the same crossing the gap of the staple or spike, so that on the
mouth of the gap of the slide, which works within guides, coming coincident with
the mouth of the gap of the staple, then the wire can be introduced, and the same
locked by the pushing of the slide forward, which may be locked by a cross pi
As a still further form of the last described arrangement, I lock the slide by
cam, which is fixed in its locked position by a cross bolt
In applying my improvements to non standards, the staple or bracket parts may
be made with flanges, and attached thereto by bolting or otherwise
In a still further form of my invention, as applied to iron standards, I pass the
fencing wires through holes in the standards, or through side gaps, the gaps being
preferably of the nature of a bay one joint, with the cam locks pivotedly hung
above them, and at such a position that the same when pressed down, lock the
fencing, as before The ends of the gaps or the seatings of the holes, may be
wedge on taper shaped, into which the fencing is duiven by the pressing home of
the locks, hence additional grip
As still another form of my invention, I construct the staple or bracket as
follows
The spike or other shaped body part is terminated by a gapped and hooked end
thus forming is it were a bifurcated head, or a head gapped about its middle to a
depth greater than the diameter of the fence wire to be supported and of such a
breadth as to admit of the introduction of a cross cottar o wedge between the
solid pait terminating the gap and the underside of the wire fencing member
Thus, in making the said staple or bracket, I terminate the spike or shank
part by a plate, with the middle part pierced by a gap running in the direction of
its length This plite end is then folded nearly upon itself, forming hooked end,
leaving a space between the inner sides of a breadth about equal to the diameter
of a fence we
The closed ends of the gap coming upon the back and fiont of the staple are
coincident with one anothei
In using this form of staple, first horizontally drive the same into a standard
and then thread the fencing wire through the open back of the hooked end, until
the same comes up to the inside of the return part of the hook, as a seating and
crosses the gap Then drive home a cottar or taper peg downwardly through the
space located between the inner and solid ends of the gap and the fencing wife,
hence a simple and efficient connection
By reversing the position of the staple or bracket and threading the fencing wire
from the front through the gap and then introdi cing the cottai vertically between
the solid return end of the hook part and the fencing wire, another interchangeable
and efficient connection is made
Instead of employing a cottar, any locking expedient, such as a drop pin, pawl
or the like may be used in lieu thereof
Standards oi upughts may be made with turned-over edges gapped at intervals,
so as to have within themselve, fastenin, oi retaining means for the wne

page_text: My invention is applicable to the setting up or affixing of all fencing, including
wire netting and the like
RICHARD TAYLOR,
By Henry Skeriett,
Agent for Applicant
Improvements in the Staples or Carrying Brackets of Wine and
like Fencing
1 RICHARD 1AYIOR, of Sidney House, Wellington, in the County of Salop
Fume and Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the ame is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
My invention relates to the carrying and securing staples, or to the carrying
brackets employed in connection with burbed and other like wire fencing, and my
said invention has for its object, so constructing the said staples of bi ickets that
the fencing admits of being readily detached and again attached without the
diawing o di connecting of the said staples from their standards or uprights
According to my invention, fencing is set up and taken down without the
employment of special tools which is a desideration, in ismuch as it is oftentimes
desi ible to clear fences at very short notice to make way for hunting parties, and
then to subsequently set them up again
My said invention consists primily in employing in connection with a staple,
bracket or other attachment a fence wire connector mide by bending or folding a
loop-shiped strip of metal hook wise thereby forming a gapped oi bifurcated hook,
through the branches of which the fence wire pi-ses and is there secured by a
cottar diven at right angles to it and coming between part of the hooked end and
the fence we to be held
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation, a fencing
wie staple constructed according to my invention, with a length or barbed fencing
wire secured in position therɩto
Figure 2 represents a longitudinal section of the staple, without the wedge, cottar
01 pin, showing the open front and back
F
igure 3 epresents a topside plan of Figure 2
igure 4 is an end view of Figure 1
k igure is a top ide plan of Fure 1
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6 represents a like staple as F₁uie 1, but with the same tuined round
and with the wie introduced and cottar pin duiven in the reverse directions to those
already shown
Figure 7 represent the metal blank from which the staple shown is made by
tuining the same upor itself upon the line
Thus, in Figure 7, a is a spike, terminated at its forward end by a loop b, which
15 folded hookwise upon itself about the dotted line a, thus forming a hook-shaped
and bifurcated end to the staple as represented in the preceding Figures 1 to 6
The tormed staple consists of a spike a, with a turned-back hook-shaped end b,
which latter is composed of hook-shaped bianches b', b¹, each terminated by
shoulders, back bearings or solid parts 62, 63, and separated by a gap b*, with a
front entrance 65, a back entrance 66 and a back bearing, overhun_ by the
shoulder or cro s end b²
To secure a fence wire to a staple when the same is diiven into a standard with
the gap b*, coming vertical as represented in Figures 1 to 5, first drop the wire d,

page_text: behind the hook and then draw the same forwardly through the back entrance be,
up to the inside bearings of the return part 6', which form shoulders or stops
Then drive in the bridging cotta pin c, between the said fence wire and the cross
end 2, and shoulder 63 of the body part 68, of the staple, when the wire is firmly
secured in position 6 is a shoulder for the purpose of diving home the spike
To release tne fence wire, it only necessary to knocl on the cottir, when the
same can be detached by repassing it through the back entrance 66, and litting it
clear of the hook
Figure 6 shows the staple in a position in which the gap is presented horizontally
and the cottar driven in at the back of the fence wire and the returned end of the
hook part This view is marked with the same letters of reference as the preceding
ones
In secuing a fence wire to the staple when in this position, pass the fence
wire d, through the open gap or gate 64 from the front when the said we rests
agar st or bridges the stop or shoulder 62, 63, when the cottu e is driven in between
the return end 67, and the said fence we, as represented
Figure 8 epicsents a modified form of my invention in which the shoulder 6º,
is dispensed with and the spike driven home by striking the hook end of the
staple
Figure 9 represents a like form of staple as Figure 8, but provided with a nose
end 610
Figue 10 is a modification of my invention, having an eyed lower part and L
gapped and hooked upper part and Figure 11 is a topside piin of the sime
a is the spike, b the hooked loop, the eyed ba e
Figure 12 repie ents another form of my invention, in which a gapped loop
shaped et d is employed instc id of gapped return bool In this form, the fencing
wire only admit of bong later ills uti oduced into the cleft put of the staple from
the froit with the cotter coming between the back ends of a pair of loops and the
fence wire
Figure 13 15 houzontal section of Figure 12 upon the dotted line a', and
Figure 14 is an end view of the same
In Figures 1, 13 and 14, a is the spike or me ins of attachment, with the head
or outer end b, having two separated loops or pierced plates 61, 62, separated by a
gap 65, with back solid shoulders 68 c is a cotter, which passes through the
piercing in the plate 2, and secures the fence wire d, after the same has been
introduced laterally through the gap b, up to the solid shoulders or backs ³
Figure 15 epie ents a fuithei modified s tem of fencing connection, in which
nearly the same effect is obtained as in the preceding rangement by two eyed
plates, separated from each other by space, thereby leaving a gap or open ng
between them through which a fence we pa ses and is then secured by passium, a
cottar through the eyes
Figure 16 represents one of the eved plates separately
a a ne staples, with looped end b, pierced with eyes b², and which when placed
nearly together but with gap or space 6 between them, admit of a tencing wie
being placed within the said pace and up to a standard f, into which the said
staples are driven The securing of the sud wire is effected by diving the
cott through the eyes and in front of the fencing wire as represented
necessary two cottus may be used with this form of eyed plate stipte with the
wire coming between the cottats, and preferably lying in heep gap made in the
presented edge of one of them
If
Figure 17 represents a vertical section of my fencing wie staple attached to a
plate instead of being cried at the head of a spike, and Figure 18 is a front
elevation of the simc
a is the attachnicnt plate, and 6 the gapped and hooked connection, c is the fence
wire and d the cottar or wedge
Figure 19 repic ents the same type of staple as Figures 17 and 181ut with the
wire and cottar introduced in t'ic same way as shown in Figure 6

page_text: Figure 20 1epresents a modification of the form of staple and attachment plate
shown in Figures 17, 18 and 19 and Figure 21 is a topsi le plan of Figure 20
a, a are attachment plates, the bifurcated connection or staple, d the fence
wire and c the cottar
Figure 22 is a modification of the form of staple Figures 20 and 21 in which the
bracket is shown attached to a standard and Figure 23 is a cross section of
Figure 22 upon the dotted lines a²
a is the attachment or bracket part secured to the standard f, and with the
staple loop b, having a gap b³, into which the fence wire d, is literally introduced
and is theie secured by a cottar c
Figure 24 represents my invention applied to the fixing of wie netting
Figure 25 is a vertical section of the same
bis a bifurcated connection, secured to the line wire d, by hooking the same
over it and then passing the cottar pin c, between the bick bearings of the
connection and the said line wire The connection is fouined from an extension of
the wire netting a
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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Firt A staple or carrying bracket for we and like fencing, having, or
consisting primarily of, a gapped or bifurcated hook part, with fencing wie gates
or entrances and cottar bearings at both back and fiont, hence an interchangeable
staple or carrying bracket which admits of the fencing wie being connected by a
bridging cottar and disconnected in the way and by the means substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25
callying
Secondly Making the fence-wire connection parts of staples or
brackets as referied to in the preceding claim fiom an elongated loop folded
bookwise upon itself, substantially as described and set forth in Figure 7
Thirdly The modified form of staple or carrying bracket foi wne and like
fencing, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 10 and 11
Fourthly A staple or carrying staple for wire and like funcing, consisting
primarily of two loops or pierced plates, separated from each other by a gap and
having fence we bearings and bridging cott ir bearings, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 23
Fifthly The modified form of connection for fencing and like wie, substantially
as described and set forth in Figures 15 and 16
Sixthly The system of connecting attachable and detachable fencing and like
wire to standards or uprights substantially as bei ein described and set forth
Dated this 7th day of December 1895
RICHARD TAILOR,
By Henry Skei rett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant