IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE FENCING AND IN APPARATUS FOR FASTENING THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE TAYLOR of Naylor Street Works Naylor Street Liverpool, in the
county of Lancaster, Works Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE FENCING AND IN APPARATUS FOR FASTENING
THE SAME to be as follows:-
My invention relates mainly to an improved construction of barbed wire fencing
the main objects being to secure the wire to the standards and droppers in an
efficient manner and to provide apparatus for enabling the attachment of the wire
to the said standards and droppers to be quickly and readily performed in a durable
and satisfactory manner.
The invention consists essentially, First, In constructing standards or droppers
each with a concave and convex face longitudinally and securing the wire across
the concave face of each standard and dropper by means of staples passed there-
through and secured on the convex side thereof by bending the ends of the said
staples outwards.
Second As means for rapidly and satisfactorily securing the staples in position:
In constructing a pair of tongs or pincers with one jaw recessed to receive the head
of the staple and the other jaw wedge shaped to enter between and expand the
ends of the said staple.

page_text: I GEORGE TAYLOR of Naylor Street Works, Naylor Street, Liverpool in the
County of Lancaster, Works Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE FENCING AND IN APPARATUS FOR
FASTENING THE SAME" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of barbed or other wire fencing
the principal objects being to secure the wire to the standards and droppers in an
efficient manner without threading the wire through openings in such standards or
droppers thereby allowing of droppers and additional standards being attached
after the fence is erected and to provide apparatus for enabling the attachment of
the wire to the said standards and droppers to be quickly and readily performed
in a durable and satisfactory manner.
The invention consists essentially, First, In constructing standards and droppers
each with a concave and convex face longitudinally and in securing the wire across
the concave face of each standard and dropper by means of staples passed there-
through from the concave side and secured on the convex side by bending the ends
of the said staples apart. This part of the invention is applicable to a large
number of forms of metal having a concave side such as H iron.
Second As means for rapidly and satisfactorily securing the staples in position.
In constructing a pair of tongs or pincers with one jaw recessed or widened to
receive the head of the staple and the other jaw wedge shaped to enter between
and expand the ends of the said staple.
Fig 1 is a plan, fig 2 a perspective view of a standard or dropper with the barbed
wire secured thereto in accordance with my invention. The standard or dropper has
a concave face a and a convex face b and the barbed wire c is secured across the
concave face a by means of the staples d which pass through holes in the standard
or dropper and are secured by the ends being bent apart as shown.
Fig 3 is a side elevation, and fig 4 a front elevation of tongs or pincers
constructed under my invention for securing the staples in position. The tongs are
also shown in perspective in Fig 2. c is the recessed or widened portion against
which the head of the staple rests, f is the. wedge shaped portion which enters
between and expands the ends of the staple as shown

page_text: 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
First. Constructing standards or droppers for wire fencing with longitudinal
concave and convex faces, and securing the wire across the concave face by means
of staples substantially as setforth.
Second. Pincers or tongues with one jaw provided with a recessed or widened
portion and the other jaw with wedge piece for the purpose setforth.