IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOLDING OR PORTABLE FENCING
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL
DEVIL
I CHRISTOPHER CAUSLEY of 19 Down's park Road in the County of Middlesex,
Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOLDING OR PORTABLE FENCING" to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of folding or portable
fencing suitable for various uses such as for enclosing fields gardens and enclosures
of all kinds, for lawn tennis nets and screens, and also when suitably covered, for
tents, marquees or any kind of temporary divisions, screens, or enclosures or, with
waterproof material, for waggon and cart covers, temporary roofs and the like.
In carrying out my invention I employ chains consisting of a number of links of
galvanized iron or other suitable metal and laths of wood, iron or other suitable
inaterial.
The laths are inserted in the links or in some of them and the sides of such links
aro by suitable means bent together or they are twisted on each side of 'the lath or
they may be bent and driven through the lath-By this arrangement I make a
very strong continuous fence or screen which can be rolled up, is very easy of
transit and of great strength and which may be used for various purposes as above
named.
·COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I CHRISTOPHER CAUSLEY of 19 Downs Park Road in the County of Middlesex,
5 Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
" and
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOLDING OR PORTABLE FENCING
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 improvements in the manufacture of folding or portable
Ofencing suitable for various uses such as for enclosing fields gardens and enclosures
of all kinds, for lawn tennis nets and screens, and also, when suitably covered, for

page_text: tonts, marquees or any kind of temporary divisions, screens, or enclosures or, with
waterproof material, for waggon and cart covers, temporary roofs and the like.
In carrying out my invention I employ chains consisting of a number of links of
galvanized iron or other suitable metal and laths of wood iron or other suitable
material.
The laths are inserted in the links or in some of them and the sides of such links
are by suitable means bent together or they are twisted on each side of the lath or
they may be bent and driven through the lath,
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 represents a
front elevation and figure 2 a section of a piece of folding or portablo fencing
manufactured according to my invention. Similar letters in both the figures
represent similar parts.
a a¹ are the chains consisting of a number of links of galvanized iron or other
suitable metal and b are the laths of wood, iron, or other suitable material which
laths are inserted in the links a¹, and the sides of such links a¹ are then by suitable
means bent together as shewn in figure 2 so as to bind the same firmly upon the
.laths b.
.
By this arrangement I make a very strong continuous fence or screen which can
be rolled up, is very easy of transit and of great strength and which may be used
for various purposes as before described suitable means being employed for fixing
the same in position and which means would vary with the different purposes for
which the fencing is to be used.
"
Instead of inserting the laths in alternate links of each chain as hereinbefore
described and shewn in the drawing I sometimes insert them at greater or less
'distances apart and it will be obvious that the intervals or spaces between the
chains can be increased or diminished according to requirements. Further instead
of bending the links a' inwards as shewn I sometimes twist them on each side of
the laths or they may be bent and driven through the lath and other forms of
links or chains may be employed than those shown in the drawing as will be
'understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declaro that what
I claim is:
(1.) Manufacturing folding or portable fencing by means of laths inserted in the
links of suitable chains substantially in the manner herein before described.
(2.) The improved portable fencing herein before described and represented in
the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 13th day of January 100