Improvements in Fencing Wire.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fencing Wire.
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, of the firm of Richard Johnson Clapham and
Morris Limited, of 24 and 26 Lever Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
My invention relates to that class of fencing wire which is secured at intervals
to posts or standards and stretched to keep the wires taut and the chief object of
my invention is to make the fencing more visible and ornamental without materially
adding to its cost.
In my improved fencing wire I substitute for each line wire, two selvage wires
each composed of two, three or more small wires stranded together and these
selvage wires are connected together by a connecting wire or wires twisted on to
the selvage wires in an ordinary wire netting machine or otherwise, either in what
is known as a full diamond or half diamond pattern.
When a full diamond pattern is formed between the pair of selvage wires, two
or more connecting wires are employed which are inter-twisted at intervals and so
form the pattern.
Dated this 11th day of November 1892
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fencing Wire.
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON, Managing Director of the Company of
Richard Johnson, Clapham and Morris Limited, of 24 and 26 Lever Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Wire Manufacturers, 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:-
My invention relates to that class of fencing wire which is secured at intervals
to posts or standards and stretched to keep the wires taut and the chief object of
my invention is to make the fencing more visible and ornamental without materially
adding to its cost.
In my improved fencing wire I substitute for each line wire, two selvage wires
each composed of two, three or more small wires stranded together and these
selvage wires are connected together by a connecting wire or wires twisted on to
the selvage wires in an ordinary wire netting machine or otherwise, either in what
is known as a full diamond or half diamond pattern.
When a full diamond pattern is formed between the pair of selvage wires, two
or more connecting wires are employed which are inter-twisted at intervals and so
form the pattern.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figs. 1 and 2 represent two forms of improved fencing wire made according to
my invention and Fig. 3 represents a fence made from the wire shown in Fig. 1.
In these views, a and b represent the two selvage wires each composed in this
case of two small wires stranded together, and these selvage wires a b, in Fig. 1,
are connected to one another by a single wire c, which is twisted round them at
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page_text: regular and suitable intervals. The ends of the selvage wires a b, may be connected
to a bar d as shown or any other convenient mode of finishing off the ends may be
employed.
In Fig. 2.two connecting wires c are employed, these wires are twisted together
between the stranded selvage wires a b on which they are also twisted, and thus
a diamond pattern is produced.
In Fig. 3 a completed fence is shown composed of two bands of the improved
fencing wire attached to uprights e.
In the drawings, each selvage wire a bis shown composed of two small wires
stranded together, it is obvious that more than two wires could be employed and
also the connecting wires in place of being each a single wire might be formed of
stranded wires.
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:-
The improved fencing wire composed of stranded selvage wires connected
together by a wire or wires substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 13th day of March 1893.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.