IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE Manufacture OF WIRE FENCES to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE Manufacture
OF WIRE FENCES to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to wire fences, and consists in the combination with two
or more twisted strands of wire, of a tablet or warning plate interposed at
intervals between the strands.
The object of my invention is to make the wire fence visible to cattle in order
that they may be warned and avoid the barrier, and thus reduce the liability of
their coming against it and tearing the wires from the post, or when the fence is
provided with barbs from being lacerated by them.
In carrying the said invention into practice I provide tablets or warning plates
which are intended to be made of sheet metal cut to the requisite size and shape,
and are slit diagonally at the corners, and the metal bent outwardly in opposite
directions thus forming eight points, four on each side. The tablets are inserted
between the strand wires at suitable distances apart, the strand wires fitting in the
slits at the corners and being twisted together on each side of the tablets.
The said points may be bent out to such an extent that they will form barbs, and
the tablets will in this case, when used with plain wire, answer the double purpose
of rendering the fence visible and providing it with barbs. When used with wire
provided with barbs the points need not be spread out so far, but only far enough
for the wire strands to enter the slips.
Instead of being slit diagonally at the corners, dovetailed sections may be cut in
the body of the tablet or warning plate, and the sections thus formed turned
outwardly, thus forming a longitudinal slot near each end of the tablet, and the
portions projecting outwardly from the face of the tablet forming barbs. In this
case the strand wires will be inserted in the slots and thus the tablet will be held
in place when the strand wires are twisted together. In addition to this if desired

page_text: the corners of the tablet may also be slit and the points turned in opposite
directions to form barbs and increase the efficiency of the fence as a barbed
fence.
The advantages of my invention consists in the security with which the tablets
are fastened in the wires, the lightness and durability of the tablets, and the fact
that they make a wire fence to which they are applied so prominent that it is
quickly seen by cattle.
Moreover when the barbs are formed as stated, they are strong and cheap as they
are formed on and constitute a part of the tablet.
Dated this 16th day of April 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE
OF WIRE FENCES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to wire fences, and consiste in the combination with two
or more twisted strands of wire, of tablets or warning plates interposed at
intervals between the strands.
The object of my invention is to make the wire fence visible to cattle in order
that they may bo warned and avoid the barrier, and thus reduce the liability of
their coming against it and tearing the wires from the post, or when the fence is
provided with barbs from being lacerated by them.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is an elevation of a piece of wire provided with the said warning plates
and,
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tablet or warning plate, detached.
Referring to the drawing, a, b, indicate the strand wires, and o the tablets or
warning plates which are intended to be made of sheet metal cut to the requisite
size and shape. As shown, the tablet or warning plate is slit diagonally at the
corners, and the metal bent outwardly in opposite directions thus forming eight
points d, four on each side. The tablets are inserted between the strand wires
at suitable distances apart, the strand wires fitting in the slits at the corners as
shown in Figure 1, and being twisted together on each side of the tableta
These points d may be bent out to such an extent that they will form barbs, as
shown in Figure 2, and the tablets will, in this case, when used with plain wire,
answer the double purpose of rendering the fence visible and providing it with
barba. When used with wire provided with barbs, the points d need not be spread
out so far, but only far enough for the wire strands to enter the slits.
Instead of being slit diagonally at the corners, as shown, dovetailed sections may
be cut in the body of the tablet or warning plate and the sections thus formed
turned outwardly, thus forming a longitudinal slot near each end of the tablet, and
the portions projecting outwardly from the face of the tablet forming barbs. In
this case the strand wires will be inserted in the alots and thus the tablet will be
held in place when the strand wires are twisted together. In addition to this, if
desired, the corners of the tablet may also be slit and the points turned in opposite
directions to form barbs and increase the efficiency of the fence as a barbed fence.
The advantages of my invention consist in the security with which the tablets
are fastened in the wires, the lightness and durability of the tablets, and the fact
that they make a wire fence to which they are applied so prominent that it is
quickly seen by cattle.
Moreover when the barbs are formed as stated, they are strong and cheap as they
are formed on, and constitute, a part of the tablet.
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. The combination with two or more twisted strands of wire, of an
interposed guard plate or tablet having slits to receive the strand wires, substantially
as described.

page_text: Second. The combination with two or more twisted strands of wire, of an
interposed flat guard plate or tablet, having its edges slit and the points thus
formed bent outwardly, substantially as described.
Third. The combination with two or more twisted strands of wire, of a tablet
or plate inserted between the strand wires and having slits, the tablet or plate
being firmly held between the strands, and the points of the slit portious being
bent outwardly on opposite sides of the tablet or plate to form barbs as set forth.
Dated this 7th day of November 1884.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.