Improvements in and relating to the Means for and Method of Attaching, Supporting, and Adjusting the Wires Used in connection with Wire Fencing or in Hop Gardens, and for analogous purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1896-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Means for and Method of
Attaching, Supporting, and Adjusting the Wires Used in
connection with Wire Fencing or in Hop Gardens, and for
analogous purposes.
I, JOSEPH TOVEY of Shelwick Hereford in the same County Gentleman 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, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification and
to the figures and letters shewn thereon:-
My invention refers to an improved construction and formation of hook or hooks
together with an improved method of loop and stud attachment in connection with
wire fencing for attaching supporting and adjusting the wires, or for use in
supporting and adjusting the wires employed in the training and cultivation of hops
and for all other suitable or analogous purposes.
In the drawings similar letters of reference indicate similar parts upon the several
figures.
Figure 1 represents a form of hook I employ in connection with my arrangements
having a pointed or screwthreaded shank.
Figure 2 is a hook having a straight screw threaded shank.
Figure 3 a modification of Figure 1.
Figure 4 represents another form of hook having a straight shank.
Figures 5 and 6 represent in side and front views a form I may employ for use
in connection with the top wires for hop growing. Figures 7, 8 and 9 are alternative
methods for the same purpose.
Figure 10 are ordinary pot hooks I may usefully employ in regard to the
top wires.
Figures 11 and 12 represent perspective and front views of the metallic loop.
for the attachment and adjustment of the wires to the end posts or standards.
Figure 13 is a stud or peg suitable for my arrangement which may have either
a pointed or a screw threaded end.
Figure 14 represents the loop stud and wire as attached to end post.
In carrying my invention into practical effect one of my arrangements consist in
forming the hooks for attachment to the intermediate posts out of any suitable
metal and size preferably of a round half round or flat section, the book portion
is curled round as at A. the shank may be bent at right angles B. to the straight part
of same having a pointed end for driving into the posts or other situations or may
be screw threaded B¹, or may be of the form shewn in Figure 3.
Sometimes I may find it preferable to form the hooks with straight shanks B.
5 with pointed or serew threaded ends Figures 2 and 4 or as shewn in Figures 5 and 6
the shanks may be perpendicular B with an eyelet or loop C for attachment by
screws or pins to the posts.
In erecting wire fencing, in the first place the end of the wire is adjusted and
made fast at the starting point i.e. the end posts namely by affixing the stud or
O peg E therein as in Figure 14 the wire W being run through the holes D in the
sides of the metallic loop D' and fastened in manner hereinafter described said
loop is placed in position on the stud or peg E.

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A similar method of attachment is or may be upon the other end post.
wire having been placed in the curled hooks such as A which are affixed to
the intermediate posts is now strained by a lever over a reel upon end post or
posts (or other suitable appliance may be used) said lever when straining may
be passed through or attached to a permanent loop upon the one or each end of
the wire which ends may or may not be rigidly fastened at their extremities other
than by the studs and loops.
The horizontal wire W is "whipped" as at J or where required by being
inwrapped within the strands with other wire to form stops when the wire is
strained to prevent its pulling through the holes D in the loop should the end or
ends be free.
The stud or peg E will have a hole F crossways for a pin or bolt F1 to retain
the loop upon the said stud or peg. Or other suitable devices may be used for
attaching or holding the adjustable loops upon the end posts.
The metallic adjustable loops being thus attached and in position with the wire
passed through as described it is detachably attached and is supported in its length
by the curled hooks in the intermediate posts, the particular form of these hooks
prevents the possibility of the wire becoming unshipped by any ordinary movement
which might happen by side pressure against same by shock or from other
causes.
When barbed wire is used it will be placed in the hooks in the intermediate
posts after being strained and made fast at both ends.
My improved method of attachment allows of the ready removal of the wire as
the loop or loops can be easily slipped off the studs or pegs E at either end
without having to slacken or unstrain the wires which could not be done by means
hitherto employed.
In order to tighten up the wire when it becomes slack by continued strain the
movable metal loop D' has only to be slipped as far as may be necessary along
the wire W and the same rebound or whipped to prevent slipping and the loop
replaced on the stud or peg; and the required degree of tightness is obtained, by
straining.
These arrangements are of great advantage and where temporarily required
especially in hunting districts where barbed wire is so generally used.
Similar arrangements will be carried out when applied to the wire work in hop
rows as the before described curled hooks may be used for the middle and bottom
wires or of the form shewn in Figure 4. but for the top wire I employ by
preference the kind of hook seen in Figure 7 having a once curled end for
supporting the wires so that they can easily be unshipped with a forked pole.
Or the hooks for this purpose may have a turned in or barbed extremity G.
Figure 9 which will assist in retaining the wires in place and prevent their
blowing out.
In new work the cross carrying wires H may be run through the eye C at the
end of the shank or the said eyes may be clenched over the wires.
Sometimes I prefer to use the pot-hooks Figure 10 for suspending the top wires
from the cross carrying wires.
It will be seen that my system provides for the top wire or wires being suspended
from the cross carrying wires in all cases which will be more convenient than by
the usual method whereby the said top wires are above or rest upon the cross
carrying wires.
All the above forms of hooks will be. of a round half round or flat section
preferably so that the wires shall not be liable to become dented or injured when
being strained or by the weight of the hop bine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the object and nature of my
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that
what I claim is.
Firstly. The improved means for detachably attaching and supporting the wires

page_text: of wire fencing and in the wire work used in the training and cultivation of hops
and for other suitable purposes, substantially as set forth.
Secondly. In combination with the wire work of fencing or in the wire work of
hop gardens the method of detachably attaching supporting and adjusting said wires
consisting of the studs or pegs, the adjustable metallic loops, the curled hooks, all in
combination with said wire work and the posts or supports the straining levers and
reels or other similar appliances as and for the purpose or purposes set forth.
Thirdly. The special formation and application of the curled hooks and the
metallic loops and pegs as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 30th day of October 1896
EDWD. J. PAYNE & SON,
Warwick Chambers, 104, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.
EDWD. J. PAYNE & SON,
Warwick Chambers, 104, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.