in barbed and other wire fencing
Year: 1885

page_text: I, PAUL HENWOOD of N° 18 Finsbury Circus in the City of London Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object improvements in barbed and other wire fencing.
In fixing wire fencing at the present time when iron steel or other metal
standards or uprights are used it is the common practice to pass the wire through
holes punched in the standards or uprights and where barbed wire fencing is used
its attachment to the standards or uprights is effected by cutting through the apex
of the angle iron forming the same--
--Thus much time and labour is expended in
setting up ordinary wire fencing and the system of fixing barbed wire is such as
seriously to impair the strength and efficiency of the standards to which it is
attached.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to use standards of T iron with or without
a bulb but any other suitable section of danged iron or other metal is or may be
used To receive the wires I form a slot or slots at the end or top and at suitable
intervals in the outer edge or side of the standards. I form each slot so as to
receive in addition to the wire a key or transverse locking piece which may be
of wood iron steel or other suitable material and such key or locking piece may be
of such form as either to impinge upon and fix the wire to the standard or allow
the wire to play freely in the slot The key or locking piece is or may be made
with suitable mechanism for securing itself in position when fixed.

page_text: I PAUL HENWOOD of N° 18 Finsbury Circus in the City of London England
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention has for its object improvements in barbed or other wire fencing.
In fixing wire fencing at the present time when iron steel or other metal
standards or uprights are used it is customary to use angle tee or T bulb iron or
steel standards or uprights and it is the common practice to pass the wire through
holes punched in the standards or uprights and where barbed wire fencing is used
its attachment to the standards or uprights is sometimes effected by the use of wire
ties and also by another method where angle iron standards are cut for the
insertion of barbed iron through the apex of such standards the wires are held in
position by the use of metal rivets or pins And it is also customary to lace the
wires together between the standards or uprights with steel or iron wire and in
the event of any standard or upright being broken it would be necessary to remove
all the wires and lacing from the nearest straining post to the broken standards
and when this is replaced to refix all the wires and lacings or if preferred to cut
the wires insert a piece on each with two joints to every wire-thus much time
and labor is expended in setting up or repairing ordinary wire fencing and
attaching barbed wire and the strength and efficiency of the standards is in
addition seriously impaired.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to use steel or iron standards of sections
as shewn in the drawings but any other suitable section of flanged iron or other
metal is or may be used.
To receive the wires I form a slot or slots at the end or top or at suitable
intervals in the outer edge or side of the standard-I make each slot by preference
in the form shewn in the drawings but I do not confine myself to the particular
form of slot shewn in the drawings which represents steel or iron standards of the
sections which I prefer to use treated in accordance with my invention.
The wire is first placed within the inner curve of the slot which receives within
its outer angle a dovetail or other form of cotter key or transverse locking piece as
by reference to the drawings Figure 2 may be readily understood-Such locking
piece I make of such form as either to fix the wire to the standard or allow the
wire to play freely in the slot and I also make such dovetail or other form of
cotter key either of solid metal or divided so as to form two terminal stems or pins
which may be bent back after insertion thus securing the key in the alot-I prefer
to make such locking piece of metal but any other suitable material may be used-
Figures 1 and 1 are sketches of such cotter keys.

page_text: Having now described and fully ascertained the nature of my said invention and
the manner in which it may be carried into effect I claim
The use of a dovetail or other form of cotter key or transverse locking piece in
combination with a slot as herein before described for the supporting or attaching
5 fencing wire to iron or steel standards or uprights of sections as shewn in the
drawings or other suitable section of flanged iron or other metal.
Dated thin 09th dam of T_1_ 1000