IMPROVED. METHODS OF CONNECTING TOGETHER THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BARS- OF IRON HURDLES, PALISADING, AND OTHER KINDS OF FENCING.
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Hydes and William Wigfull, both of
Sheffield, in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVED.
METHODS OF CONNECTING TOGETHER THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BARS-
OF IRON HURDLES, PALISADING, AND OTHER KINDS OF FENCING.
Sealed the 31st December 1870, and dated the 5th July 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Hydes and.
William Wigfull at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 5th July 1870.
We, THOMAS HYDES and WILLIAM WIGFULL, both of Sheffield, in
the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED METHODS OF CONNECTING TOGETHER THE VERTICAL AND
HORIZONTAL BARS OF IRON HURDLES, PALISADING, AND OTHER KINDS OF FENCING,"
to be as follows: -
This Invention relates to novel and improved methods of connecting
the vertical and horizontal bars of iron hurdles, palisading, and other
kinds of fencing for effecting greater strength and durability thereof
when fixed; to effect this object we apply to flat or round bar con-

page_text: tinuous fencing hurdles or palisading certain wedges or cotters, and
construct and arrange them as hereafter described, that is to say, we
indent the horizontal bar with a suitable tool in a position opposite to
the vertical standard; we then place an angular wedge or cotter in
the said recess or indentation and press cach side of the said wedge or
cotter closely to the standard or bar, which are both effectually prevented
from moving out of their place. For the joining standard we place
a groove or indentation between the ends of the two horizontal bars
which meet at this point and insert a vertical cotter of which the top
is then at the right hand and the bottom at the left hand of the
standard, or vice versa, and by bending the two ends of the said wedge
or cotter closely to the standard or bar it firmly retains its position and
effectually secures the joint.
We further propose to use for the purpose of securing the bars to the
standards and for joining the ends of the horizontal bars and securing
them to the standards, certain wedges of the following description,
namely, at the thick end of the wedge there is a wing or flange which fits
into a groove at the top or into holes in the flat sides of the horizontal
bars, the wedges being placed in the bars and both passed through the
hole in the standards and the thin end of the wedges bent back to the
opposite side of the standard, thus firmly binding together the two, and
holding them in their position.
And for firmly securing to their places the intermediate standards of
ordinary round bar hurdles and continuous fencing we propose to swell
out with a suitable tool the horizontal bar in two places, one swell or
ridge on each side of the standard, thus leaving a hollow in the hori-
zontal bar between the two swells or ridges, and by punching oval holes
in the vertical bars to admit of the swelled horizontal bar passing
through, and turning the latter at right angles after being passed
through the vertical standards and rivetted at each end, they are
thus held immovably secure in their place.
We further propose to use for the purpose of securing the horizontal
bars to the standards a wedge of the following construction: --Into the
thick end of the wedge a round pin is fixed which is intended to take
into corresponding shaped holes made through the bar or through the
ends of two bars in the case of continuous fencing, the hole in the
standard being suitably formed to receive them. The holes in the two
bars being brought opposite to each other, the pin of the wedge is

page_text: inserted therein, after which the wedge is forced into the hole in the
standard and the thin edge of the wedge turned back, thereby securely
holding the bar or bars in the standard..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Hydes and William Wigfull in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th January 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS
HYDES and William WigfuLL, both of Sheffield, in the County of
York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-fourth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said Thomas Hydes and William Wigfull, Her
special licence that we, the said Thomas Hydes and William Wigfull,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Thomas Hydes and William Wigfull, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED METHODS OF CONNECTING
TOGETHER THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BARS OF IRON HURDLES, PALISADING,
AND OTHER KINDS OF FENCING," upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said Thomas Hydes and William Wigfull, our executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Thomas Hydes and William
Wigfull, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly de-

page_text: scribed and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to
say:
This Invention relates to novel and improved methods of connecting
the vertical and horizontal bars of iron hurdles, palisading, and other
kinds of fencing for effecting greater strength and durability thereof
when fixed. To effect this object we apply to flat or round bar con-
tinuous fencing hurdles or palisading certain wedges or cotters, and
construct and arrange them as hereafter described, that is to say, we
indent the horizontal bar with a suitable tool in a position opposite to
the vertical standard; we then place an angular wedge or cotter in the
said recess or indentation, and press each side of the said wedge or cotter
closely to the standard or bar, which are both effectually prevented from
moving out of their place. For the joining standard we place a groove
or indentation between the ends of the two horizontal bars which meet
at this point, and insert a vertical cotter, of which the top is then at
the right hand and the bottom at the left hand of the standard, or vicê
versà, and by bending the two ends of the said wedge or cotter closely
to the standard or bar it firmly retains its position and effectually
secures the joint.
We further propose to use for the purpose of securing the bars to the
standards and for joining the ends of the horizontal bars and securing
them to the standards certain wedges of the following description,
namely, at the thick end of the wedge there is a wing or flange which fits
into a groove at the top or into holes in the flat sides of the horizontal
bars, the wedges being placed in the bar and both passed through the
hole in the standards and the thin end of the wedges bent back to the
opposite side of the standard, thus firmly binding together the two and
holding them in their position.
And for firmly securing to their places the intermediate standards of
ordinary round bar hurdles and continuous fencing, we propose to swell
out with a suitable tool the horizontal bar in two places, one swell or
ridge on cach side of the standard, thus leaving a hollow in the hori-
zontal bar between the two swells or ridges, and by punching oval holes
in the vertical bars to admit of the swelled horizontal bar passing
through and turning the latter at right angles after being passed
through the vertical standards and rivetted at each end; they are thus
held immovably secure in their place.

page_text: meet at this point, and insert a vertical cotter d, of which the top is
then at the right hand and the bottom at the left hand of the standard B
or vice versa, and by bending the two ends of the wedge or cotter d,
as at Figure 6, closely to the standard or bar B it firmly retains its
position and effectually secures the joint, as represented at Figures
4, 5, 6, 8, of the Drawings, where Figure 4 shows the improved means
of fastening by diagonal cotters for the horizontal bars meeting at the
joining upright; Figure 5 shows a half section of the bars and diagonal
cotter illustrative of the way in which the bars are held by the fastener;
Figure 6 shews the bars and joining standards permanently and securely
fixed by means of the two ends of the diagonal cotter being bent back
right and left to the opposite sides of the vertical bar; Figure 8 shews
the improved means of fastening by diagonal cotters
bar fences for fixing the bar to the joining standards.
is bent back level with the vertical bar as at Figure 6.
applied to flat
When fixed it
We further propose to use for the purpose of securing the bars B to
the standards A and for joining the ends of the horizontal bars B and
securing them to the standards A certain wedges of the following
construction, namely At the thick end of the wedge is a wing, peg,
or flange e, which fits into a groove fat the top or into holes in the
flat sides of the horizontal bars A, A, the wedges being placed in the
bars and both passed through the hole in the standard and the thin end
of the wedges bent back to the opposite side of the standard, thus firmly
binding together the two and holding them in their position, as repre-
sented at Figures 9, 10, of the Drawings, where Figure 9 shews the
principle of the improved peg wedge joint; A, A, are the ends of
horizontal bars pierced with a circular hole; B is the peg wedge, which
being inserted in the joining standards fills the superflous space, and
fills also the circular holes; Figure 10 shews the peg wedge fence
permanently fixed and the thin end of the peg wedge turned up level
with the vertical standards, thus forming a triple and most effective
and durable fastening.
And for firmly securing to their places the intermediate and joining
standards C of ordinary round bar hurdles and continuous fencing, we
propose to swell out with a suitable tool the horizontal bar D in two
places, one swell or ridge coming on each side of the standard, thus
leaving a hollow in the horizontal bar D between the two aforesaid
swells or ridges, and by punching oval or elongated holes in the vertical

page_text: bars to admit of the swelled horizontal bar passing through the said
oval hole and turning the bar D at right angles or across the aforesaid
oval hole after its passage through the said hole.
The vertical standards are rivetted at each end, and are thus held
immovably secure in their places as represented at Figures 11, 12, 13, of
the Drawings, where Figure 11 is a side view of an upright bar in
which is punched an elongated hole; it shows also the section of a
round bar which is here pressed into the form of an irregular cross,
one angle being longer than the other; Figure 12 is a front view of
the vertical and horizontal bar, the irregular cross or swelling in the
latter being held in such a position that it readily passes through the
elongated hole in the vertical bar when it is turned at right angles, as
shewn in Figure 13; Figure 13 represents the bar as completely fixed
having a ridge or swell on each side of and quite close to the vertical
bar, the horizontal bar being then rivetted to the end vertical bars a
strong and durable hurdle is produced. The above principle may
also be applied to the ferrules of joining standards of continuous
fencing.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of
our said Invention for "Improved Methods of Connecting together
the Vertical and Horizontal Bars of Iron Hurdles, Palisading, and other
Kinds of Fencing," together with the best means we are acquainted
with for carrying the same into practical effect, we would remark in
conclusion that we hereby declare our Invention to consist in and
we claim the several methods above described and represented by the
Drawings for connecting together the vertical and horizontal bars of
iron hurdles, palisading, and other kinds of fencing, substantially as
above stated.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Hydes and William Wig-
full, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Second day of
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and caxants one
THOMAS HYDES.
(L.S.)
WILLIAM WIGFULL. (L.S.)