Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1887
Complete Left, 22nd Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Dec., 1887
I JOHN THOMAS STANYON of 2 Clive Villas Eastworth, Chertsey in the County of
Surrey Ironmongers Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A new self locking arrangement for fastening and securing barbed or any other
kind of fencing wire to iron standards.
It consists of three seperate parts viz.
First. A piece (which I call the staple piece) of iron about two inches long and one
inch wide with a slot hole (opened to the upper edge) about one and a quarter inches
long more or less as may be required by the thickness of the wire which is to be
secured, the front end of this piece is concave and the back end convex.
Secondly. A ring about one inch internal diameter and one and a half inches external
diameter (these dimensions varied as the thickness of the wire may demand) flat on
the back and concave on the face.
Thirdly. A forked key with a ribon the back of suitable depth to properly fit into
the slot hole of staple piece.
Mode of application. First slip the staple piece over the wire to be secured, then
through the ring, then through the hole in the iron standard, slip the forked key over
that part of the staple piece which projects through the standard at the back. Now
apply pressure by means of a hand lever to the concave end of the staple piece, when,
because the ring is concave it will slide backwards sufficiently to allow the bar on the
back of the key to drop into the slot hole of the staple piece and be securely fixed
there immediately the lever is withdrawn because the staple piece will then tend to
return to its original position.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Securing Barbed or any other Kind of Fencing Wire to
Iron Standards.
I, JOHN THOMAS STANYON of No. 2 Clive Villas Eastworth Chertsey in the County
of Surrey Ironmongers Manager &c. 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 :-
First. A piece A (which I call the staple piece) of iron about two inches long and
one inch wide with a slot hole about one inch and a quarter long more or less as the
thickness of the wire may require, a portion of the slot hole being open to the upper
edge, the front end of this staple piece is concave and the back end convex.
Secondly. A ring B about one inch internal diameter and one inch and a half
external diameter flat on the back and concave on the face, the dimensions varied as
the thickness of the wire may require.
Thirdly. A forked key C having on the back a rib of suitable depth to properly fit
into the slot hole in the staple piece A.
Mode of application. First slip the staple piece A over the wire D which is to be
secured then through the ring B and then through the hole in the iron standard E,
slip the forked key Cover that part of the staple-piece which projects through the
standard E at the back. Now apply pressure by means of a hand lever to the concave
end of the staple piece A when, because the ring B is concave, it will slide backwards
sufficiently to allow the bar at the back of the key C to drop into the slot hole in the
staple piece A and be securely fixed there immediately the lever is withdrawn because
the staple piece A will tend to return to its original position.
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
That the three parts which are seperately described in the foregoing, do, when
combined constitute an entirely new method of fastening fencing wires to their
standards.
Dated this 21st day of September 1887