IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRON BAR FENCES AND WIRE FENCES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Kennan, of 19, Fishamble St., in City of. Dublin,
Fence Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF IRON BAR FENCES AND WIRE FENCES."
Sealed the 21st December 1877, and dated the 4th October 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Kennan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th October 1877.
THOMAS KENNAN, of 19, Fishamble St., in City of Dublin, Fence Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRON BAR FENCES AND WIRE FENCES."
To obviate the labour and expense of digging holes in the ground to receive the
self-fixing anchor or plate iron feet of standards and posts for iron bar and wire
fences, and at the same time to obtain greater strength and firmness in the ground
than has been heretofore obtained by any vertically driven prong-footed standards,
I construct the feet of the iron posts and standards in the manner shown in the
accompanying Drawings, in which the corresponding parts are denoted by the same
letters in each Figure.
A is the upright post or standard made of any suitable thickness or section; the
lower end is to be driven into the ground or put into a hole already made.
B, B, are claw or anchor pieces, secured at one end by a bolt, rivet, or clip to the
upright part A at or near the ground line, as shown at C.
The connection of the part A and B at C is such that they can be detached, or
the free end or claw b can be turned upwards so as not to hinder the upright A
being put into the ground; but when this has been done then they (B, B,) are to be
driven down in a slanting direction, so that the claws or flukes b, b, may lie at an angle
of about 45°/ degrees, and being secured at C shall resist the vertical and side strains
to which the standard may be subjected.
For termonal and angle posts, more than 2 anchor pieces B may be used around
A so as to resist the side strains of the fence, see Figs. 4, 5, & 6.

page_text: The connection at C may be made by a bolt or rivet, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, or
by a strap or loop as in Figs. 4, 5, 6, or by other equivalent device.
The claw or fluke part 6 may be made in one piece with B, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3,
or may be rivetted or screwed thereon, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Kennan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd April
1878.
THOMAS KENNAN, of 19, Fishamble Street, in City of Dublin, Fence Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRON BAR FENCES AND WIRE
FENCES."
To obviate the labor and expense of digging holes in the ground to receive the
self-fixing anchor or plate iron feet of standards and posts for iron bar and wire
fences, and at the same time to obtain greater strength and firmness in the ground
than has been heretofore obtained by any vertically driven prong-footed standards,
I construct the feet of the iron posts or pillars and standards in the manner shown
in the accompanying Drawings, in which the corresponding parts are denoted by
the same letters in each Figure.
Figs. 1, 4, and 5, represents side elevations; Fig. 2, edge elevation; and Figs. 3 & 6,
plan views.
A is the upright post or standard made of any suitable thickness or section; the
lower end is to be driven into the ground or put into a hole already made.
B, B, are claw or anchor parts or pieces, secured at one end by a bolt, rivet,
strap, or collar to the upright part A at or near the ground line, as shown at C.
Sometimes, instead of connecting the claw or anchor parts B, B, at the same
height on the standards A, see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, I connect one above the other, as
shewn in Fig. 5, so as to give the standard greater power to resist side strains.
The connection of the parts A & B at C is such that they can be detached, or that
the fluke ends or claws b, b, can be turned upwards, as shewn by the dotted lines on
Fig. 1, so as not to hinder the lower end of the upright A being put into the ground; but
when this has been done, then they (B, B,) are to be driven down in a slanting or
curved direction, so that the claws or flutes b, b, may be at an angle, as shown in the
Drawings, and being secured to A at C shall resist the vertical and side strains to
which the standard may be subjected.
For terminal and angle or corner posts, more than two anchor pieces B may be
used around A so as to resist the side strains of the fence, see Figs. 4 and 6.
The connection of the parts A and B at C may be made by a bolt or rivet, as
shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, or by a strap or loop, as in Figs. 4 and 6, or by any other
equivalent device.
The claw or flute part B may be made in one piece with B, as shown in Figs. 1,
2, 3, or may be rivetted or screwed thereto, as shown in Figs, 4, 5, and 6.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention for "Improvements in the
Construction of Iron Bar Fences and Wire Fences, and the manner of carrying

page_text: it into effect, I would have it to be understood that what I claim and desire to be
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the combination
of two or more anchor or claw pieces or parts jointed or connected with the upright
standard or post or pillar, substantially in the manner herein-before described and
shewn on Drawings, to form a self-fixing base or foot for the iron standards, posts,
and pillars of iron bar and wire fences.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Kennan, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
THOMAS KENNAN.
(L.S.)
THOMAS KENNAN. (L.S.)