An Improved Dropper för Strained Wire Fencing.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th June; 1897-Accepted; 17th July, 1897
An Improved Dropper för Strained Wire Fencing.
I, HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW, of H. B. Barlow and Gillett, 17 St. Ann's Square,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Registered Patent Agents, do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention, which has been communicated to me from
abroad by Francis Gascoigne Lynde, of The Mosque, Ahmedabad, India,
Civil Engineer, to be as follows:-
This invention consists of certain improvements on the Invention for which
Letters Patent numbered 12,689 of 1891 were granted to my foreign correspondent
the said Francis Gascoigne Lynde.
According to the present Invention the improved dropper is formed out of
thin sheet iron or steel bent preferably into a V séction instead of being constructed of
angle iron as in the previous Patent.
Holes are formed on both sides in the dropper for the reception of the fence wires,
and cuts are made from the holes to the edge of the metal in a sloping direction
upward on one side and downward on the other. The pointed pieces thus formed
are bent outward and when the wires are in place in the holes the pieces are wrapped
round them so as to secure the dropper and wires firmly together in a cheap and
efficient manner and without any loose parts.
Dated this 14th day of September 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Dropper for Strained Wire Fencing.
I, HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW, of H. B. Barlow and Gillett, 17 St. Anne's Square,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Registered Patent Agents, do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention, which has been communicated to me from
abroad by Francis Gascoigne Lynde, of The Mosque, Ahmedabad, India,
Civil Engineer, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists of certain improvements on the Invention for which
Letters Patent numbered 12,689 of 1891 were granted to my foreign correspondent
the said Francis Gascoigne Lynde.
According to the present Invention the improved dropper is formed out of
thin sheet iron or steel bent preferably into a V section instead of being constructed
of angle iron as in the previous Patent.

page_text: Holes are formed on both sides in the dropper for the reception of the fence wires,
and cuts are made from the holes to the edge of the metal in a sloping direction
upward on one side and downward on the other. The pointed pieces thus formed are
bent outward and when the wires are in place in the holes the pieces are wrapped
round them so as to secure the dropper and wires firmly together in a cheap and
efficient manner and without any loose parts.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings-
Figure 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan illustrating the improved dropper and
the mode of securing the same to a fence wire.
In these views, is the improved dropper, a¹ are the holes formed therein for the
reception of fence wires b and a" are the pointed pieces or tongues formed by
making cuts from the holes a' to the edges of the metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The improved dropper formed out of thin sheet metal and provided with
holes a' for the reception of the fence wires and tongues a" formed by cutting from
the holes to the edges of the metal substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 14th day of June 1907
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Anne's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.