Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 30th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887.
I, WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss Jones and Bayliss, of Victoria Works,
Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, metal fencing manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In most constructions of wire fencing the standards receive no support from the
wires in a direction lengthways of the fence, and, as the standards are usually weak in
themselves to resist a force exerted in such direction, they are readily sprung and bent
out of their vertical position.
This invention relates, first, to means whereby the standards and droppers employed
with wire fencing are maintained firmly in position lengthways of the fence.
According to one modification of this invention, a pair of mountings is fixed to a
wire passing through a standard or dropper, one on each side of such standard or
dropper, so as between them to securely hold or steady such standard or dropper in a
direction lengthways of the fence. In the case of standards, the mountings need to
be fixed only to one of the wires, preferably the top wire or the one next below, but in
the case of droppers these mountings should be fixed to two of the wires, preferably
the top and bottom wires, or wires which are near the top and bottom, respectively.
Each mounting is formed with a deep channel in one side, preferably its under-
side. Each side of the channel is enlarged at the middle and has a transverse
hole therethrough, and the back or bed of the channel is open at the middle or is
curved to a shape concave towards the channel. A mounting is fixed to the wire
by passing the channel over the wire and then driving a pointed instrument through
the transverse holes in the sides of the channel so as to bend, kinck, or loop the
wire into the open or curved part at the back or bed of the channel. The position of
the transverse holes in relation to the back or bed of the channel is, of course, such
as to admit of the operation just described. The sharp instrument is then withdrawn,
and a permanent peg or rivet driven in, in lieu thereof.
According to a further modification of this invention, one of the sides of the channel,
above described, is extended at one end, so that such extended part may be bent
around the front of the standard, or dropper, or otherwise fastened thereto so as to

page_text: hold the mounting to such standard or dropper, by which means one of such mountings
may be employed in lieu of a pair of mountings one on each side of the standard or
dropper.
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According to a further modification of this invention, a mounting, corresponding to
that first described, may be formed out on one or both sides of the clip described in
the specification for an invention for "Improvements in metal fencing for which
Letters Patent were granted to me dated 26th July 1884 No. 10,638, and illustrated
specially by figures 15 and 16 of the drawings accompanying such specification, and
the wire be bent, kineked, or looped in such mounting or mountings in the manner
before described. In this case, the nose e¹ of the clip may be dispensed with, and also
the supplementary notch, in the standard or dropper, described in my said former
specification, as it is not required to clench the nose into such notch, the clip itself
being securely held down in place by the wire.
This invention relates, further, to an improvement in the means of fixing the said
clip described in my said former specification to a standard or dropper.
For this purpose, the clip is conveniently formed of sheet metal, and one side,
preferably for the whole depth, is extended towards the flange at the back of the
standard or dropper, or towards a rib projecting from the web of the standard, and
preferably so as to bear against such flange or rib, and a tongue of metal is punched
in the extended side, and a corresponding hole is punched in the web of the standard
or dropper, and the tongue is pressed into the hole to securely prevent the clip from
being slid along the standard or dropper. In this case, also, the nose e¹ of the clip, and
the supplementary notch in the standard or dropper, may be dispensed with.
Dated this First day of November 1886.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton and Walsall,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss Jones and Bayliss, of Victoria Works,
Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, metal fencing manufacturers 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
reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference
marked thereon (that is to say):-
In most constructions of wire fencing the standards receive no support from the
wires in a direction lengthways of the fence, and, as the standards are usually weak
in themselves to resist a force exerted in such direction, they are readily sprung and
bent out of their vertical position.
This invention relates, first, to means whereby the standards and droppers employed
with wire fencing are maintained firmly in position lengthways of the fence.
According to one part of this invention a pair of mountings of special construction
is fixed to a wire passing through a standard or dropper, one on each side of such
standard or dropper, so as between them to securely hold or steady such standard or
dropper in a direction lengthways of the fence. In the case of standards, the
mountings need to be fixed only to one of the wires, preferably the top wire or the
one next below, but in the case of droppers these mountings should be fixed to two
of the wires, preferably the top and bottom wires, or wires which are near the top and
bottom, respectively.
This part of my invention is illustrated, according to one modification, by
figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings which are, respectively, a front
elevation shewing a pair of mountings A A fixed to the wire a a passing through a
standard B; a detached edge view of one of such mountings; and a section thereof
taken on line of figure 2. Each mounting is formed of two sides bb having
transverse holes therethrough to receive a peg rivet or bolt c, and the sides are joined
together around their upper parts by a crescent-shaped piece d the ends of which are
stopped somewhat short of an axis transverse to the axis of the peg and the mounting
is left open around its lower side to enable it to be readily placed upon a wire without
being threaded thereon. To fix a mounting, it is first placed upon the wire so that
the parts b b are in position one on each side of the wire and the ends of the d
in position resting thereon, and it is held against the standard (or dropper) whilst a
pointed instrument is driven in between the lower sides of the holes through the
mounting and the under side of the wire, so as to bend, kinck, or loop the wire into
the concave side of the part d, as shewn. The pointed instrument is then removed
and a permanent peg rivet or bolt e driven in in lieu thereof. In order to facilitate the
insertion of such peg rivet or bolt the hinder end of the sharp pointed instrument
may be first driven in till it is flush with the outer face of the mounting and then
such instrument be itself driven out by the driving in of the peg, rivet or bolt. It is
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page_text: not essential that the part d be solid between its ends though such is preferred, as
each mounting may be left open at the top providing that proper distance pieces are
formed to join together the sides of the mountings and to act as stops between which
and the pointed instrument aforesaid the wire may be bent as described. These
mountings may be conveniently made in malleable cast iron.
According to a further modification of this part of my invention the mountings
may be formed simply for the wire to pass through above the transverse holes there-
through, and be fixed to the wire by means of bolts used to tighten together the sides
of the mountings against the wire.
According to a still further modification of this part of my invention, a mounting
of the character above-described may be formed with a part projecting from one of
its sides formed to fit around, or which may be clenched round, the edge or other
convenient part of a standard or dropper so as to hold such mounting thereto, in
which case one such mounting may be employed in lieu of a pair of mountings.
This invention consists also in forming a mounting corresponding to those described
with reference to figures 1, 2 and 3, on one or both sides of the clip, described in the
specification of an invention for "Improvements in metal fencing for which Letters
Patent were granted to me dated 26th July 1884 No. 10,638 and illustrated more
especially by figures 15 and 16 of the drawings filed with such specification or of a
clip of the type or character of such clip, that is to say, a clip formed to pass around
the edge of (or, if desired, entirely around or around one side and both edges of) a
standard or dropper and to retain a wire within a notch cut in from the edge thereof
so that as the clip is placed in position the mounting or mountings thereon pass
around the wire which is then bent, kincked, or looped in such mounting or mountings
so as in combination with a peg or pegs (or equivalent part or parts as aforesaid) to
securely fix the mounting or mountings to the wire in the manner above described, or
such mounting or mountings may be otherwise fixed to the wire as above described.
This part of the invention is illustrated by figures 4, 5 and 6, of which figure 4 is
a front elevation shewing the clip in position upon a fencing standard so as to securely
retain the wire in such standard, and having a mounting of the above description
combined therewith so as to securely fix the wire endways to the clip; figure 5 is a
side elevation, and figure 6 a plan, respectively, of figure 4. The clip C corresponds
to the clip a, and the bulbed-edged standard B to the standard A', described,
respectively, in my said former specification. A mounting A, corresponding to one
of the mountings A A above-described, is formed out on one side of the clip C, as
shewn, or such a mounting may, if desired be formed out on each side, or a dummy
mounting D, merely for the sake of appearance, may be formed out on the opposite
side of the clip, as shewn. The mounting is passed down over the wire as the clip is
slid into position, and the wire is then bent, kincked, or looped up within the
mounting in the manner before described and the permanent peg rivet or bolt inserted.
In this case the nose e¹ (see said former specification) of the clip may be dispensed
with, and also the supplementary notch (described in said former specification) in the
standard or dropper, as it is not required to clench the nose into such notch, the clip
itself being securely held down in place by the wire.
This invention relates, further, to an improvement in the means of fixing the clip
desribed as aforesaid in my said former specification, or a clip of the type or character
of such clip, to a standard or dropper.
This part of the invention is illustrated by figures 7 and 8 which are, respectively,
a side elevation of a clip and standard to which it is fixed, and a section taken on
line y y of figure 7. The clip E is in this case conveniently formed of strong sheet
metal (of say about 12 or 14 B.W.G.) and one side e (preferably for its whole depth)
extends to a rib q corresponding to the rib similarly lettered in figures 5 and 6 of the
drawings filed with my said former specification and described in such specification,
or such side may, in the absence of such rib, extend to a flanged or bulbed part at the
back of the standard (or dropper) or otherwise be simply carried across or partly
across the flat part of the standard (or dropper) and may be turned around the back
of such standard (or dropper), and a tongue of metal ƒ' is punched in such side, and a

page_text: corresponding hole is punched in the web of the standard (or in the dropper) and
the tongue is pressed into the hole to securely prevent the clip from being slid along
the standard (or dropper). In this case also the nose e¹ aforesaid of the clip and the
supplementary notch aforesaid in the standard (or dropper) may be dispensed with.
Though not essential, it is preferred that the edge of the side e butt closely against
the rib (or other part as aforesaid) to assist in giving rigidity of fixture to the clip.
and such an arrangement is shewn also on both sides of the clip C (figures 5 and 6),
and is applicable generally to this type of clip.
The tongue is, of course, laid back flat after being first formed when, as is
preferred, the clip is to be slid down the standard or dropper; but the clip may be
formed open and be hammered or pinched up around the edge of the standard or
dropper (as described in my said former specification) in which case the tongue may be
left projecting from the punch and be moved into its corresponding hole as the clip is
hammered or pinched in.
When the tongue is employed in the manner described it is not necessary to form
the standard or dropper with a bulbed or thickened part at or near the edge to hold
the clip or to provide other means for such purpose, as the tongue, especially if turned
into the hole in the standard or dropper at a right angle, or approximately so, will
hold the clip both sideways or edgeways and endways.
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 in
respect of wire fencing, is :-
1. A pair of mountings constructed for fixture substantially in the manner and
for the purpose described with reference to figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings
herewith.
2. Mountings constructed with two sides and partly open around their peripheries
so that they may be placed upon the wire without the necessity of being threaded
thereon, and be then securely fixed to the wire, substantially as described for the
purpose set forth.
3. Mountings constructed so that they may be placed upon or around the wire
without the necessity of being threaded thereon and may then have the wire bent,
kincked, or looped therein and be firmly fixed to the wire by means of pegs rivets or
bolts passing transversely through such mountings, acting in combination with the
bent, kincked, or looped parts of the wire, substantially as described for the purpose
set forth.
4. Mountings each constructed of two sides 6 b joined together by a part d (which
may be formed open at its middle, if desired) but left open around the remaining
part of the periphery & provided with a peg rivet or bolt c, substantially as
described with reference to figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings herewith, for the
purpose set forth.
5. A combined clip and mounting substantially as described with reference to
figures 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings herewith, for the purpose set forth.
6. The combination, with the clip described as aforesaid in my said former
specification or with a clip of the type or character of such clip, of a mounting
formed with the clip and constructed with two sides and formed open around the part
of its periphery which approaches the wire in placing the clip in position, and which
mounting may be moved (with the clip) into position around the wire and be then
fixed thereto, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.
7. The combination, with the clip described as aforesaid in my said former
specification or with a clip of the type or character of such clip, of a mounting
formed with the clip and constructed so that it may be passed around the wire without
threading and within which the wire may be bent, kincked, or looped and retained by
a transverse peg rivet or bolt, substantially as described for the purpose set forth.
8. The means, substantially as described, by which the clip described as aforesaid, in
my said former specification or a clip of the type or character of such clip is prevented
from sliding along a standard or dropper, and also the combination with such means

page_text: of the means as described for assisting in giving rigidity of fixture to the clip; and
also such latter means applied on one or both sides of the clip when the same passes
around a bulbed or thickened part at or near the edge of the standard or dropper
though the means referred to in this claim for preventing the sliding of the clip are
not employed, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.
9. The combination, with the clip described as aforesaid in my said former
specification or with a clip of the type or character of such clip, of a tongue fand of
a hole punched in the standard to receive such tongue, substantially as described
with reference to figures 7 and 8 of the drawings herewith for the purpose set forth,
and also, in combination with such means, a side of the clip butting against a rib q
or against other flanged or bulbed part on the standard or dropper, substantially as
described, for the purpose set forth; and also such a side, butting in the manner
described on one or both sides of such a clip when the same passes around a bulbed
or thickened part at or near the edge of the standard or dropper, though the tongue
and hole aforesaid are not employed, substantially as described, for the purpose
set forth.