IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STANDARDS FOR WIRE FENCING to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We WILLIAM HENRY BROOKS of Enfield, South Australia, and of Gresham
House, Old Broad Street in the City of London, Sheep Farmer and FREDERICK
BROOKS of 3 Bingley Warehouses Birmingham in the County of Warwick, and
of Gresham House, Old Broad Street in the City of London, Merchant do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF STANDARDS FOR WIRE FENCING to be as follows:-
"
According to our invention we make standards for wire fencing, as hereafter
described, of corrugated sheet steel. The standards being made the required length.
and width, at that part of the standard where or to which it is to be inserted into
the ground the corrugated steel plate or strip of which it is composed is twisted so
that the longer or upper portion of the plate which is intended to be above the
ground is made to come at right angles or nearly so to the lower or shorter portion
which is intended to be below the ground. Standards thus made have holes
punched in them to take the required number of wires, six for example, and
through these holes the wires are threaded; the wires thus run at right angles to
the corrugated surface of that portion of the standard which is above the ground
while that portion of the corrugated surface of the standard which is below the
ground is parallel with the direction in which the wires run, so that when lateral
or side pressure comes against the fence the broad surface in the ground resists a
maximum of pressure which would not be the case if the broad surface were not
inserted in the ground so as to be parallel with the wires. In this way a large
resisting surface to side pressure on the fence is obtained. The wires are easily
threaded through the standards and as threading the wires through the standards
is the cheapest and most easily maintained system of fencing at present known, by
our invention we obtain a threaded standard and at the same time great resisting
surface. Moreover fencing made of or with standards constructed according to our
invention is lighter and stronger than when made up with metal standards of
the ordinary construction. The standards are much lighter than when made of
wrought iron which is a matter of great importance where freight and land
carriage is to be taken into consideration.
"

page_text: CUMI LEIV DIFCIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Standards for Wire
Fencing.
We, WILLIAM HENRY BROOKS of Enfield, South Australia and of Gresham
House, Old Broad Street in the City of London, Sheep Farmer and FREDERICK
BROOKS of 3 Bingley Warehouses, Birmingham in the County of Warwick and
of Gresham House, Old Broad Street in the City of London Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
According to our invention we make standards for wire fencing, as hereafter
described, of corrugated sheet steel, and in order that the invention may be clearly
understood we will describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is an end view of a standard constructed according to this invention..
Figure 2 is a side view of two such standards. Figure 3 is a perspective view
Figures 4, 5 and 6 shew various corrugated sections for the standards as illus-
trations of some of the forms that may be used but we do not limit ourselves to
the section of corrugation. Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all
the Figures.
The standards being made or cut the required length and width; at that part of
the standard where or to which it is to be inserted into the ground the corrugated
steel plate or strip, of which it is composed, is twisted as shewn at c so that the
longer or upper portion a of the plate which is intended to be above the ground is
made to come at right angles or nearly so to the lower or shorter portion b which
is intended to be below the ground. Standards thus made have holes punched
in them to take the required number of wires, five for example, and through
these holes the wires d are threaded; the wires thus run at right angles to the
corrugated surface of that portion of the standard a which is above the ground
whilst that portion of the corrugated surface of the standard b which is below the
ground is parallel with the direction in which the wires d run so that when lateral
or side pressure comes against the fence the broad surface b in the ground resists a
maximum of pressure which would not be the case if the broad surface b were not
inserted in the ground so as to be parallel with the wires. In this way a large
resisting surface to side pressure on the fence is obtained. The wires d are easily
threaded through the standards and as threading the wires through the standards
is the cheapest and most easily maintained system of fencing at present known, by
our invention we obtain a threaded standard and at the same time great resisting
surface. Moreover fencing made of or with standards constructed according to
our invention is lighter and stronger than when made up with metal standards
of the ordinary construction. The standards are much lighter than when made
of wrought iron which is a matter of great importance where freight and land
carriage is to be taken into consideration.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The construction and employment of standards for wire fencing made of or from
corrugated steel plates or strips and twisting such corrugated steel plates or strips
at that part where or to which the standard is to be inserted into the ground in
such manner that the part of standard above the ground is at right angles to that
part below the ground whereby the wires running through the standards run or or
set at right angles or nearly so to the corrugated surfaces thereof above the ground,
while the corrugated surfaces of the standards below the ground are parallel with
the direction in which the wires run all substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.