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IUNITED STATES j PATENT oEEIoE.

BENEDIGT eARruEL,l or ELMIRA, NEw YORK.

Emma-FENCE.

f specification of Letters Patent No. 19,99o,'datedApri1 2o, 1858.

To all-whom 'it ma/y concern."

Be it known that I, BENEDICT GABRIEL, of Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Portable Field-Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact ydescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, Figure 1 being a crosssection rof the fence close to the side ofone of thev posts; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a portion of the fence, showing one of the posts and a portion of two sections of rails connected therewith. Y

Like letters designate corresponding parts in .both figures. l

The` special objects of my invention are, to produce a fence which may be `made wholly of one kind of stuft', as ordinary inch boards, economically; and one which is readily made, transported and set up; and which shall be strong and durable.

To form the posts, I vtake a rectangular' piece of board, (say an inch in thickness,) of the desired length, and 0f sufficient width; and divide it into halves diagonally, bringing one end of each half nearly tol a point. The narrow ends of the halvesare then put together, and the original outer edges,in Contact, thus forming a symmetrical post with a broad base, as shownl in Fig. 1. Notches 0;, a, are made in the adjacent edges, opposite to each other, at proper intervals, as shown, for the reception ofthe rails C, C. A portion j", of t-he lower end of each post. half, is to be driven into the ground; and for that purpose, it is pointed, as represented in Fig. l, the kerf being principally orwholly on the inner edge. And the height to which the inner kerf extends is nearly to the upper edge of a step, orsill, B, with which each post is provided, as necessary to its complete construction. This step is constructed, and connected with the post, in the following manner :kTwol rectangular pieces of board B, B, long enough to furnish a lsuiiiciently broad base for the fence, and say 3 or 4 inches in width, are placed side by side, and nailed strongly to two small blocks, or pieces of board, b, Z7',

d, d, are cut inthe outer edges of the postceive the rails C, C; `then by placing the points f, f, upon the ground in the right position, and driving the post downward into the ground until the step rests upon t-he surface thereof, l the wedging action of the points f, f,against the earth, will tend to separate said points, with `considerable force, and consequently will firmly. close the upper parts ofthe post halves, and thus closely bind and vhold the rails C, C. In planting the posts and inserting the rails, a

convenient and properv order to be observed will be, to first slightly insertl the points f, f, the halvesbeing somewhat separated above the step; then insert the lower rails C, C, into their notches; then drive the post downward a little farther; and thus continue insertingl the rails in the upward order of their lpositions and securing them successivelyby driving down the post, till all are held in place, and the post is ldriven entirely home. If the points j", f, are suii'lciently long, and the ground' has consider'- able tenacity, nothing further need be added, to make the fence firm and secure. But to render the fence more firm and secure, short stakes, or pins, with projecting heads, may be driven ldown into the ground, between the ends B, B, ofthe steps, which may project beyond the blocks b, 9,suiii ciently to furnish notches 9,9, for the purpose. Or, if preferred,'a wooden clamp,- or yoke. D, may be driven down over the upper end of the post, as represented.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Constructing the post halves A, A, with vpoints f, f, having their inner edges wedging so as to force said points farther apart in the act of driving the post into the ground', arranged in combination with the step B B, substantially in the manner and for the purposeherein specified.

BENEDICT GABRIEL.

Witnesses J. FRASER,

S. J. ALLIS.

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