US506257A - Wire fence - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. L. RITER. WIRE FENCE;

Patehted Oct 10, 1893.,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoHN'L. RITER, or BROWNSVILLE, INDIANA.

WIREIFIEVNVCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,257, dated October 10, 1893.

Application filed August 29, 1892. Serial No. 444,438- (No model.)

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. RITER, of Brownsville,in the county of Union and State of Indiana, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to' which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire fences and more particularly to improvements in the cables for such fences, the object being to provide an elastic cable capable of yielding or giving under pressure laterally, and secured at suitable intervals, so that when the pressure is removed it will fly back to its normal position.

A further object is to provide a cable of such form that it is free to expand and contract under varying temperatures without injuring any of the parts of the fence.

With these ends in viewmyinvention consists of an elastic cable for fences made of a series of wires, each wire being coiled spirally, the series of wires being plaited together.

My invention further consists in the combination with rigid posts and an intermediate pivoted post, of a series of elastic cable, each cable being made up of a series of spirally coiled Wires plaited together.

. My invention further consists in the combination with posts and a series of wire cables secured thereto, each cable being composed of a series of spirally coiled wires plaited together, of stay rods and locks for securing the cables to said stay rods.

My invention further consists of the parts and combinations of parts as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a section of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the cable, and Fig. 3 shows a section of barbed cable.

A represents ripid posts and B an intermediate pivoted post adapted to tilt or incline with the cables when the latter are pushed laterally as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The cables 0 aresecnred to the posts in any suitable manner, and each cable consists of a series, preferably three, of wlres each wire being bent into spiral form, and the the posts are located the ordinary distance .apart.

posts and to the pivoted posts, it will be seen With the cables attached tothe rigid that when pressure, such as would be occasioned by stock running against the fence, is exerted on the fence at any'point between the rigid posts, all that portion of the fence including the pivoted post will. give or yield outwardly and thus greatly lessen chances of injury to the fence and stock.

To prevent the cables from spreading apart I employ stay rods J. These stay rods are located at suitable distances apart and are 4 secured to the cables by the lock 0.

If desired I can attach barbs to one or more of the wires as shown in Fig. 3.

It is evident that numerous slight changes might be resorted to in the relative arrangement of parts herein shown without departing from the spirit of the invention and hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction herein shown; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An elastic cable for fences made of a series of wires each wire being spirally coiled and the series of Wires plaited together, substantially as described.

2. In a wire fence the combination with rigid posts and an intermediate pivoted post, of a series of elastic cables, each cable being made of a series of spirally coiled wires plaited together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I, have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. RITER.

Witnesses:

O. M. BALL, G. F. DOWNING.

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