US707455A - Wire fencing. - Google Patents

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M. D. SHIPMAN.

WIRE FENCING.

(Application tiled Apr, 28, 1897. Renewed Apr. 14, 1902.)

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MADISON D. SI'IIPMAN, OF DEKAIB, ILLINOIS.

WIRE. FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,455, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed April 28, 1897. Renewed April14, 1902. Serial No. 102,859. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, MADISON D. SHIPMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dekalb, in the county of Dekalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fencing; and-I do 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinven tion relates to wire felices, and has special reference to the manner of uniting or tying the intersecting wires forming the fence.

The objects of my invention are to provide a strong, durable, efficient, and simple connection of the vertical tie-wires with the longitudinal wires or cables and to produce a wire-fence fabric which can be cheaply made and easily attached to the fence-posts. I attain these objects by means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a section of the longitudinal cable and showing the manner of connecting the vertical stay-wires thereto. Fig. 3 is a section through the cable and showing the manner of clamping the Fig. 4c is a plan view of the same.

In said drawings the numeral l designates the longitudinal cables, 2 the fence-posts, and 3 the vertical tie-wires. The longitudinal cables are shown as made up of two strands twisted together, and any suitable number of these cables may be used in making up the fence fabric. The vertical stay or tie wires are connected to the cables by loops 4c, formed in the stay-wires, said loops being passed be` tween the twisted strands and tightly clamped around one of the strands of the cable. As shown in Fig. 3, the crown of the loop is passed between the strands of the cable and bent around to closely hug one of the strands, the dotted lines in said figure showing that the crown of the loop may be bent around either strand of the cable.

It will be noticed that the loops 1i may be formed in the stay-wires without requiring a free end, and this is a matter of considerable importance in forming a fence fabric in a continuous web, as it dispenses with the extra expense of cutting and carrying the free ends of the wires at every loop or tie.

The longitudinal cables may be made of any suitable number of strands. Barbs may be secured to the longitudinal strands of fences by the loops 4.

I claim- In a wire fence, the combination of twisted wire cables and intersecting tie-wires, the latter having loops, the crowns of which are passed between the strands of the cable to closely embrace one of said strands.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MADISON D. SI-IIPMAN.

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