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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
WILLIAM T. WILLIE, OF INDEPENDENCE, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,6S2, dated August 20, 1872.Specification describing a new and useful
Improvement in Rail-Fence, invented by WIL-
LIAIM T. WILLIE, of Independence, in the
county of Washington and State of Texas.
Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of my
improved fence. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-sec-
tion of the same taken through the line x x,
Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the fence,
showing the inclined position of the posts with
reference to the panels or rails.
Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts.
My invention is an improvement in the
class of fences having triangular-shaped posts
or couplings; and it consists in arranging
posts of a triangular form and a certain con-
struction diagonally with the rails forming the
body of each panel, so that long and short
rails may be utilized, as hereinafter described.
In the drawing, A is the base-piece of the
triangular post, and B B are the outer inclined
braces, which cross each other near their up-
per ends and are securely nailed. C are the
inner braces, which are arranged parallel with
and at such a distance from the outer braces
B as to allow space between them to receive
the ends of the rails of the panels. The braces
C are also nailed to each other at their point
of crossing, and to the parts A B.I intend to make this post of scantlings or
strips which are worthless for most other con-
structive purposes.
It is economically important to the farmer
that the rails composing the fence he removes,
and for which he substitutes another, should
be fully utilized on the spot. Hence I pur-
pose setting the posts diagonally across the
fence alternately, in opposite directions, which
brings the lower or base portions of every
successive pair of posts much nearer each
other than they would otherwise be. This
renders it practicable to utilize the short rails
for the bottom and longer rails for the top
portion of the panel, as shown.
The stakes or other short pieces will consti-
tute part of the completed post or panel by
being arranged between the rails, as clearly
shown in Fig. 2.
What I claim is-
In the fence herein described, triangular
posts, constructed of the braces B C, base-
piece A, and cross-pieces 1), arranged diag-
onally with the rails of the panels, and, alter-
nately, in opposite directions, as specified.
WILLIAM THOMAS WILLIE.
Witnesses:
W. N. GEORGE,
J. B. ELDRIDGE.
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Willie, William T. Improvement in Fences., patent, August 20, 1872; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166788/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.