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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM C. KRAMER, JR., OF BRENHAM, TEXAS.
WIRE-FASTENER.
970,722. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1910.
Application filed February 10, 1910. Serial No. 543,109.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. KRAMER,
Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing
at Brenham, in the county of Washington,
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Wire-Fasten-
ers; and I do hereby declare the following
to be a full, clear, and exact description of
the invention, such as will enable others
10 skilled in the art to which it appertains to
make and use the same.
The invention relates to the class of wire
fasteners and more particularly to that class
of wire fasteners employed with metallic or
15 composite fence posts.
The primary object of the invention is the
provision of a wire fastener in which a wire
in the construction of a fence may be readily
and quickly mounted upon a post and se-
20 curely fastened without possibility of the
same becoming loosened or detached when
subjected to the ordinary wear and tear on
the fence.
Another object of the invention is the pro-
25 vision of a wire fastener in which there is em-
ployed a hanger plate adapted to be mounted
in a composite or metallic post and which
hanger plate is provided with a V-shaped
slot receiving a runner wire of a fence
30 whereby the latter may be wedged and se-
curely fastened so as to obviate possibility
of it becoming detached.
A further object of the invention is the
provision of a wire fastener, which is simple
35 in construction, thoroughly reliable and ef-
ficient in operation, and one that is inexpen-
sive in the manufacture.
With these and other objects in view the
invention consists in the construction, com-
40 bination and arrangement of parts herein-
after more fully described, illustrated in the
accompanying drawings disclosing the pre-
ferred form of embodiment of the invention
and pointed out in the claim hereunto ap-
45 pended.
In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front ele-
vation of wire fence employing the inven-
tion. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a fence
post with the invention applied thereto.
50 Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a post with the
invention applied thereto showing the man-
ner of securing the wire. Fig. 4 is frag-
mentary vertical longitudinal sectional view
through one of the posts. Fig. 5 is a frag-
55 mentary rear elevation of one post showingthe manner of securing the hanger plate
therein.
Similar reference characters indicate cor-
responding parts throughout the several
views in the drawings. 60
Referring to the drawings by numerals 6
designate fence posts each being preferably
formed of cement or other composite mate-
rial molded or otherwise formed to provide
a squared shaped post in cross section area 65
throughout its length, although the said post
may be of any other desirable shape should
it be deemed desirable. The posts 6 are
suitably anchored in the earth so that they
will be maintained in spaced vertical rela- 70
tion to each other. At the forward faces
of the fence posts 6 are mounted runner
wires 7 composing the fence, these wires
being secured by wire fasteners as will
be hereinafter more fully described. Each 75
wire fastener comprises a hanger plate 8
which is preferably formed of flat or sheet
metal cut into elongated rectangular shape
which is adapted to be snugly fitted within a
suitable aperture or recess formed centrally 80
in the composite post 6 and in the upper
edge of this plate 8 is provided a forwardly
and downwardly inclined substantially V-
shaped slot or notch 9 adapted to receive the
runner wires 7 for the mounting thereof at 85
one side of the post which for convenience
will be termed the front of the latter.
The rear end of each hanger plate 8 pro-
trudes a slight distance beyond the back of
the post and this protruding end is longi- 90
tudinally slitted centrally to provide bend-
able tongues 10, the same being bent in op-
posite directions to each other against the
rear face of the post 6 so as to prevent the
said hanger plate 8 from being pulled from 95
or otherwise detached from the said post.
At a distance removed from the inner
closed end of the slot or notch 9 and in
alinement therewith in the hanger plate 8
is provided an opening 13 through which 100
is passed a tie wire or securing strand 11 the
latter having its free ends twisted as at 12
about the runner wire 7 at opposite sides of
the hanger plate 8 so that the said 'runner
wire 7 will be wedged in the slot 9 in the 105
hanger plate and also securely fastened
thereto.
What is claimed is:-
The combination with a composite post,
of a plurality of vertically disposed elon- 110
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Kramer, William C., Jr. Wire-Fastener, patent, September 20, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511620/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.