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Patented November 1, 1904.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JOSEPH MAXFIELD NARSH, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
FENCE-POST.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,099, dated November 1, 1904.
Application filed March 10, 1904, Serial No. 197,397. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known - that I, JOSEPH MAXFIELD
NARSH, a citizen of the United States, and a
resident of Fort Worth, in the county of Tar-
5 rant and State of Texas, have made certain
new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts,
of which the following is a specification.
My invention is an improvement in that
class of posts which are constructed of metal,
10 preferably iron, and adapted to be driven
into the ground. Posts of this class have
been constructed of channel-iron or in trough
shape and made of uniform thickness at all
points. When thus constructed, the posts
15 have ordinarily been too thick to permit
tongues for holding the fence-wires to be
readily cut out of the body of the same. I
have devised a post whose central portion or
web is thinner than its sides, so that while
20 the post has due strength and rigidity, adapt-
ing it to be driven without bending or buc-
kling, the tongues for holding the fencewires
may be easily cut out of the same in the pro-
cess of manufacture. The post is further dis-
25 tinguished by reinforcements or fillets formed
at its inner angles and which serve to mate-
rially strengthen the same longitudinally as
well as transversely. I have further devised
an improvement in braces for the post, as
3o hereinafter described.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of my improved fence-post with wires
supported thereon and also provided with my
improved brace. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sec-
35 tion of the post. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating
the arrangement of a brace when arranged at
right angles to the direction of the fence
proper. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illus-
trating the arrangement of fence-wires in con-
40 nection with a corner-post.
I will first describe the construction and ar-
rangement of parts illustrated in Figs. 1 and
2. The post A is constructed of iron and in
channel or trough form, it having three sides
45 122. The central and broader portion 1, con-I
stituting the web or body, is formed integrally
with the sides 2 and arranged at right angles
to them. It is a distinguishing feature of
this post that its web or body portion 1 ismade considerably thinner than the sides or 50
wings 2. This construction has two advan-
tages-namely, it renders the post sufficiently
strong and rigid so that it may be driven in
comparatively hard ground without danger of
bending or buckling, and the central portion 55
1 is sufficiently thin to enable the tongues 3,
that support the fence-wires 4, to be cut out
in the process of manufacture. The latter
operation may be effected by a cutting-die.
Another distinguishing feature of the post 6o
is the provision of reinforces or fillets 2u,
which are arranged at the inner angles formed
by the parts 1 and 2 and extend the whole
length of the post. Practically the parts 2'
are formed by considerably increasing the 65
thickness of the metal at the point where the
web or body 1 joins the wings 2. In brief,
by the construction above described I am en-
abled to form an iron driving-post which is
lighter than others of its class and yet pos- 70
sesses the same or equal strength and rigidity
and from which the fence-wire tongues 3 may
be cut out in the process of manufacture.
The post A is shown supported laterally by
a brace B, which is also formed of channel- 75
iron and whose upper end embraces the side
of the post and is prevented from sliding up-
ward by means of a tongue 3', formed inte-
grally with the post. The lower end of the
brace B is also engaged with a channel stub- 8o
post A' and prevented from sliding down
thereon by means of a tongue 3'.
In .Fig. 3 the post A2 is shown braced from
the rear, the brace B' being provided at its
ends with notches which engage tongues 3' 85
and 3', formed, respectively, on the post A'
and the stub-post A3, the latter being arranged
directly in rear of the main post A2.
In Fig. 4 I show a corner-post A', which is
constructed similarly to the posts A and Az, 90
save that it has ordinarily two faces or webs
arranged at a right angle to each other and
each provided with a lateral extension or wing.
What I claim is-
1. The improved metal fence-post having a 95
channel or trough like form, and its central
portion or web made thinner than its sides
and provided with a series of tongues for hold-No. 774,099.
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Narsh, Joseph Maxfield. Fence Post, patent, November 1, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512521/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.