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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS B. JOHNSON, OF LULING, TEXAS.
WIRE FENCE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,003, dated December 21, 1897.
Application filed September 7, 1897. Serial No, 650,782. (No model)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS B. JOHNSON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Luling, in the county of Cald well and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Wire Fences; 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
co it appertains to make and use the same, ref-
erence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon, which form a part of this specifica-
tion.
15 The special object of my invention is to
make a cheap and efficient post to which fence-
wires may be quickly and durably stapled.
Reference is made to the accompanying
drawings, in which-
20 Figure 1 is an elevation of a fence em body-
ing my invention, and Fig. 2 a back detail
and section of one post.
In the drawings, A represents the wire rails,
B the posts to which they are attached, and
25 C the' staples by which the rails are secured
to the posts.
I preferably cast the posts B with tubular
bodies b, solid points b', a vertical slot b2, and
the lateral notches b3; but they may be made
30 of malleable metal or of a solid bar doubled
or folded in the middle, so as to bring to-
gether the ends, which are made to form a
point. The staples C have their legs c c ex-
tended through the slot b2, where a rail is togo, and then bent in opposite directions, so 35
as to rest in the notches b3, thus leaving the
loop c' and the turned ends of the legs on op-
posite sides of the post. The rails A are
passed through the loops c' of the staples and
are pulled by the staple slightly into the slot 40
b2, thus making a small dent in the wire at
each post before the legs c c are clenched, so
as to have their ends lying in the post-notches
b3. This causes all the slack in the wire to
occur at the posts, where it may be easily 45
taken up; but in practice the wire will rarely
slack to any considerable extent where the
drive-posts B are firmly planted. The single
slot b2 is better than separate ones for each
rail, because it enables the fencer to readily 50
place his wire rails at any preferred distance
apart, while my way of clenching the staples
prevents them from drawing out, as they do
in wooden posts.
What I claim as new, and desire to protect 55
by Letters Patent, is--
A metallic post, for wire-rail fences, pro-
vided with the tubular body b, vertical slot
b2, solid point b', and cross-notches b8 where-
by it may be used with staples and wire rails 6o
in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
THOS. B. JOHNSON.
Witnesses:
GEO. V. FRENCH,
JOHN BONILLA.
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Johnson, Thomas. Wire Fence, patent, December 21, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth515062/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.