US72473A - Improvement in rail-fence - Google Patents

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE FRAYER, of Ripley, in the county of Huron, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of the fence.

Figure 2 is a top view.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the views. I

In'ig. 1, A represents the ground, on which are laid the sills B. -In these sills are inserted the posts or stakes C, as shown in fig. 3, ofa proper distance apart to receive the ends of the rails D, whichlare laid up one upon the other, as shown in iig. I. The stakes are then secured to each other by a yoke, E, placed'either midway the height of the posts or at the top, as vmay be desired. F F, tig. 3, are side braces, the lower ends of which are inserted in the sills, and the upper ends so shaped as to enter the yoke, the said yoke being made to rest upon the intruded ends of the braces, 'thereby holding them irmly and securely against the fence.

It will be observed that this fence is constructed entirely of rough-split rails, with the exception of the yoke and sills, which, however, are split from the log and shaped by the axe, no sawn timber or nails being used in its construction.

The posts, in consequence of boing set in the sills instead of being driven into the earth, are not liable to rot; so also the ends of the braces, all being above the ground and inserted in the sills, render the fence both strong and durable, and easily constructed.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described fence, when constructed and arranged in the manner substantially as described, con- I structing of the side braces F, so arranged that the yoke E embraces their upper ends, thereby holding them securely in connection with the posts C, at the same time binding said posts together, whereby the rails are supported and kept in position between said post and upon the sills B.

. AMBROSE FRAYER. 3

Witnesses: A

W. H. Bussines, J. HOLMES.

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