US975135A - Post or pole forming device. - Google Patents

Description

Paented Nov.8, 1910.

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POST OR Po-. FORMING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION PILED NOV. 12, 1909.

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POST OR POLE FOEMING DEVICE.

To all whom 'it may coment:

Be it known that We, MATHER B. KELsEY and HENRY LAMAR MONARCH, both of the city of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and 'State of Indiana, have made new and useful Improvements in Post or Pole Forming De- Vices, of which the following is a full, clear, and accurate specifioation', bein such as will enable others tomake and use t ie same with absolute exactitude.

The object of our present. invention,

broadly speaking, is to provide 'a post or pole forming device which will be strong and durable in construction, easily operated and controlled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

.More particularly stated, our object lS to provide a post or pole forming clevice which .will be economically efiicient in operation and durable n Construction, same being formed, preferably, of sheet metal thereby 'adding to its durability and p'ositiveness of operation.

Another object of our invention is to proviie a mold for forning comorete posts or poles which tapers upward and, preferably, be round in cross section.

Other objects and particular advantages of:our invention" will be brought out in 'the course of the following description, and that which is new will be correlated in the aptit e View of the interior.

pended claims.

The preferred manner for the construction of our invention is shown most clearly' 2 sectional View, as taken on the line 3-3 of showing i Fig; 5 s a View of two opposte sdes of a section, as 'employed particularly in the con- Fi 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a pluralty of assembled and associated sections, aface or front vew of the same.

str .ction of concrete posts. Fign6 is a cross sectionalvew, as taken through one of the sections, and Fg. 'i' s a deta'l fa .e vew of Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented 1910.

Application filed Noirember 12, 1909. Serial No. 5 2'7,611.`

a fragment of the upper portion of a pole or the like as formed -by our device, showing cross arms attach'ed thereto.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the Construction and operation of our invention' may be more fully understood and comprehended we will now take up a detail description thereof in which -we will set forth theinvention as fully and as comprehensively as we may.

Our devce s composed of one or more sectons, each of the sections beng formed essentially o'f two' members designated section A and section B, same being formed of sheet metal curved longitudinally so that the two whenjoined together form a round tube tapering from one end to' the other, and when a plurality 'of sections are employed the top or upper end of one sectiontshould be of same diameter as is the bottom of the section next above.

Riveted to the outside of the lower end of each menber of each section is an angleplate, designated (Land b re'spectively, the two forming a complete L-shaped band .around the lower end of each section; and

like unto the above are the angle plates designated a' and b' respectively which form an L-shaped band or collar around the upper end of the sections. The collars or bands strengthen the members of the section and retai'n' them at their proper curvature and also, when a plurality of sections are employed they provide means for securing the sections together, also providing means for securing the'lower end of one section to a base-plate hereinafter referred, to. Corresponding bolt apertures are formed through the fiange portion of said collars or bands through which the bolts C may be inserted to secure the sections together.

The members of each section are detachably Secured together by means of a plurality of separable hinges D, D', and D", the nembers of which lock together as the opposite edges of the members are brougl" toward each other; and the opposite edges of the members of the section are adapted to be Secured together by hooks E, E', and E" which are pivoted 'to one member, engaging over headcd pintles F, F' andF carried by the opposite edge ot' the adjoining member. Said hooks and hinges being so adjusted as-to clamp the edges of the members of thesection tightly together.

Formed horizontally through the walls of the members of each section are a plurality of oppositely disposed apertures Gr in which may be placed the bolts or short rods H, as indicated in Fig..3. Said bolts H should extend centrally through the space formed by the members of the section, and they serve a triple purpose: to. stifi'en the section and contribute in retaining it in proper position circumt'erentially; to provide forms by which apertures are formed in the complete pole or post, as for the bolts I, I' and I" in Fig. 7,' or ,to provide means for seeuring steps to a pole; and to provide means tor securing fencing to the posts. V Where it is desired to form a channel longitudinally of and in one side of the post to be formed then 'we provide a bar J, seen in Figs. 2 and 3, which is placed against the inside of the section, being held in place by the bolts H, as indicated, there being holes formed therethrough corresponding to the apertures G.

In case a pole or post isto be constructed in it s final position by means of our invention then we first excavate a suitable hole in thegrouud l, we then employ a two-part base plate 2, the members of which are secured together by the bolts 3 which pass through adjoining lugs which exte'nd up from the face of said 'plate 2.

In the center of plate 2 is formed a round 'aperture which is of a diameter the same as s thediameter of the lower end of the section which is to rest thereon, with the flange of the angle band a resting on said plate and sccurable thereto by means of the machine bolts or screws 4; thus the plate 2 forms a base for the assembled sections.

Numeral 5 denotes a portion of a concrete post or pole, as formed by our device; and numeral 6 denotescross-arms attached to the uper portion of a pole or post.

peration: From the above it is quite evident that the operation of our invention is quite simple, for the purpose of forming "round poles or posts in a vertical position and where they are intended to permanently remain. The hole in the ground being first prepared then the two members of the plate 2 are then laid thereover and Secured together by the bolts 3. The lower end of the lower section is then placed in position resting on said plate and Secured thereto by the bolts 4. The menbers of the section having first been secured together by the hinges an hooks as set forth. 'The second section is then placed upon the first and Secured thereto by bolts C, and so on until the required height is reached. The bar J and the cross v concrete has ,hardened suificiently then the several parts are tobe disassociated and transported to a new location, or they can be nested together and packed into a comparatively small compass of space. f

We desre that it be distinctly understood that various changes may be made in the details of Construction from that herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of our invention or saorific- .ing any of the advantagesthereof.

,Having now fully shown and described our invention and its operation, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l, A post or pole forming device, comprising in combination, sections formed round in cross-section and tapering from bottom to top, each section being divided longitudinally into two equal members, separable two-part hinges for connecting two of the adjoining edges of the members, said hinges being adapted to lock together as the opposite edges of the members are brought toward each other, hooks for detachably seem-ing the opposite edges of the members together, separable two-part collars disposed around thesections, the members of each of said collars being rigidly secured to the respective members" of the' section, means for looking the members of the collars together, a base-plate upon which the sections may rest and to which' the lower end of the lower section may be detachably secured, and means (as by rods H) for forming apertures horizontally through the post or pole formed in \t he device, all substantially as shown and described( i 2. A post or pole forming device, comprising in combnation, a plurality of sections ormed round in cross section and tap'ering from the lower end of the lower se`ction to the top of the upper section, each of the sections being divided longitudinally mto two equal menbers, separable two-part hinges for connectig together the adjoinn'g edges of the two members, said h'nges being adapted to lock together as the opposite edges of'the, members arebrought'together, hooks and pins for detachably se curing the opposite edges of the members together, separable two-part collars disposed around the upper and the lower ends of the section, said collars being formed of angleiron the members of each collar being se-- cured to the res e'ctive members of the section means for ockng the members of the collai's together, means for secu'ing-a plusubscrbed our names to this specificatioi in ralty of said sections together pyramidithe presence of two subscribing witnesses. cally, a separable two-part base-plate, and v MATHERB. KELSEY.

means for securing the 'lower end of the H. LAMAR MONARCH. 5 lower section to said base late, all substanwitnesses: t

tially as shown and descr d. ROBERT W. RANDLE,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto R. E. RAND E.

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