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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
EDWARD A. HENRY, OF WOODVILLE, TEXAS.
VINE-SUPPORT.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,859, dated January 23, 1900.
Application filed March 6, 1899. Serial No. 707,941. (No model.)To all whom it may concern,-
Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HENRY, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Wood-
ville,in the county of Tyler and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Vine-Support,
of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to arbors or vine-sup-
ports,and has for its object to provide a knock-
down structure which may be readily set up
1o and form an efficient and strong support for
vines.
To this end the present invention consists
in the combination and arrangement of parts,
as will be hereinafter more fully described,
15 shown in the accompanying drawings, and
particularly pointed out in the appended
claim.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of the improved arbor. Fig. 2 is a trans-
20 verse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a modi-
fied form of vine-support. Fig. 4 is a detail
perspective view showing the manner of
lengthening the structure. Fig. 5 is an en-
larged detail perspective view showing the
25 connection of the standards and the trans-
verse beams with the crown-poles.
Like numerals of reference denote like and
corresponding parts in each of the several
figures of the drawings.
30 Referring to the accompanying drawings,
the arbor comprises opposite parallel crown-
poles or stringers 1, formed of wood, circular
in cross-section, and of any desired length.
Each of these crown-poles is supported upon
35 a plurality of leg-standards 2, which are pro-
vided at their upper ends with detachable
screw-eyes 3. These eyes are adapted to re-
ceive the respective crown-poles, whereby the
standards are slidably mounted upon the
40 poles and are capable of being adjusted lon-
gitudinally thereon when setting up the de-
vice. After the standards have been adjusted
to their proper positions they are held in place
by means of staples 4, which are driven into
45 the crown-poles and embrace the screw-eyes of
the standards. The crown-poles are connected
together by means of transverse beams 5.
These beams are provided with detachable
eyes at opposite ends and are connected to
5o the crown - poles similarly to the leg - stand-
ards. The eyes of the transverse beams are
preferably arranged against the eyes of theadjacent leg-standards, and a single staple
at each end serves to connect both the beam
and the opposite legs to the crown-poles. It 55
will be understood that the standards are
pointed at their lower ends, which are driven
into the ground. Each standard and trans-
verse beam is provided at its eye end with a
ferrule or band 6 to prevent the ends from 60
splitting. The structure thus arranged and
set up forms a rectangular arbor, and at op-
posite ends of each side thereof are provided
an inclined brace 7, extending in a longitu-
dinal direction beyond the end of the struc- 65
ture, and an inclined transversely-arranged
brace 8. Other transverse braces 81,may be
engaged with the respective leg-standards in-
termediate of the ends of each side, as desired.
Each of these braces has an eye 9 provided at 70
its upper end, which is engaged with a single
hook or eye 10, provided upon the outer side
of the end standard immediately below the
crown-pole. Ferrules or bands 11 are also pro-
vided upon the upper ends of these braces to 75
prevent splitting of the ends thereof. When
the structure has been set up, as described,
the braces 7 and 8 brace the device longitu-
dinally and transversely, respectively, in op-
posite directions, which provides a rigid and 8o
substantial structure. The leg - standards
and transverse beams may be removed from
the crown - poles and the entire structure
folded together into compact form for trans-
portation and storage. 85
In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of vine-
support comprising only one crown-pole, and
the leg-standards instead of being arranged
vertically are spread outward from the pole
alternately in opposite directions, forming an 90
inverted-V-shaped structure. The longitu-
dinal braces instead of being connected to
the end standards have their eyes fitted to
the respective ends of the crown-pole.
One of the ends of each crown-pole is pro- 95
vided with a metallic sleeve or socket 12, ex-
tending beyond the extremity of the pole and
adapted to receive the end of an adjacent
pole, as indicated in Fig. 4, whereby several
of the devices may be connected together to oo
form an extended arbor of any desired length.
By the construction and arrangement here-
in described the present invention provides
an exceedingly useful and durable vine-sup-
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Henry, Edward A. Vine-Support,, patent, January 23, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508972/m1/2/?q=%22Science+and+Technology%22: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.