Terminator Bracket for Polymer Jacketed Wire Fencing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fencing systems, particularly those using barbed wire and other wire materials, pose safety risks to livestock due to injury from contact and are expensive to install and maintain, while wood fences are costly and lack a simple disassembly option.
Innovation Solution
A coupling arrangement for polymer jacketed high tensile wire fencing featuring a plate with parallel edges and slots, allowing for secure connection and quick release, using pins and fasteners to manage folds in the wire, enabling easy installation, disassembly, and safety for livestock.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If barbed wire fencing is used, then installation and maintenance costs are low, but livestock safety is compromised due to injury from contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces polymer-coated high tensile wire as an intermediary material that replaces traditional barbed wire. The polymer coating acts as a mediator between the high tensile strength wire and livestock, providing the mechanical strength needed for effective fencing while eliminating the harmful barbs that cause injury. This allows the system to maintain low installation and maintenance costs while improving livestock safety.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If wood fences are used, then livestock safety is improved, but installation and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials by combining high tensile wire with polymer coating to create a fencing system that merges the advantages of different materials. The high tensile wire provides the structural strength and durability, while the polymer coating provides safety and weather resistance. This composite approach achieves livestock safety comparable to wood fences while maintaining lower installation and maintenance costs.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If polymer jacketed high tensile wire fencing is used, then livestock safety is improved, but the coupling arrangement becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the coupling arrangement into distinct modular components: termination brackets, splice brackets, and quick-release mechanisms. Each component performs a specific function and can be independently installed and replaced. This modular segmentation simplifies the overall coupling arrangement despite the complexity of working with polymer-coated high tensile wire, making the system easier to assemble, disassemble, and maintain.
4Ease of manufacture
If traditional wire fencing is used, then installation cost is low, but disassembly and reconfiguration capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic characteristics to the fencing system through quick-release coupling mechanisms that allow for easy disassembly and reconfiguration. Unlike traditional permanent wire fencing, this system enables the fence lines to be dynamically adjusted, moved, or removed as needed. The quick-release brackets and coupling mechanisms provide adaptability while maintaining cost-effectiveness, allowing the fencing to respond to changing agricultural needs.
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AI summary
A coupling for an end of polymer jacketed high tensile wire fencing formed by a plate having first and second edges, a slot passing through the plate perpendicular to the first and second edges, having upper and lower ends spaced from the edges, a fold in the fencing defining a bight joining a shorter portion to a longer portion of the fencing, the fold penetrating the slot, and a pin of a length greater than the distance between the upper and lower ends of the slot, the pin having an end inserted into the bight in the fold of the fencing to retain the fold of the fencing in the slot, the pin being vertically removable from the bight to quickly release the fencing from the coupling.