CA1237469A - Combined energiser and reel for electric fences - Google Patents

Combined energiser and reel for electric fences

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CA1237469A
CA1237469A CA000455150A CA455150A CA1237469A CA 1237469 A CA1237469 A CA 1237469A CA 000455150 A CA000455150 A CA 000455150A CA 455150 A CA455150 A CA 455150A CA 1237469 A CA1237469 A CA 1237469A
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reel
energiser
electric fence
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Colin A. Standing
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Gallagher Electronics Ltd
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/26Devices for erecting or removing fences
    • E04H17/261Devices for erecting or removing fences for post and wire handling
    • E04H17/266Devices for erecting or removing fences for post and wire handling for stretching or winding wire or wire mesh

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Housing For Livestock And Birds (AREA)
  • Fencing (AREA)
  • Storing, Repeated Paying-Out, And Re-Storing Of Elongated Articles (AREA)
  • Refuge Islands, Traffic Blockers, Or Guard Fence (AREA)
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

An electric fence wire reel in which the hub or support for the reel accommodates an electric fence energiser device. The reel is supported by a support member connected to a ground (earthing) stake for the energiser device. The hub may also accommodate batteries for supplying power to the energiser device.

Description

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This invention relates to electric fenc~s.

One of the advantages of electric fencing systems is their portability and because of this electric fences have found almost universal acceptance for grazing control. The typical electric Eencing system will comprise~
an energiser, a power source for exciting the enexgiser, electric ~ence wire (usually on a reel) and fence standards for supporting the wire fxom the ground. The power source, energiser and reel are conventionally separate units, and relative connections between the units are made each time an electric fence is erected.

It is an object of the present in~ention to provide an electric fence wire reel embodying an energiser.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an electric fence wire reel embodying an energiser and a battery unit for exciting the energiser.

Further objects and ad~antages of the present invention will become apparent from the ensuing descr~ption which is given by way of example, According to the present invention therefore there is provided an electric fence wire reel comprising a hub having a wire storage portion, support means engagable with the reel and about which the reel may be rotated for the purpose of paying out or rewinding an electric fence wire from the reel, an energis~r locating region within the hub
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or associated with the support means of the reel, an electric fence energiser device located within che energiser locating region, said electric fence energiser device ~eing adapted to supply an electric current to electric Eence wires paid out from or stored from the wire storage portion, an earthing member adapted to connect the energiser device to eath, and connecting means for connecting the energiser to a power source, J

Aspects of the present in~ention will now be.described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
iguxe 1: is a perspecti~e view of an electric fence system incorporating an electric fence wire reel in accordance with one possible embodiment of the present invention, and igure 2: is a partial.~ectio~l ~iew of the electric fence wire reel and support means of Figure 1, and igUre 3: is a side view of an energiser and battery housing for the electric fence wire reel o~ Figure 1, and igure 4; is a cross~section of the housiilg oE Figure
3, and igure 5: is an end ~iew of the housing of Figure 3 .

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With respect to the drawings an electric fence wire reel in accordance with the present invention is generally indicated by arrow 1 and comprises a hub generally indicated by arrow 2, support means generally indicated by arroW 3, engagable with the reel 1 about which the xeel may be rotated for the purpose of paying out or rewinding an electric fence wire 4 from the reel, The hub ~ is provided with an energiser locating region gener~lly indicated by arrow 5 and an electric fence energiser device 6 adapted to supply electric current to the fence wire 4 is located within the energiser locating xegion 5, of the hub 2, and an earthin~ member indicated by arrow 8 adapted to connect the energiser device 6 to earth and a switch generally indicated by arrow 9 for connecting the energiser to a power source such as batteries 10~ In the example illustrated the energiser device 6 and the batteries 10 are housed within a housing 11 which is located in the energiser locating region 5 of -the reel 1.

In the example illustr~ted, the support me~ns 3 is a substantially U-shaped member having free ends 12 thereof adapted to support the fence wire reel 1 for rotation in a vertical plane, the support means 3 being fixed relative to ea~thing member 8 which is a steel ground stake.
The support means 3`can be fabricated from a U-sec-tion ~ember in steel or f~shiQned into that sh~pe ~rom light guage steel. The ground stake 8 can ha~e a lower section 13 which is substantially L-shaped and one limb 14 thereof extends upwardly into a handle 15 which is preferably moulded from an insulatlng material such as plastics or rubber where the`limb 14 makes contact with the U~section member. For ease of manufacture common limb 16 may be split at 17 this split being accommodated within the handle 15, The hub 2 which can be moulded or fabricated in plastics is formed as a circular cross-section cylinder 18 having closed ends 19,20 with the end 19 having a cap mounting a boss 21 which supports a winding handle generally indicated by arrow 22. The boss 21 extends through an aperture 23 in the adjacent ~ree end 12 of the support means 3 ~nd is provided with an external peripheral groove 24 to which is attached a complementary hub 25 of the handle 22~ The groo~e 24 is not a deep groove and in the prefered ~orm of the invention where both the closed end 19 and its boss 21 and the hub 25 o~ the handle are mounted in plastics, in the event that the handle was to be subjected to a sudden impact it would be likely that the hub 25 w3uld break free from the boss 21 thus reducing the possibility of damage ocurring to either part. The end of the cap 19 is reinforced by reinforcing ribs 26.

The wire storage region 7 is defined by . central outer portions 27 of the cylinder 18 and complementary peripheral rims 28, Both of the rims 28 which are inclined as illustrated ~ith respect to the surface of the central outer portion 27~

At the closed end 20 o~ the hub 2 an end plate 29 mounts a boss 30 and the hub 2 is rot~table with respect to adjacent free end 12 of the support means 3 on an adjustable pivot and contact member generally indicated by arrow 31. The pivot and contact member 31 comprises an adjustment knob 32 and ~ contact pin 34 is provid~d which extends through the lenythwise axis of the boss 30.

The contact pin 34 comprises a threaded part 35 which is engagable in a complementary thread 36 of the boss 33 and a plain end 37 which extends through an aperture 38 in the free end 12 of the support means 3 and an aperture 39 in the boss 30 of the end plate 29. The lower end 4Q of the pin 3~ is fashioned into a point and also ~oun~ a fixed locking member 41, A friction washer 42 is positioned between the underside of the free ends 12 of the support means 3 and the top side of the boss 30 of the end plate 29. The end of the boss 30 of the pivot and contact member 31 is provided with a rim ~3 so that the surface area of the boss 33 in contact with the free end 12 is minimal and the contact pin 34 is locked (nct shown) in relation to the aperture 38 so that it does not rotate when the knob 32 is tightened. r~O
lock the pin 34 in relation to aperture 38 the aperture and pin may be provided with matching flat surfaces where ~he pi co-operates with the aperture. The knob 32 can be tightened or loosened to adjust the pressure on the friction washer 42 and to control the freedom for rotation of the hub 2 with respect to the support means 3, this facility beiny usied as required during paying out wire when total freedom of the hub is not de~irable, and in winding, in when the knob 32 can be loosened.

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With respect to Figures 3,4 and 5 of the drawings, in the embodiment illustrated khe housing 11 is adapted to accommodate a series of batteries 10 as well as an electric fence energiser device 6.

The housing is of a rectangular square configuration and can conveniently be moulded in plastics in two half sections 44,45 split about central flange 46.
The interiors of the housing ll can be compartmentalised by a frame 47, also moulded in plastics, and the arrangement may for example be such that there is one compartment
4~ for the enargiser device 6 and a number of compartments 49 for a series of pri~ary or secondary batteries lO. The batteries can be orientated within the housing 11 so that a switching de~ice generally indicated by arrow ~9 and disposed at one end o the housing 11 can be used to complete a circuit to the energiser for the purpose of supplying power to it.

The switch 9 can comprise a knob 51 slidable in a slot llA in the base of the housing ll and a contact member 52 which is arranged to complete a connection between contacts 53 of the batteries 10 when the energiser is in use or to break the connection when the energiser is not being used.

The housin~ 11 is pro~ided With an earthing contact 54 ~or the ener~iser and a power output contact 55.

When the housing 11 is assembled With its components and it is pl~ced within the hub 2 o~ the wire reel ~Figure 2) ~7 ~Z~37~6~

it is located by locating ribs 60 extending from the inner walls o~ the cylinder 18 and on such assembly the earth contact 54 is in position to make contact with the lower end 40 of the pin 34 and the power contact 55 makes contact with a wire contact 61 which extends in a loop to the outside of a cylinder 18 within the wire st~rage region 7, where electric fence wire for the reel is connected thereto.

when the electric fence Wixe reel is to be used to erect an electric fence the earthing mem~er 8 is inserted i.n a ground surface and fence standard~s 62 are set up as illustrated by Figure 1~ Electric fence wire 4 from the reel 2 can then be paid out and engaged with the fence standards 62 and the switch 49 can be used to switch the power supply to the energiser, .The energiser is earthed ~ia the contact pin 40, the support means 3) and the earth stake 8.

Whereas in the prior art a typical electric fence comprises a sepaxate enexgiser and reel the present invention combines these two ele~ents and, optionally, as described a power source may also be combined within the reel. It is to be appreciated h:owever that power to the energiser within the reel may be supplied fro~ an external source such as a vehicle battery or ~ains power and if that were the case then connections between the power source and the enexgiser may be made through a contact device ~not shown) associated with the support means and the reel~
or through ~ detachable plug and socket (not shown).
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The energiser 6 may be an electrlc ~ence 'energiser of the 'capacitor discharge type'wh'içh is arranged to give high voltage`i~pulses to an electric fence wire 4 sep~rated by appxoxim~tely one'second, Typically such ~ de~ice will comprise 'a dc to dc invertor, an energy storage de~ice,' a switching device, an impu~se switchingcircuit`~nd a step-up output transformer such components being mounted on a, printed circuit board, which is re~dily replacab~e in the `unit with appropriate connections being made to connectors 54,55. The energiser device is pxeferably seIf conta~,ned within compartment 4~, ~nd onl~v rele~sable therefrom by the use of a ~pecial key or tool (not shawn~.

~ltho~gh in the preferred embodiment illustrated the energiser devi~e is contained within the hub 2 o~ the'reel 1, it is envis~ged that the energiser may be contained within a housing which is external to the interiors of the hub, or alternatively,.in the handle 15.

WhilSt ~,U-shaped support means 3 supports the reel 1 in the embodi~ent illustrated the reeI may be pivotably mounted with respect to ~ single'arm (not shown).

~spects o~ the'present invenkion have been described by way of ex~mple only and it will be appreciated th~t modifications ~n~ additions thereto may be made without departing from the scope 'of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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Claims (8)

WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. An electric fence wire reel comprising a hub having a wire storage portion, support means engagable with the reel and about which the reel may be rotated, for the purpose of paying out or rewinding an electric fence wire from the reel, an energiser locating region within the hub of associated with the support means of the reel, an electric fence energiser device located within the energiser locating region said electric fence energiser being adapted to supply an electric current to electric fence wires payed out from or stored by the wire storage portion, an earthing member adapted to connect the energiser device to earth, and connecting means for connecting the energiser to a power source.
2. An electric fence reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the energiser locating region includes at least one battery housing to accommodate a battery or batteries for supplying electric power to the energiser device.
3. An electric fence reel as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the earthing member is a ground stake.
4. An electric fence reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the support means comprises a substantially U-shaped support arm with free ends adapted to support the reel for rotation, said U-shaped support arms being fixed relative to the earthing member.
5. An electric fence reel as claimed in claim 4 wherein one of the free ends of the arm mounts a contact member for connecting the earth member to the energiser device.
6. An electric fence reel as claimed in claim 5 wherein the reel is provided with a winding handle.
7. An electric fence energiser as claimed in claim 5 or claim 6 wherein the reel is a hollow tubular member, and is arranged to accommodate a separate energiser device housing providing a contact from the energiser to the contact member and connections for electric fence wires Which can be accommodated within the wire storage portion.
8. An electric fence reel as claimed in any one of claims wherein the U-shaped support arm is provided with a grip in an insulating material.
CA000455150A 1983-05-26 1984-05-25 Combined energiser and reel for electric fences Expired CA1237469A (en)

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