Insulated and grounded fence fabric
AssigneeColorguard Corporation
InventorGlen E. Ingraham
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Abstract
Fence fabric formed of a multiplicity of entwining electrically conductive metal wire cores each coated with a heat disintegrable electrical insulation is rendered susceptible to grounding by disposing each of said metal cores in contact with at least one electrically conductive ground element. To produce this product, one or more of the foregoing conductive elements is placed in permanent contact with each coated wire of the fence fabric and sufficient current passed through said conductive element to disintegrate the insulation coating and provide an electrically conductive path between the metal core of each of said wires and said electrical conductor.
Claims14
In a fence fabric construction formed of a plurality of individually coated wires each composed of a metal core enveloped by a heat-distintegrable electrically non-conductive coating, adjoining pairs of said coated wires being engaged at, at least, one point along their length, the improvement that comprises an elongated metal conductor element permanently interlocked by, and defining a passage through, each of said adjoining pairs of coated wires at the point of engagement thereof with each other;
- said conductor element being disposed in electrical connection with the metal cores of each of said adjoining coated wires at each of said points of engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.