Apparatus and method relating to fencing
AssigneeFeral Pty Ltd.
InventorRodney James Tate
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for fencing in which a mobile apparatus has a plurality of posts held with wires passing through respective aligned holes and means to take a post at a time to an into the ground driver with the wire or wires still extending through apertures in the post.
Claims11
A mobile apparatus for assisting in building a fence, the apparatus having:
- a support frame;
- a spool of wire carrier supported by the support frame;
- a post support station on the support frame supporting a plurality of posts with each post being adjacent one to the other and in a substantially parallel alignment to each other, each post having a first hole through the respective post, the support station arranged to hold each of the plurality of posts so that the first hole of each post is in a location relative to an adjacent post which allows for a matching location so that said first holes are mutually aligned;
- a first length of wire, a portion of which is wound as a spool and carried by the spool of wire carrier and a further portion of which extends from the spool to pass through each of the aligned first holes of the plurality of posts;
- an into-the-ground driving station on the support frame and including a post driver, said post driver driving posts into the ground when positioned in said into-the-ground driving station;
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- a grab apparatus having a head with fingers, the grab apparatus movable such that the fingers engage and grip one of said plurality of posts and move the post from said post support station into said into-the-ground driving station, with a portion of the wire still positioned through the first hole in the post.
A method of assisting in building a fence which includes a mobile apparatus having a support frame, at least one spool of wire carrier supported by the support frame, a post support station supported on the support frame and arranged to support a plurality of posts with each post being adjacent one to the other and being supported so that at least one aperture through each post is mutually aligned with other apertures in adjacent posts, and there is a portion of wire extending from a spool of wire supported by the spool of wire carrier which portion of wire extends through the mutually aligned apertures of the respective posts, the method including the steps of moving a post from the post support station to an insertion station on said support frame, said insertion station including a post driver, said post driver effecting an insertion of the post into the ground while the wire or wires remain threaded through the respective aperture or apertures of the post, and then moving the mobile apparatus to a next post insertion location.
A mobile apparatus for assisting in building a fence, the apparatus having:
- a support frame;
- a spool of wire carrier supported by the support frame;
- a post support station on the support frame supporting a plurality of posts with each post being adjacent one to the other and in a substantially parallel alignment to each other, each post having a first hole through the respective post, the support station arranged to hold each of the plurality of posts so that the first hole of each post is in a location relative to an adjacent post which allows for a matching location so that said first holes are mutually aligned;
- a first length of wire, a portion of which is wound as a spool and carried by the spool of wire carrier and a further portion of which extends from the spool to pass through each of the aligned first holes of the plurality of posts;
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- an into-the-ground driving station on said support frame, said into-the-ground driving station including a post driver, said into-the ground driving station receiving each post with a portion of the wire still positioned through the first hole in the respective post, and said post driver driving posts into the ground when positioned in said into-the-ground driving station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.