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 WA.SHBUBN & UOEK UAKCF'a -00. ir. HAISH. 911' �"Second. I daim a wire, D, and a series of ,fl^ed (hjoi^ fli4Mpn>;in cdm- bination with supporting posta, C, substantially as and for the purposes �Betforth." .... 1 ,;:;., �''■Fov/rth. I claim the combination substaatially as described of twb wires, D, D, twisted together, and a sferies of thorns, E, strung upoli oue of said wires and held in position by them, as and fot thepurpose set forth." �With this statement of the differences between the original and the re-issae, it cannot be said that there is anything claimed in the first three claims of the re->is8ue esaentially different from those in the original. The fourth claim in the re-issue is not a claim in the original, but iihe two wires re- ferred to in that claim as twisted together, with a series of thorns or barbs attached to one of the wires, is clearly set forth in the drawing of the original patent ; and, if that con- stitated a part of his invention, aind if it was not claimed through mistake or inadvertence, I know of no good reason why the claim in the re-issue should not be corrected by the drawings of the original patent. The words in the specifica- tions of the re-issue that "it locks the thorn," are only 9. description of the effect produeed by this mode of placing his peculiar barb on one of the wires twisted together. �Glidden, in his original patent, described the use of two wires coming together at varions points, at which spurs are coiled around them, and which are spread apart between the coils so as to prevent the latter from moving longitudinally on the wires. Bquidistant between ih,e posts is a slotted tube containing a coiled spring, the object Of which was tp keep the wires at a proper tension as affected by beat or cold. This original patent was re-issued in divisions. Division A describes and claims a barb, consisting of a short wire pointed at both ends, coiled around and compressed about ,one or more strands of fence wire. The numl&er of coils is not ma- terial. He says by this method he ean put his barbs on wires already placed in the fence, or before they are there placed. The claim in this re-issue is^ ' �"In combination with a fence wire, a barb foriped of a short piece or pointed wiie, secured in place upon the fence wire 'by^ coiling between ita ends, forming two, projecting points, sabstaatiaily; as- specifled." ��� �