Louden Special Connections for Posts and Columns — Plate 16 



Plate 16 shows horizontal sections of some of our Special Connections for posts and columns which 

 are clamped thereon by clip-bolts. These connections may be used for a number of purposes, such as 

 lugs for gate hinges, pivots for manger hinges, catches for gate latches, sockets for pipes or tubing, such as 

 are used for pivot pins for manger hinges with our double post stalls, etc. Seven of the figures show the 

 attaching parts of the connections broken away which means that these parts may be made for various 

 purposes to suit requirements. 



The object in presenting this plate is to show that the bodies of the connections and the clip-bolts which 

 are used to clamp them on the various sizes of posts and columns are standardized so that no matter 

 what use may be made of the connections, their bodies and the clip-bolts which go with them, will always 

 be the same for each size of post and column. 



The bodies of the connections are made of thin malleable iron which is easily sprung to suit the size 

 of the post or column for which they are intended. For heavier work, such as gate hinges, etc., two clip- 

 bolts are used with each connection which is made wider and is furnished with four bolt eyes instead of two. 

 The plate shows I I different sizes of posts or columns, the outside diameters of which are as follows: \y8, 

 \}i, 2^8, 2/8 or 3", 3>^, 4", 4>^, 5", b}4 or S-^s, 6" and 6f8. Sometimes common pipe is used, hence the 

 inside measurements of pipe given in the plate. 



There is a little variation in two of the sizes. This is caused by the difference in the outside diameters of 

 the corresponding sizes of pipe and tubing. The outside diameter of a 23^-inch pipe is 2Jb or ^8 less than 

 a 3-inch tube, while the outside diameter of a 5-inch pipe is byi or yk more than a 5j^-inch tube. The con- 

 nections are made to allow for this variation. 



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