US1041142A

US1041142A - Wire-fence-reeling device.

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Publication number: US1041142A
Application number: US70259012A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mala Moore
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-06-08
Filing date: 1912-06-08
Publication date: 1912-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1929-10-15

Description

M. MOORE;

WIRE FENCE REELING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNEB, 1912.

1,041,142. Patented 0011.15, 1912.

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WIRE-FENCE-REELING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed June 8, 1912. Serial No. 702,590.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MALA Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roseville, in the county of WVarren and State of 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in "Wire-Fence-Iteeling Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an apparatus for winding and unwinding the wire of a fence and the primary object of the present invention is to construct an apparatus of the class aforesaid which may be detachably secured to the end ate of a wagon body for reeling and unreeling the barbed wire or other kinds of wire of the fence.

A further object of the present invention is to construct a device of this character with a reel for unwinding the wire which may also be used for winding the Wire from either side of the wagon body.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus of this class which is detachably secured to the end gate of a wagon and which when detached therefrom may be packed in a compact form thereby taking up but a limited amount of space when not in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter as the description continues.

With the above and other objects in view this invention consists of novel details of construction, combination, formation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully decribed, claimed and particularly pointed out in the appended drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the end gate of a wagon body embodying my invention as used for unreeling wire; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the apparatus as used for reeling the wire; Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 4; is a sectional view across the end-gate, showing the reel in side elevation.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like parts are designated by like numerals throughout the several views the numeral 10 indicates the body of an ordinary wagon having hingedly secured to the rear end thereof a tail gate 11. Detachably mounted upon the rear face of the tail gate 11 are a pair of spaced brackets 12 each having a pairs of arms 12 which are detachably secured to the gate by means of bolts 13. The

outer ends of these brackets 12 are bent u-pwardly at right angles thereto and are bifurcated as at 14: to receive the shaft 15. This shaft 15 is adapted to support the reel when winding and unwinding the wire therefrom, and in Fig. l of the drawings I have illustrated this shaft as used to support the reel when unwinding the wire therefrom. This shaft is provided with a pair of spaced flattened portions 16 adapted to rest within the bifurcated ends 14 of the brackets and are securely mounted therein by means of bolts 17 extending through the bifurcated ends of the brackets. These flattened portions of the shaft when n1ounted within the bifurcated ends of the brackets will obviously prevent the shaft from rotating so that the reel 18 when mounted thereupon will be allowed to rotate freely. These reels 18 are of the usual construction for holding wire when sent from the maker to the consumer. To provide means for preventing the reel from unwinding too freely I have mounted upon the shaft 15 a pair of collars 19 which are adjustably secured thereto by means of set screws within the said collars. Mounted upon the shaft between one of said collars and the end of the reel is a coil spring 20 which frictionally engages one end of the reel and thereby prevents the same from rotating too freely when the wire is being drawn from the same. It is obvious from this construction that I have provided means upon the end gate of a wagon body for supporting the reel of wire for unwinding the same and it is apparent that by removing the bolts 17 the shaft may be removed from the brackets and a new reel replaced thereupon or it may be used for winding the wire as will be hereinafter more fully described. WVhen this shaft 15 is being used for rewinding the wire I have provided upon the inner and outer face of the end gate a pair of

brackets

21 and 22 respectively. The bracket 21 mounted on the outside of the end gate is provided with a circular bearing 23 whereas 7 through the

bearings

23 and 25 respectively.

and is allowed to rotatefreely therein and it is apparent that these two brackets form a suitable support so that the reel 18 may be mounted upon the outer extremity of the shaft. The inner end of this shaft 15 is provided with a crank handle 26 by which the same may be rotated from the interior of the wagon body when winding the wire and of course by this construction the reel 18 should be rigidly mounted upon the same. In permanently securing this reel 18 to the shaft I permanently mount one of the collars 19 upon the shaft adjacent the out- 15 side bracket 21 and the outer extremity of the shaft 15 is threaded to receive a wing nut 27 which contacts the side of the reel and-binds the same between the winged nut and the collar 19 thereby holding the same rigidly upon the shaft.

It is further apparent that when the reel is mounted upon the end gate for unwinding the wire the same is parallel with the gate but when it is used for winding the wire it is at substantially right angles thereto so that means for guiding the wire upon the reel when winding the same may be mounted on each end of the gate as will be hereinafter described. This guide comprises abracket 28 being detachably secured to the end gate by means of bolts and its opposite end being offset and having pivotally connected thereto a link 29. This link 29 is adapted to operate in a horizontal plane so that it may direct the wire to either end of the reel so that in winding the same it j The may be wound evenly thereupon.

shorter arm of this link 29 is provided with an eyelet 30 which is formed of a continuation of the said link and bent at right angles thereto and the opposite end of the said link is provided wit-h an elongated eyelet 31 which is also formed of a continuation thereof and bent at right angles. The wire is first 5 directed through the eyelet 30 and then through the eyelet 31 to the winding reel and each of these eyelets is of such a diameter to freely allow the wire to pass therethrough and the inner eyelet ,31 is elongated so that the wire will be allowed to play when being wound upon the reel. Adjacent the outer extremities of the end gate and mounted in the upper end thereof are recesses 32 in which operates a rack bar 33 one end of which being pivotally connected to the longer arm of the link 29 and its opposite end being provided with a handle by which the operator may evenly direct the wire to the reel in winding the same. The teeth of the rack bar are adapted to engage a cross plate 34 mounted on the inner face of the end gate and extending across the recesses formed therein. Mounted on the inner face of the end gate are a pair of springs 33 which extend transversely of the recesses 32 and are provided wit-h an arm portion which rests upon the upper edge of the racks, which obviously holds the same into engagement with the plates 34 but allows the racks to be readily adjusted at the will of the operator. It will be seen from this construction that an operator may wind the wire upon the reel and at the same time guide the wire evenly thereupon through the instrumentality of the link 29 and the rack bar 33 as before described.

The bracket 28 is provided with a brace rod 34 which is also detachably secured at its inner end to the end gate and when it is desired to wind the wire from the opposite side of the wagon this bracket 28 and the rod 3 L may be detached from this side of the end gate and mounted upon the opposite side in the same manner and the rack 1 bar 33 may also operate in the recess 32 formed in the upper end of the gate.

It is obvious from this construction that I have provided means for winding and un winding wlre which may be easily and readily attached to or detached from the end 6 gate of a wagon and which will be strong,

durable and efficient in use and greatly decrease the present cost of manufacture in such devices. It is to be further understood that whereas I have only showna specific 9 embodiment of this invention that other minor details of construction may be resorted to that come within the scope of the .appended claims without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of an end gate of a wagon,

of a pair of spaced brackets detachably mounted upon one face thereof, a shaft, a reel mounted upon said brackets, a pair of brackets one of which is detachably mounted upon the front and the other upon the rear face of the end gate, said shaft adapted to be mounted within said first mentioned brackets for unwinding the wire upon the reel and adapted to be mounted within the :second mentioned brackets when winding the wire upon the reel, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described,

. the combination of an end gate, brackets detachably mounted thereupon, a shaft journaled within said brackets, a reel mounted 1 upon said shaft, a third bracket mounted upon said end gate, a link pivotally mounted within said last mentioned bracket, eyelets formed in the extremities of said link,

a lever pivotally connected to the longer arm of said link, the said end gate having a notch formed therein, a plate mounted upon said gate and extending transversely of said notch, and the said lever adapted to engage said plate for adjustably holding said link, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of an end gate, of a reel journaled thereupon, a bracket detachably mounted upon one face of said gate at one end of said reel, a link pivotally connected to said bracket, the extremities of said link being bent at right-angles thereto and providedwith loops, a rack bar pivotally connected to said link, the said end gate having a notch formed therein, means for holding MALA MOORE.

Witnesses:

ERASTUS E. WAGNER, ORVILLE HAMILTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G."