US1113372A - Fence-wire tool. - Google Patents

Description

B. PORTER.

FENCE WIRE TOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 14, 1913.

1,1 13,372; Patented 0ct.13,1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS Cl).v PHOTO-LITHO WASHINGTON. D. cv

B. PORTER.

FENCE WIRE VTOOL. APPLICATION FILED NOV.14,'1913.

aw/Imam THE NORRIS PETERS CO1, PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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FENCE-VIBE TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed November 14, 1913. Serial No. 801,037.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, BYRON Powell, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morgan, in the county of Morgan, State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Wire Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

I This invention relates to improvements in wire fencing tools.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple tool by means of which a number of operations can be performed such as splicing wire, taking up slack, attaching the wire to the posts by means of stays, at taching stays to the fence wires, and attaching wooden strips thereto.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the tool. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tool pulling staples. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tool twisting a wire fastener around a post. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tool applying a wire stay to a fence wire. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the tool forming a loop in the fence wire. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the tool taking up slack. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the tool splicing a broken wire.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents a tubular member which is open at both ends, one end being formed with a notch 11, a crank member 12 being provided with a shank 13 adapted to be inserted in the notched end, and rest in said notch of the member 10. A set-screw 11 is threaded through the notched end, and is adapted to pass through an opening 15 formed transversely in the shank 13, to hold said crank member in the member 10. Intermediate the length of the tube and in one side thereof is formed a V-shaped' notch 10, the purpose of which will appear later. The other end of the crank member is coiled or hooked as indicated at 16, this end being adapted for forming loops in fence wires to take up the slack, stretch them, or for pulling the wires. The opposite end of the member 10 ispressed inwardly as indicated at 17, a notch 18 being formed in one side of this end, said notch being adapted to re ceive a fence wire, as seen in Fig. 5. In this use of the device, the wire stay 19 is passed through the tubular member 10, after the the wire 20 around the post, as shown in Fig. 4. In this operation the end of the wire 20 is engaged in the notch 10 and then wound on the member 10. The member 10 is then turned around the fence wire as an axis, while at the same time rotating the tool on its own axis to unwind the wire from the member and wind it around the fence wire. This causes the wire to pay off from the member 10 and wind on the fence wire. The member is then moved to the other side of the post, drawing the wire 20 across the face of the post, and the same operation performed on the fence wire and tie wire at that side of the post. The twisting action may also beaccomplished in the same manner as in Fig. 5, the fence wire being engaged in the notch 18 and forming the axis of rotation of the member 10. I

In removing staples the shank 12 with its crook 16 is engaged behind the fence wire, as shown in Fig. 3, and then by rocking the tool on the intermediate portion 12* as a fulcrum,.the fence wire will be forced away from the post and the staple withdrawn."

In taking up slack, or forming loops in the fence wire, the coiled end 16 is engaged with the fence wire and the same rotated to produce a loop which will tighten the wire as seen in Figs. 6 and 7.

In splicing the ends of a broken fence wire together, I use the member 12 to twist the ends of the wire into loops as seen in Fig. 6, after which a separate length of wire 21 is threaded through the loops and wound on the removable shank 22 and the member 10.

Thus the broken ends are held together.

the Wire 21 to run ofi the member 10, and onto the shank 22, from whence it is coiled or Wound on the fence Wire.

From the foregoing it Will readily be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive tool which is capable of performing a great number of operations in Wiring fences.

hat is claimed is:

A fence Wire tool comprising a tubular .member having a notch formed in one end thereof, a crank member including a perfo rated shank detachably engaged in the notched end, means carried by the tubular member for holding the crank member so engaged, the outer end of the crank member being coiled, the opposite end of the tubular member having an inclined notch formed transversely therethrough, said latter end of the tubular member being reduced in diameter, the tubular member also having a V-shaped notch in one side intermediate its length.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

BYRON PORTER.

Witnesses:

WV. Vision, R. R. ToNKo.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

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