US1124633A

US1124633A - Wire-tying tool.

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Publication number: US1124633A
Application number: US79328513A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Sherman Mcchesney
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-10-04
Filing date: 1913-10-04
Publication date: 1915-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 1932-01-12

Description

J. S. MOGHESNEY.

WIRE TYING'TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED 00:14, 1913.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

WITNESSES:

THE NORRIS PETERS co PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON D. C.

- UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

JOHN SHERMAN lVIoGI-IESNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-TYING TOOL.

Application filed October 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN SHERMAN 'MCCHESNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVire- Tying Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to wire manipulating tools and has more particular reference to tools employed in tensioning and tying wire loops or ties about hose couplings and the like; one object of the. present invention being to provide a tool of the character above indicated, which shall consist of a minimum number of parts so shaped and constructed that they may be readily assembled Without the employment of wrenches or other implements.

'Another object of the invention is to provide a tool of simple construction which will be'cheap to manufacture, easy to manipulate, and which will be efficient and durable when in operation.

On the drawings, which should be considered in connection with the following description for a full understanding of the invention, Figure l is a perspective view of the body member of my improved wrench, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the operating Wheel, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through a tool embodying my invention, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the tool in position to look a loop of a hose tie in position.

By reference to the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention it will be manifest that the tool disclosed comprises but three elements; namely, the body member 5, the bolt 6 and the operating wheel 7. The body member is provided with an axially disposed bore 8, preferably rectangular in cross section adapted to receive the bolt 6 which is shaped throughout a portion of its length to conform to the shape of the bore 8 so as to preclude rotary movement of the bolt in the bore and is threaded as indicated by reference character 9 throughout a portion of its length for engagement with the internally threaded hub 11 of the wheel 7. In order that the body member may be engaged with the ends of Wire loops of various lengths I have provided along one side of the member a plu- Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 793,285.

rality of outwardly projecting fingers, or hooks, 12, 13 and 14 which are preferably disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the body, as shown, to retain the ends of wire loops engaged therewith. These hooks, or fingers, may be cast on the body or struck up from the metal thereof, as preferred. One or more sides of the body may be left open as indicated by reference character 15, if desired, for the purpose of reducing the weight of the tool.

The body member 5 is formed at one end to provide a bifurcated head, comprising the longitudinally extending

portions

16 and 17, equipped at their extremities with inwardly projecting thrust shoulders 18 and 19 respectively. In order that the operating device, by means of which relative longitudinal adjustment between the body member and the sliding bolt is effected, may be directly attached to the body member without employing additional parts or elements I have provided the hub 11 of the operating device, which in the present instance is illustrated in the form of a wheel, with a radially extending flange 21 adapted to rotatably fit between the

portions

16 and 17 of the bifurcated head at the rear of the thrust shoulders 18 and 19. In assembling the parts of my improved tool the operating device, or wheel, 7 is engaged with the body member by inserting the flange 21 of the Wheel laterally between the portions 16 and -17 of the bifurcated head until the threaded opening in the hub of the wheel is disposed in alinement with the bore 8, whereupon the sliding bolt is inserted in the bore to bring its threaded end into engagement with the inner end of the hub 11. The wheel is then rotated to threadedly engage the wheel and bolt and thereafter any desired longitudinal adjustment of the bolt may be secured by. turning the wheel in one direction or the other.

When using my improved tool to fasten a hose tie 23 (Fig. 4), the endless \vire loop is passedaround the circumference of the hose end 24 and one end of the tie is inserted through the other and drawn by hand as tightly as it can be conveniently drawn. The projecting end of the loop is then hooked over one of the projecting fingers or

hooks

12, 13 or 14 and the notch or groove 22, formed in the squared end of the bolt 6,

is applied to the other end of the loop. The wheel 7 is then rotated to extend the bolt 22 beyond the body member, thereby separating the two ends of the loop to draw the loop tightly around the hose. lVhen the required tension has been secured the tool is swung in an are about the notched end of the bolt as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4; to bend the projecting end of the loop toward the hose. The tool may then be removed and the projecting'end of the loop cut off preparatory to forcing the loose ends of the wire down against the hose to lock the loop in position.

I claim:

1. A wire tying tool, comprising a body member, a bolt slidably carried by said body member, and an operating member threadedly connected with said bolt, one of said members being provided with a plurality of integral thrust shoulders and the other with an integral flange cooperating with said shoulders whereby said members are rotatably interlocked together and held against longitudinal disengagement.

2. A wire tying tool, comprising a body member provided with a rigid bifurcated head having inwardly projecting thrust shoulders, said body member being equipped with a plurality of outwardly projecting hooks, an operating device having a flange engaged with said thrust shoulders, and a bolt slidable in said body member and 4. A wire tying tool, comprising a body,

member provided at one end with a bifurcated head, a bolt slidably but non-rotatably carried by said body member, and an operating device *d-ire'ctly engaged with said bifurcated head and threadedly connected with said bolt, whereby said bolt may be adjusted longitudinally of the body member.

5. A wire tying tool, comprising a body member provided with a head open at ppposite sides and provided with inwardly extending thrust shoulders, a bolt slidably but non rotatabl'y carried by said inen'iber, and an operating device threadedly connected with said bolt and engaging back behind said thrust shoulders and adapted to be removed sidewi'se out of the head.

JOHN SHERMAN MCCHESNEY.

Witnesses:

IRA J. WILSON, A. G. LAT IMER.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, y addres ing the commissioner '0: ream,

Washington, D. 0.