US1193990A - Wire-eastener foe pence-posts - Google Patents

Description

G. I. CHASE.

WIRE FASTENER FOR FENCE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1915.

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GLEN I. CHASE, 0F ISI-IPEMING, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-FASTENER FOR FENCE-POSTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed June 29, 1915. Serial No. 37,060.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLEN I. CHASE, a citizen of the United states, residing at Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fasteners for Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improved wire fastener for securing a fence wire to a fence post or the like supporting object and so that the wire can be detached if desired, the object of the invention being to provide improved devices of this character which are cheap and simple in construction, may be readily installed and which serve to securely fasten a fence wire or other wire to a fence post or other like structure.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a fence wire fastener constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same extended through a post, a portion of the post being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the wire fastener on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 2 and indicated by the line 33 of said figure. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, partly in section, of the gripping jaws, tensioning stem and jaw opening spring.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a tubular sleeve 1 which is to be placed in a transverse opening in fence post or other like structure 2, and to extend across the same. At its outer end the sleeve is provided with a mouth 3 and upper and lower sides 4 which converge toward the sleeve as shown.

A tensioning stem 5 extends longitudinally through the sleeve and its outer portion is threaded as at 6 and engaged by a nut 7 which bears on the end of the sleeve opposite the mouth. The inner end of the tensioning stem is bifurcated to form a fork 8 in which the inner ends ofv a pair of jaws 9-10 are pivotally mounted on a pin or bolt 11. The bill 12 of the jaw 9 is adapted to pass between a pair of spaced bills 18 with which the jaw 10 is formed. A spring 14: has a coiled portion arranged on the pivot 11, the ends or arms 15 of said spring bearing against opposite sides of the jaws and in recesses 16 with which the jaws are provided,

' near their inner pivoted ends.

The operation of my improved wire fastener is as follows :Initially the nut 7 will be loosened sufliciently to permit the stem 5 with the jaws to be moved outwardly to such an extent as to enable the jaws to be opened by the spring, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The wire 17 is then arranged across one side of the fence post and across the outer end of the sleeve mouth 4 and between the jaws. A nut 7 is then screwed up on the stem, thereby moving the latter together with the jaws in the reverse direction and as the jaws pass into the mouth of the sleeve the inwardly converging upper and lower sides of the mouth exert a camming action on the jaws and close them and cause their bills to engage and firmly hold the wire against the fence post, hence rigidly secur ing the wire and yet enabling it to be readily detached from the post when desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A wire fastener of the class described, comprising a tubular sleeve, said sleeve having an outwardly diverging flaring mouth at one end thereof, a tensioning stem slidably arranged for longitudinal movement in said tubular casing, the inner end of said stem bifurcated to form arms, a pair of jaws pivotally connected at their inner ends between the arms of the stem, one of said jaws provided with a pair. of curved bills, the opposite bill of the adjacent jaw adapted to be caught between said spaced bills of the opposite jaw, and a spring coiled around the pivot of the jaws, its opposite free ends engaging the inner faces of the jaws normally forcing the same outward from one another, and means upon the opposite end of said stem for drawing the same inwardly causing the outer faces of the jaws to engage the inner faces of the casing and clamping a wire there between.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GLEN I. CHASE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD CHASE, HOWARD M. LALLY.

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

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