US1286488A - Fence-wire-fastening device. - Google Patents

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w. E. AMBERQ' FENCE WIRE FASTENING DEVICE.

- APPLICATION FILE'D SEPTA}, I916.

Paqented Dec. 3, 1918 I 353., G15" EIEUIMMET-U,

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toning fencing to support and. is: one-- ciniiy adopted for use in'eonneeiaion with I ineizii posts. The invention iii giiified by the zombiniiiaioii nod ai'i'zingenieni of per 1e shown in the KfCOi'iipm1ying dinning and C ei-ii'ieii in the following epeeiiiimibion, and ii; is 111M313pihfiliClliiiiy pointed out, in the apl iended eiziiins.

in the mowing- Figure 1 is ii pi-(n1 View of e moi ein iioiiy ing the pieeent inmniion;

Fig 2 is :i side elevation oi? the tooi eiii'iwn in. Fig, 1 and .ig. 3:3 is a :Fingnnnioii'y perspective view of a portion of 1 lliQiliiiiGHCG post and Wi es connected 'il ijlel'ki\\iilil showing the present in: vention applied thereto nniii indiwii'ing the n'ii-iziiim by which Hie inveniion in applied.

in modern ienee building}; ililC nn-t-Jini post woolly .omiie of steel angle here has no nanny zuii'onizigeo over the old wooden post hot it ie nipidiy growing in po 'i'o]oi'ii m A L at Cioni oi Ciiiiieuity has been ex sowerienoeii i even in 'oi'oi'iiiing (1, device for i zieieni'og the ienoo wires o the new metal poet. l-ii foeii-niog; iioi'ieo for {his purpose eiioiiiii be rsino pie in ooi'istiootion and of email cost. to new. ofnetui'e and SiKJUiKi iiioo be ensiiy iip iiiezibie Lo the poet and Wire with .wiiioii ii; iii eonnoeieii it should Qlirifl be absolutely i-ini'e in its imiiiiilg quniiiies when once oppiied end not i-izioio to injure ziniomis or persons peso nezufiihe eoniplei'oii iiills'ifl. The PIKE/Mill invention is deaf {nod to moot iii! the re qnii'einoni's above.

in the drawing the ninnei'ai l designates ii fence post made of on angle imi' oi steel having; ii series of oblong openi not} 2 punched i1i'|,io1igz;ii one of its; Webs through which openings the fenee Wii'e ini'eteneie pens 'iiiie no. n'n'iiciei (ieei imiien the siii'ni'ide of wire \iiiieii. compose the 'JFWEK," to be seoinoii to the posi. 11*; @ee to ifne pooh ivii'e ope "Ni'iifii'l. miiolie one of the poet anti -i.- projecting; ihri'iu ggii the Jive then: one

E-Epeeiiieotion of'ioettei's Patent.

"no invent-ion 'lffiiiliiBS to (:zeviooefoi? iipy lioetion iii-ed Remember E; 1916. iieiiel IN o. llikENii Li.

openings 2. ninei'i 1 iii dee no i iooi by "which aim enzn a n :e clenched in piece in ii peouiini" iozninoi' to be do" i'iiieifi The iooi conipi'ioez-i o imioi' inini'iio oi-lion i) which in boot iii; one enei, oe shown in. .iiig. to on form e iWi-SiHiP3i gi'i ipiiig PUifii'iOH Y. 'ifiie g'gi'ipping;portio i, no SiiQWi'i in this iigui'e, is oii'set M? one me of the iiiooiiie f and the outer pioi' gg; 8 of the ii is i'onniieci on its outer surface, as shown tit 9 in i 'Tiihe :ncii e5 oi the inn 6 oppoeii'e eiio 1i i portion '7! \veiigiiesniziped. indieegi the fenoe in i pond:- iiooi eii, iiie prongs 4; oi the oiopie pioapirndin g iiiii'ongii the openings 53 in 'ifi poi 'iihe grip W "5 portion '7 oi the tiiioi o pieced over one the prong" i, as shown in ii ig. 2%, and the tool nioi'oi'i into the dotted POSiiZiOU indioziteii in that figure. The out. vii portion 9 pin'niiiie the tool To roll eooiiy against the surface 80 oi the post into the poution shown in broken lines in i 3? TiTiiii i'noi'oii'ieni', oeni as the i iniiipie into the oi'iope of on :H'C and iii'in go E1118 noini'ef the prong ng oinw-ii". the eui fziee o ,possso nmsii' that iron the who is being; seem-ed, editor one oi pi'oii 'o lien been bent in illie mannei to iiio Fitiijili'lii pron which "oi then. iien; 1o. 11

Hiiliiiili inainnei. in the onpoe 1e iiii'eeiion. in on applying the ixooi in the st: pie pro "he bent in iio one obtained ii if is noi; i f eioi-ie to the post at the beginning? oi'iiho nniioineni oi the iooi in ()ii'iljl' that iiili, simple may not be Liltflin so ii iiiiy ngoiiie the wire on :ie io prevent iii'i IHOVGIHQHiL oi? "Hie wire through the staple due to eoi'iti'neiion. and]. ex 'mnsion. ii'iien both pi-ooi n of the siiopie have been lieni; the :insiener wiii appeal as indicated at the lower portion oi. i it we will be noted that the sharp ends oi. the smpie are both bent into eimtaei; nii'fli the sni'fiiee oi the n so ifhaii: ii iii iinpor'isibie for them in iniiioiz injury on lliiiiilllib-I 01 pee none. Wiiiflifi oiii ion g openinge il'ifli: o9 ii, o lien indie iii. in. this ii ojii'e, iziiestuoie vonizeii ii: iii; eini'iliiiyeti v feet 'iiioi; iiie oi; n

oin i'oieiiiigg in the M70311 has m'it theapplication of r ployedgthef portionof the staple which en somewhat in-its opening-the ends of the prongs-f4: will nevertheless continue to bear against the surface of the post and the fume-- tion ofthe device will 'in'no Waybe changed It is sometimes desirable to use staples which. are sOn eWh' LLtWider than the openings in the post ith-Which they cooperate. When this. is done the points 4 of thestaples are be'nttoward one another until they Will pass throughthe openings in the fence post. In such case it may be necessary to open the prongs slightly after. they have been'passed through the posts before the, grippin pen tio'n"? of the tool 5 can be, applied. When this is necessary the Wedge portion 9 of the tool may be; forced be ween the prongs of thestapl'e to open-them suilieiently to perp the gripping portion 7 When-this method or application isjemgages the'wire being Wider than the opening yvillprevent" any possibility of the staple hemg drawn into the opening a sufiicient'. amount to grip the wire' to prevent free 'sliding: movement, In'this case the prongs may I bent portion be bent oversufticientlyto draw the enlarged of the'staple tightly against the post. Y

i I claim; r

1. A fence wirestapling tool comprising a handleyand a staple engaging head at one end of said handle; said head having slot therein arranged transversely of the direc-- tion of said handle; and open at the end 'tliereofadj acent said handleand having also afeonVeLX-bearing surface extending parallel with said slot at the-side of said head opposite said handle: prising 'asmgleintegral flattened bar hav- 2. A stapling tool for -Wll6 fences, coming one end thereof bent to form a U-shaped stapleiengaging'head oitset at one side-oi said bar-and having a gripping slot formed by-the 'legs'of saidil extending at right anglespto the main portion of said'bar, said slotibeingiopen at the end thereof adjacent said. barandthe. outer leg of said U-shaped head being rounded to form a convex sur- 50 face upon which said tool may be rotated to bend theprongs of the staple into holding position,

. i I 3. A stapling too-l ior wire fences comprising. an elongated'bar having one end gthereoli bent-to form a ill-shaped staple-engaging headotlset at one side of said bar and havingia gripping slot formed by the legs of said U extending transversely to the naeeeee.

' face upon which said tool'muy be rotated to bend the prongs of the staple into holding" position, said leg being of substantially uniform cross-section throughout and having the free end thereof term nating substantially in'ali'nenient with the face of the mainportion of said baron the side'opp'osite said head.

4. A fence wire stapling tool comprising an'elongated bar arranged to form a handle portion and having the end thereof bent to form a U-shaped staple-engaging head oli'set at one side of said her and having the free leg of the U provided with a convex bearing surfaceto form a fulcrum member for said tool during said stapling operation, said leg being of substantially uniform cross-section throughout and substantially the same length its-the opposite leg of :the' U, said head being arranged to form a staple-engam ing slot extending transversely to the handle portion of said bar, the Walls of said slot being flat and having angular ed es for the width of said jaw faces being approximately. twice as great as the width of the slot formed between them so that a staple shank will be grasped by diag'onally opposite edges of saidjaws'when said handle is moved to tilt said jaws relatively to said shank, the slot between said jaws being open at one end thereofvto permit engagement and disengagement of .sa'id tool with the staple shank, and the outer jaw having; the face thereof opposite said staple receiving slot rounded'to -form av rolling fulcrum at sub stantially right angles to the handle about which said handle is tilted inbending a staple shank. v In testimony whereof I have.signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 23d day of August, A. D. 1916.

\VALTER E. All IBERG. Witnesses:

Gnn'rnUon M. BARNES, A. J. CRANE.

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