US1331560A - Method of and means for tying with wire - Google Patents

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;E. EMBREY. METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR TYING WITH WIRE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1917.

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EARLE EMBR-EY, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIAN A.

METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR TYING WITH WIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 19, 1917. SerialNo. 163,282.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARLE EMBREY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of and Means for Tying with Wire, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire tying or fastening, and its object is to provide a Very simple device for securing together the two members of wire loop and veny forcibly contracting the loop and very securely tying it in its contracted position. It will be understood that such a result is highly desirable wherever any two or more parts are to be tightly secured together by means of wire. Other objects will morefully appear in the course of the ensuing description.

My invention consists in the method of tying with wire and in the novel means for carrying out that method andv in the combination of parts and details of construction and arrangement of parts in such means, and in the novel tying washer as a new article of manufacture, all of which will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In thedrawing:

Figures 1, 2, 8 and 4 are diametral sections of varieties of tying washers in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the examples of Figs. 3 and 4;

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate successive stages of the operation of tying together the staves of a hollowcylindrical column according to my invention, the views in Figs. 6 and 8 being horizontal cross-sections of the tiedtogether parts and showing the tying means in elevation, and the view in Fig. 7 being a side elevation of the column and showing one of the accessory tying partsin section andthe principal tying parts in elevation, as in Figs. 6 and 8.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal cross-section of part of a wall mold used in constructing aconcrete wall, and showing two devices therein according to myinvention, oneof the devices being in an incomplete stage of tying and the other in a completed stage;

Fig. 10 is a similar view of a mold for a concrete column with both of the tying means in a state of completion;

Fig. 11 1s a horizontal cross-section of my invention; and

Fig. 12 is a similar view showing a modification of theexample of Fig. 11..

Throughout the drawings, the tying washer which is a novel element of my improved apparatus is designated as A. Although shown in various modified shapes, it will be understood that one of the essential requirements according to my invention is that this washer shall be capable of rotation and have a bearing surface of material extent radially from its axis of rotation; and shall have means for engagement in it for rotation therewith of the two members of the loop that is to be tied.

As shown in Fig. 1, the washer is a simple disk of cast metal with two openings 14.- through it in the general direction of its axis, and near its center and preferably diverging somewhat from one side through to the other. The side where the perforations are closest together is the bearing surface above referred to.

As shown in Fig. 2, the washer is in the form of a cup pressed out of sheet metal with the perforations 14 through the bottom two timbers spliced together according to --of the cup, and the rim of the cup forming the extended bearing surface.

In Fig. 3 the sheet metal cup is modified to the extent of havlng its maln part made rectangular, so that exteriorly it is like a nut, and having the rim of the cup turned out into rather widely extended peripheral flanges to form the bearing surface; the perforations being through the bottom of the cup as in the preceding example.

In Fig. 4 the casting somewhat resembles the examples of both Figs. 1 and 8; having the angular part and the peripheral flanges, and being somewhat cup-shaped, but having the bottom of the cup considerably thicker than in Fig. 3, and having the diverging openings H, as in the example of Fig. 1.

The outside appearance of the washer of either Fig. 3 or. Fig. 4. is well seen in Fig. 5.

Another part accessory to the washer and which may be present as one of the parts to be tied together with another p art,.as in Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, or which maybe provided as an extra part purely as this accessory to the washer, as in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. is a part with a perforation throughwhich the two members. of the loopare passed after they are passed around the other part or parts that are to be tied together. These members protruding from this perforation are inserted, respectively, through the openings 14 in the washer and secured together outside the washer. Then by rotating the washer, the members in their lengths be tween the washer and the other part or parts that are to be tied together are twisted around each other very tightly and evenly,

' so as to produce no undue strain at any jectedfirst through an ordinary metal washer 17 next to the column, then through the" perforation 18 in the bloci: 15, and finally through the perforations let in my improved washer A. It is seen in this stage in Fig. 6.

The next stage is to twist together the terminal parts 19 of these members 5, as shown in Fig. 7 Now after rotating my improved washer A the proper number of times, the

members Z) will be twisted tightly-together in their parts 21 from the washer A to the surface of the column. The purpose of the washer 17 is to prevent the spreading members of the loop where they pass around the column from cutting into the edges of the opening 18 in the block 15, which may be merely a convenient piece of wood with a hole 18 bored through it; I

In Fig. 9, the boards 22 form the sides of the concrete wall mold and are exteriorly reinforced by upright studs23 in a well-. known manner. Here the loop B is reversed in its relation to the washer A and is passed through the perforations 1 1 of the washer for the entire length of its two members which are then passed through the perforation 18 in. the stud 23 at one side and through perforations in the board 22 at opposite' sides of the stud 23 at the other side of the mold. The terminal parts 19 are then twisted together outside this stud 28 in the preliminary stage of the tying operation which is shown in the upper part of Fig. 9. Then by rotating the nut A the members of the loop B are twisted tightly and uniformly together in their lengths 21 from the nut A over almost to the inner surface of the board '22 at the other side of the mold, as shown in the lower part of Fig; '9. It will be seen here that the studs 23 having the perforations .18, correspond to the acoessory block 15 in the example of Figs. 6, 7, and 8. In this kind of construction, when the concrete has set, the wires are cut and the mold boards removed, and then the wires trimmed off even with the surface of the concrete; they serving as just so much internal reinforcement for the wall.

The binding together of the four sides of a column mold in Fig. 10 by means of braces 24 placed across two opposite sides of the mold and projecting beyond the edges of the said sides,'is substantially in the same manner as in theprecedingexample; the loop B having its members passed around the projecting end part of one of the braces 24: and through a perforation 18 in the respective pro ecting part of the opposite brace 2st, where the washer A is applied with the end parts 19 of the loop members projecting past the washer and twisted to gether preliminary to the final twisting of the parts 21 by means of the washer A.

Where two pieces are to be spliced together, the one piece 25 may have perforations 27 diverging from one side out through opposite lateral sides, and the loop B may passaround the opposite side and its members project through these perforations, and then both project through the perforation 18 in the other piece 26 that is to be spliced to the piece 25 ,the end parts 19 of these members projecting through the washer A and being twisted together, and then the final ,twisting .ofthe parts 21 from the washer A clear over into the diverging perforations 27 of the other piece 25 is accomplished by rotating the washer A.

In the example of Fig. 12, the piece 28 has the single perforation 31, and the piece 29 has the single perforation 18 alined with the perforation 31 whenthe twopieces are brought together for splicing. The loop B has its members .1 passing through these alined perforations and receives an anchor 32 through it outside the piece 28 between which and the washer A the parts 21 of the loop are twisted together tightly and uniformly after the end parts 19 have been in serted through theperforations in the washer A and twisted together as in the preceding examples.

It will be understood that other applicatlons of my invention may be made with the help of the suggestions contained herein.

In any case the advantage is derived from having theentending bearing surface to receive the pressure due to the exertion of the tension on the loop-members as a result of the twisting operation, and at the sametime under this pressure allow rotation of the washer by ordinary vmeans without undue damage to the washeror the part on which the washerbears. Those washers that are made-angular may be turned with an ordinary wrench; and those'that are not angular may be turned with any suitable means, such as a pipe wrench; 13o

Having fully described my invention, and. exemplified some of its uses, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The method of connecting objects to each other by means of a wire which method consists of perforating one of these objects, of doubling the wire and passing it through the perforated object so that it extends beyond the perforations at both ends, of looping it around the other object, ,of connecting the wire ends to close the'loop, of engaging a twisting device with the projecting part of the wire before the loop is closed and of notating the twisting device to tighten the loo 2 The method of forming a wire tie for connecting objects to each other which consists of looping the wire, of twisting part of the looped wire around an object within the loop, of passing the twisted part of the wire through a perforation in another object and of applying means to the projecting end of this perforated part to hold it in place.

3. As a new and improved article of manufacture, an element used in tying with wire and composed of a piece of sheet metal formed into a cup with two perforations through the bottom of the cup to receive wires for twisting the wires together, and with the rim of the cup forming a radially extended bearing surface to receive the pres sure due to the tension on said wires when they are twisted.

et. As a new and improved article of manufacture, an element used in tying with wire, and composed of a piece of sheet metal formed into a cup with angular sides and perforations through its bottom, and having its rim parts turned out into a flange affording an extended bearing surface to receive the pressure due to the tension exerted upon wires when inserted through said perforations and twisted together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

EARLE EMBREY.

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