US1352983A

US1352983A - Wire-stretching tool

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Publication number: US1352983A
Application number: US57709A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter D Manly
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-10-25
Filing date: 1915-10-25
Publication date: 1920-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 1937-09-14

Description

W. D. MANLYr- WIRE STRETCHING TOOL. PLICATION FILED ocT 25 15. v 1,352,983, PatentedSept. 14,1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT emce- WALTER D. MANLY, orsHAoKLEro RD COUNTY, TEXA .wr'RE-strRETeHrne TOOL...

To all whom it may concern: V 7

Be it known that I, WALTER D. MANLY,

a citizen of the United States of America,

. barbed wire for fences.

Theo bject of my invention is to produce a simple tool, easily manufactured and readily taken apart, which can be conveniently carried by one man, and with which he can stretch wire to the proper tension and readily fasten same, said tool being also adapted to he used in cutting wire and removing staples. And to this end my invention consists of the novel'arrangement of parts as herein described and specifically pointed out in the claims. r

Referring now to the'drawings which are a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tool, showing its use in connection with a fencepo'st or other stationary abutment, and further showing the chain and grip connected to the other end of the wire, as is done when the tool is used to 10111 two ends of wire.-

Fig. 2 is an end View in cross section on the line AA of Fig. 1, showing the arrangement of the wires when two ends are being joined together.

Fig. 3 is a cross section showing the pre ferred form of winding drum.

Fig. 4 is a similar View showing a modified form of winding drum.

My device consists principally of a round metal rod or stock 10, having substantially the shape of a bit stock, the outer end being prolonged. It is provided with the usual revoluble end member 11, the bowed part 12 and the revoluble hand grip 13.

At one angle of the straight part and bowed portion I place the pronged claw 1 1, integral with said stock, which may be used for extracting staples. The end of the stock at 15 is sharpened to a flat screw driver or chisel point, which may be used in connection with a hammer for cutting the wire when necessary.

Near this outer end I provide a member 16, having a hole through which the stock Specification of Letters Patent. Patelited spt'14, Application iiled octane-res, 1915. Seria1No; 57,709. l

10 passes so that it' is revoluble ab'outgthef stock, and held in placeoni the stock'by;;cotter pins 18 passing through holes in. the

stock. This member lb" is provided at each' end with prongs 17, adapted to sinkinto a wooden post 20 when pressed thereagains t.

Along the stock 10 between the pronged member 16 and the bowed portion 12'I'place,

a drum 21 uponwhich to wind thewir, This drum I have shown inj .my' preferred form as in Fig. 3 as mounted revolubly on the stock '10 and provided with radial hole 25 alining with diametrical hole: 26,

through'the stock 10, these holes being of" such sizethat the end of the wire to 'be wound, or a nail, may be inserted into them so as to. lock the drumagainst rotation, and at thesame time permit the drum'to be read ily removedfrom the stock 10, as would be desirable when the stock was to'be usedto' wind the wire around withoutthe drum, or

r118 cl'evis'27' is revolublyinounte'd onithe. stock 10 and arranged so as to straddle the drum 21, andheld in place 'onthe stock by cotter pins 29 passing through holes in the stock. These serve to hold both the clevis and drum in place on the-shaft. 7

28v to, receive the endof'the The olevis is so shapedas toprovide am- 1 ple space for the wire which is coiled about the drum 21. At its middle point is fastened a chain 32, and a turnbuckle 33,, or other means allowing for rotation of the chain may be provided. At theend of this chain is a locking dog grip 34, or other suitable means for taking hold of one of the wires to be stretched.

It will be observed thatthe pronged member 16, the drum 21 and the clevis 27 can each and all. be readily removed from the stock 10 by removing the

cotter pins

18 and 29. I

In the operation of my improved device I take the end 51 of the wire to be stretched 50 and insert same into holes 25 and 26, thereby locking the drum 21 on the stock 10, I and turn the stock 10 so as to wind the wire ice 50 about the drum 21. In stretching the wire to fasten on a post, as 20, I let the prongs 17 of the pronged member 16 press against the post, and bear against the outer end of the stock 10 while turnlng same in such a Way as to hold the device against the .tension of the wire. 7 1

. In joining two ends of wire together before I insert the end 51 into the holes 25 and 26 I pass same through a loop i1 which I provide at the end of wire 10, and grip the wire to with the lockin do rip as at h h 2': L 7,

42. Then as I turn the stock to stretch the two. wires, the stress of one balances the stress of theother, and the loop 41 slips along wire 50, so that when sufficiently tightened I can bend back part of wire between the drum. and loop 4-1 wlth pliers .or other suitable means so as to hold the two'ends of wire together until. I can unwind enough of wire 50 from the drum to make a loop so thatthe two wires arefastened togetheix I It is obvious that many modifications may be made in my device, within the scope of my invention, as defined 1n the claims, and I therefore do not wish to be llmited to the precise structure shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is 2' 1. In a device of the class described, a shaft, a drum loosely mounted on said shaft and removable therefrom,'said shaft adapt ed for winding wire about the portion from which the drum is removed, means on said portion of the shaft for holding the end of the wire, similar means on said drum, such means cooperating so that the drum may be locked against relative rotation. by the insertion of the end of the wire to be Wound, and a clevis straddling said drum and adapted to hold the device against the tension of the wire.

2. In a deviceof the class described, a shaft, a drum loosely mounted on said shaft and removable therefrom, said shaft and drum provided with alining radial holes, and a clevis straddling said drum and adapted to hold the device against the tension of the wire.

3. In a device of the class described, a

shaft a drum loosely mounted on said shaft and removable therefrom, said shaft adapted for winding wire aboutthe portion from which the drum 1s removed, means on said portion of the shaft for holding the end of the wire, similar means on said drum, such' means cooperatingso that the drum may be locked against relative rotation by the insertion of the end of the wire to be wound, and a clevis removably mounted on sa d.

. member mounted elsewhere on the shaft adapted to impinge against an abutment, said drum, clevis, and impinging member being each removablefrom said shaft, with out afi ecting the means of rotation of same. In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

WALTER D. MANLY.