US1848426A - Zost puller - Google Patents

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March 8, 1932.

5 KVALL POST FULLER Fil ed Feb 3. 1950 latented-Mar. r v

l and it has for its principal object to provide of such posts from'the ground.

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' Application filed. February s, 1"930. l"s eria1 116 4254594.' j

This invention has reference topostpullers a puller which is especially adapted for use in pulling, or lifting metal fence posts of the plain and studded T type, also the angle type of post from the ground.

. For some time now metal' posts have been taking the place of the oldtype wood post,

and of the metal posts which have become 'very' popular because oftheir great utility and cheapness, as well as being easy to drive. i intothe ground, are the plainand studded T post and the angle metal post. Such posts are especially adapted for supporting woven wire fencing and barb-wireand are used, not only for the permanent erection of field barriers, but also for temporary structures,gand

while in the development and use 'ofsuch posts, 'efiicient driving means have been devised, I am not aware that an efiicient and .cheap puller has been made, which would be especially useful for the pulling or lifting My invention comprehends a device which includes a bar, preferablya tubular bar, the acting end of which is slotted to receive the shankor legportion of'a T-post andto proangle bar; the terminal ofthe slotted end of the bar being preferably rounded or. beveled that it may ride against either type .of post in a friction gripping relation; and said device further includesa link or strap of preferably 7 U formation with its shank portions straddling the bar, on opposite sides of :the slot and pivoted thereto to have freemovement across the end of thebar. S'aid link or strap is adapted to be slipped down over aipost and engaged under a stud of a-studdedtype post and to frictionally engage against the edge portions of the angle sidesof an angle post. When in such position, a block or equivalent means is placed under the acting end of the puller, whereby when pressure is'applied to depress the outer end of the bar a leverage may be exerted to permit the grip between the end of the bar against the post and the link 'undera stud or against the edges of the angles of an angle bar,'to lift or pull-the post upward and out of the ground. I r I the angle type of post, see F ig.13.

Thatthe invention "may. be. more fiiny derstood; reference fis had to the accompanylng drawings, forming part'ofthis'description, illustratinga preferredembodiment of the inventiomin' which a 1 Fig. 1 is an elevation showing my improved puller applied'for lifting a studded T type i post from the ground, the bar of the puller being broken in its length';. V

Fig.2 is a view in plan, as the same would appear on the line'2'2, Fig. 1,and j 1 Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. '2, except that the puller is applied to an angle post. '-Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures. In the drawings a well known: type *of studded T l post -is designated A, having the studs a, see Figs. 1 and 2', and B designates The puller,tcomprising the invention; includes the .bar, 1,5which is preferably a tubu lar bar," although not necessarily so. The acting end of this bar is'slotted at 2 for asuitable distance, which slot as explained, is adapted to have the shank or leg portion of a T post inserted therein, see Figs. 1 and 2,

'whenthe device isapplied to a T postfor a pulling or lifting operationand the slotted end of the puller is rounded or beveled at 3,

more especially useful for a friction gripping actionagainst the inside face of the-flanged side of the T post, see Fig. 1.

' Having a pivoted connection with the slotted end of the puller, and at asuitable point beyond the inner end of the slot 2, is a link or strap 4, of preferably Uformation, with the legs of suchlink or strap secured by a common'pivot pin. or bolt 5, and with the legs, of the link preferably located on opposite sides of the slot 2. The cross-bar or con 'necting end of the linkor strap may move across the rounded or beveled end of the bar 1 leaving suflicient space therebetween to en able the link or strap to be slipped; down over a post, as shown in-the figures. By beveling the inside face of the cross-bar or connecting end, of the link or strap 4, as at 6, when a leverage movement is exerted on the'bar 1,

the'same time, if the device is applied to an angle post a friction gripping relation may be maintained between the link or stra and the edges of the angle sides of an a-ng e post.

' In Fig. 1, I have shown a block 0, or equivalent means, placed under the slotted end of thebar in close proximity to the, post with which the device is applied as it is preferable to use it, near the ground, which, whenvpressure is applied to the outer end of the bar to depress it, gives the desired' le'verage for lifting the post out of the ground.

The device is disclosed in its simplest form,

with the fewest number of parts and so constructed is cheap and yet very eflicient, and while the disclosure is the preferred form, I

do not wish tobe limited thereto further than isexpressed in the appended claim.

WhatIelaimis: A post puller applicable to studded T- posts, angle iron posts and the like comprising a leverage bar slotted for a portion of its length at one end .for' the insertion of the shank portion of a T-post and to provide a seat for the ridge portion of an angle post, and a U-shaped link having a pivotal connection at its ends with the slotted end of the bar and on opposite sides thereof beyond the base of the slot and disposed with relation to the end of the bar for the placement of a post Within said link and between the link and end of the bar and adapted to coact with the bar when a leverage action is applied thereto to lift the post. p s v In witness whereof, I have hereunto afiixed myhand this 28th day of January, 1930.

I v a SIGURD KVALL.

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