US2386751A

US2386751A - Barbed-wire stretcher

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Publication number: US2386751A
Application number: US474820A
Authority: US
Inventors: James H Sayles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-02-05
Filing date: 1943-02-05
Publication date: 1945-10-16
Anticipated expiration: 1962-10-16

Description

Oct. 16, 1945; J, H, SAY E'S 2,386,751

BARBED WIRE STRETCHER Filed Feb. 5, 1.943 3 Sheets-Sheet l 2E vie ia? INVENTOR ATTO R N EYS amd Oct 1945. J. H. SAYLES BARBED WIRE STRETCHER Filed Feb. 5, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 lea INVENTOR Oct. 16, 1945. J. H. SAYLES BABBED WIRE STRETCHER Filed Feb. 5, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 7 N Y w. o 1 W I .l. xv 5 H H 1 z\.& l H M Q 7 5 U m H m n W and ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 16, 1945 UNIT STATES PATENT James H. Sayles, Uvalde, Tex.

Application February 5, 1943, Serial No. 474,820

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for unrolling and stretching barbed wire, the general object of the invention being to provide means for bolding one or more rolls of the wire in such a manner that it can be easily played out along a fence line and other means for stretching the wire after it has been unrolled so that a barbed wire fence can be erected in a minimum amount of time.

A further object of the invention is to provide a casing having a rotary member therein for sup- I is sleeved 0n the pin Ill Of a hin e With its porting the wire and said casing having an opens in Contact With t Casing and a ing therein through which the wire passes as it A shaft II is jour a ed in the rear end of the is unrolled, with spring doors for preventing the frame I and has its ends bent to form the crank wire being played out t o fa t, handles l2. A chain I3 is connected with the A further object of th invention i t provide shaft and the outer end of the chain is connected a frame for supporting the casing and to the With e Wire g pers I4 so that by tu t e rear of which is rotatably mounted a shaft to Shaft after the g p ha b p d in which the wire stretching means are connected gagement with the wire, the wire will be stretched, the shaft havinghandles by which it may be as shown in Figures 1 and 2. rotated. From the foregoing it will be seen that by plac- This invention also consists in certain other ing a roll of wire in the casing up the turntable features of construction and in the combination 5 d passing the n the i t ro t e and arrangement of the several parts, to be here- Opening, the W Will b unwrapped om t e o l inafter fully described, illustrated in the accomy astening the end of the wire to an object and panying drawings n specifically pointed out in moving the wagon, for as the wagon moves along, the appended cl im the strain on the wire will cause the turntable In describing my invention in detail, reference and the T011 thereon to turn d s e e will be had to the accompanying drawings wher will unwrap from the roll. The pressure of the in like characters denote like or corresponding n Spring doors on t e wire will act to keep the Wire parts throughout the several views, and in which: 60 from passing from t casing t a o that Figure 1 is an elevation with parts in section there is no danger of the Wir l i g as it passes showing th invention applied to a wagon and from the casing. After a sufl'i-cient amount of the wire being t t h d the wire has been played out, the grippers can be Figure 2 i plan view f Figure fastened to the wire and then by turning the Figure 3 is Section on 11119 of Figure shaft II, the wire can be stretched along the post Figure 4 is s ti on line 4 4 of Figure so that it can be fastened to the post. 'The shaft Figure 5 i tt plan View of the turntable. is provided with the ratchet means I l to prevent In these views I indicates a frame which may retrograde movement thereofbe provided with Wheels so that it can be pushed I prefer to ne the casing with metal, as shown along the round though I prefer t f t the 40 at [5, to prevent the barbs of the wire cutting into frame in the body of a Wagon, such as shown at the k of the casing and the doors are else A in Figures 1 and 2, with the rear part f the lined with metal. I also prefer to place a tubular frame projecting fr m the Wagon This frame member l6 around the shaft 1, a disk I! being supports casing 2 which is provided with a r fastened to the lower end of the member l6 and hinged top 3 and has an annular track 4 on its 40 upon the turntable the Openings in bottom. A turntable 5, having the rollers 6 condlsk gficeiving g g fi i nected therewith, is rotatably mounted in the re er can mem ers nu is casing by having its rollers engaging the track. :Jififgg insures the dlsk mtatmg wlth the g gi gi z g l iz ig zfgi g gzgg ifii 52 3 In order to prevent the backward movement of tom f the casing and with its u e Wagon when the wire is being stretched, I p end passmg drive a post l9 into the ground in rear of the axle through a hole in the top 3- ThlS ehaft passes of the wagon, said post being provided with a through a centrally arranged hole in the turnb ac 20, table, a hub 8 being placed on the lower part 55 Th casing may b mad tau enough o that a,

of the shaft and having its upper end extending into the hole in the turntable.

The casing has an opening 9 therein which is closed by a pair of spring pressed doors III, the doors opening outwardly and the springs tending to hold them closed.

The respective doors ID are hinged, as at ID, to the casing 2 at opposite sides of the opening 9 of the casing. As shown in Figure 1, each spring number of rolls of wire may be placed therein and these rolls can be unwound separately or simultaneously, as desired.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

A wire handling device comprising a frame, a

support for a roll of barbed wire rotatably mounted on the frame, a cylindrical casing surrounding the support and having an enlarged opening in the arcuate wall thereof, a pair of doors forming a closure for the opening, each hinged to an opposed side of the opening and adapted to move outwardly by contact of the wire therewith as it is withdrawn from the casing, and a spring connected to each door and to the casing to urge the free ends of the doors into contact with the strand at opposite sides thereof so as to tension the strand as it is withdrawn from the casing.

' JAMES H. SAYLES.