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Description

J. BROTHERTON.

MACHINE EOE BAEBING FENCE WIRE.

No. 253,675. Patented Eeb.14,1882.

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JACOB BROTHERTON, OF AMES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNIL4 ASSIGNMENTS, TO WASHBURN & MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER,

MASSACHUSETTS, AND ISAAC L. ELWOOD, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE VFOI- BARBING FENCE-WIRE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 253,675, dated February 14, 1882.

Application filed February 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB BEo'rHEaToN, of

Ames, in the countyof Story and State of Iowa,

have invented certain new and useful Improve- 5 ments in a Machine for Barbing Fence-Wire,

of which the following is a description.

My invention has for its object the rapid. and secure fastening ot' barbs upon fence-wires by means of mechanism which holds the two [o fence-wires apart, admitting the ends ot the barb or barbs between them, and a device which windsa portion of the barb or barbs around the fence-wires.

It consists in a fixed holder having two or more apertures for the passage of the main wires, in combination with a revolving and a reciprocating coilin g-cylinder havi n g barb-coiling lugs and mounted ou the holder so as to be free to revolve and reciprocate withoutiinzo parting its motion thereto; also, in the combination, with means for supporting two or more mainfence-wires adapted to permit their passage and at the same time prevent them from twisting, of mechanism for-catching one end 2 5 of the barbinserted between the aforesaid main wires and twisting the said end spirally around both or all the main wires; also, the non-rotating holder, adapted to prevent twisting of the main fence-wires, thebarb-winder, and the 3o spring, combined and arranged as will be eX- plained, so that. the barb-windet' surrounds said holder and is adapted to move endwise during the coiling operation against the pressure of the spring without imparting its end- 3 5 wise or rotary movement to said holder, all as will now be more fully set forth hereinafter. During the' barbing operation the cylinder has also a movement lengthwise of the fence-wires in order to coil the barb or barbs spirally 4o around said wires. In order to the more perfeet operation of the machine, a spring is combined with the coilingcylinder, so that the cylinder in coiling the .barb moves backward against the pressure of the spring and the springautomatically returns the said cylinder into position for supplying a new barb. The fixed holder above referred to is not connected with the coiling-cylinder, and is not designed to receive motion therefrom; but it furnishes an' internal bearing, on which the cylinder is free to revolve and to move endwise.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine with a portion of the barbing-cylinder broken away. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective, showing the device as it begins the coiling. A single barbwire is here represented. Fig. 3 is a detail in `perspective as the coiling is just finished. A

four-point barb formed of two barb-wires-is here represented. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the holder.

The hollow cylinder B can be revolved freely in the standards C, or in any suitable support, by handle D or by other means. It is also so mounted on these supports that it may have a reciprocating movement in the direction of its length. This cylinder is provided at its outer end with the winding or bending lugs a. side ofathe cylinder B is placed the holder A, which is held so that it cannot revolve by means of a bail, d, extending back and through the slotted arm b, attached to the standard D or otherwise made stationary. Y

The main body of the holder is a plain cylinder, (see Fig. 4,) and tits loosely within the coiling-cylinder B, which is therefore free to revolve and to move endwise thereon without imparting its rotary or eudwise motion to said holder.

In operating this device the two main fencewires c c are passed through the openings in the holder A, by which means, also, they are kept apart during the barbin g process. Thus the barb wire or wires e e can be readily passed between the main fence-wires, and said fence-wires are prevented from twisting upon each other.

I n operating this device to make a two-pron g barb the barb-wire e e is placed diagonally across the face of the holder A and between the two main wires c c, and then by turning the cylinderB one of the lugs a will catch upon one end, e, of this wire c e' and twist it spirally about or around the said main wires c c. During this operation the cylinder B is moved endwise against the pressurel of a spring,

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d', and thus this said peculiar twist is made in the barb. rIhis spring is secured at one end upon the cylinder at h and at the other end on the standard C. The wires c c are then moved forward and the cylinder B thrown forward by the spring d. This spring may be a compressed spiral, as now shown, and will extend when the pressure is released and throw the cylinder forward in position to form a new barb; but I may use any suitable construction to accomplish the same end. When the barbed wire has been fed a sufficient distance along the above barbin g process is repeated.

When it is desired to apply two pieces of the barbing-wire for the purpose of making a fourpoint barb, the two pieces of barbing-wire are placed diagonally between the main wires and across the face of the holder, but each from an opposite side, so as to cross each other, and so that the lugs a will engage on the free end e ot" each barb-wire and wind both these wires about the main wires c c in the same manner as has been above set ont.

Having now fully described my said invention and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that I do not claim a non-rotating die or holder which isadapted by two or more apertures or otherwise to prevent the main wires from twisting, and also at the same time to permit their passage through it, in combination with abarb- Windersurrounding` such guide and holder and receiving a rotary movement. Nor do I claim broadly a non-rotating holder adapted to prevent the fence-wires from twisting and a rotating barb-Winder surrounding said holder when the barb-Winder and holder are both recipro cated longitudinally; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fixed holder having two or more apertures for the passage of the main wires, in combination with a revolving and a reciprocating coiling-cylinder having barb-ceiling lugs and mounted on the holder so as to be free to revolve and reciprocate without impartingits motion thereto, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. l

2. The combination, with means for supporting two or more main fence-wires adapted to permit their passage and at the same time prevent them from twisting, ot' mechanism for catching one `end of the barb inserted between the aforesaid main wires and twisting the said end spirally around both or all the main wires, substantially as described.

3. The non-rotating holder adapted to prevent twisting ot the main fence-wires, the barb-Winder, and the spring, combined and arranged as explained, so that the barb-Winder surrounds said holder and is adapted to move endwise during the coiling operation against the pressure of the spring without imparting its endwise or rotary motion to 4said holder, substantially as described.

JACOB BROIH ERTON.

Attest:

GEO. H. BARNES, N. A. RArNBoL'r.

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