US334514A - Field fence-making machine - Google Patents

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FIELD FENCE MAKING MACHINE. No. 334,514. Pateinted'Jan. 19, 1886.

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FIELD FENGE MAKING MAGHINE.

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' SAMUEL B. cRoss, or WELLINGTON, KANSAS.

FIELD FENCE-MAKING MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,514, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed July 7, 1884. Serial No.137.068. (No mode To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. CRoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wellington, in the county of Sumner and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Field Fence-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac companying drawings.

My invention relates to field-machines for making slatted or picket fences, in which the slats or pickets are supported at regular intervals by means of wires'or runners twisted together so as to bind upon the slats and hold them in place; and it consists in the features more particularly hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to similar parts in all the figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine embodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same, showing the fence in course of construction.

A indicates a suitable truck or carriage, which in this instance consists of a rectangular frame mounted upon the two wheels A A at the twisting or slatting end of the machine, and on a caster-wheel, A at the reverse end, so that it is easily turned and handled during locomotion.

About midway of the truck-frameA a vertical frame, B, is constructed to receive the power or driving mechanism of the machine. This mechanism consists of a driving sprocketwheel, 0, on one side of the vertical frame and mounted on a shaft, 0, which is fixed in suitable journals ,cc, rigidly attached to the upright beams B and B of said vertical frame. This shaft 0 has a crank, 0', attached to one end, by means of which the requisite driving-power is applied.

Between the uprights B and Bare mounted three sprocket-wheels, O, G", and G which are mounted on the pipes or hollow spindles D, D, and D ofthetwisting mechanism, and

I by any suitable means which act as shafts for wheels by means of power applied at the crank 0 and through the medium of said chain belt. In transmitting a uniform motion to all of the sprocket-wheels, G, and G a like motion is consequently imparted to the twist ing-tubes or hollow spindles D D D, as said sprocket-wheels are mounted thereon. These twisting-tubes D, D, and D are constructed ofgas-pipe, and have on their rearward eX- tremities cross -pieces d, which are rigidly bolted thereto and act as supports for the sheaves or pulleys d, mounted therein. These hollow twisting-tubes can be so arranged by screw-threading their feeding ends to be removed, it necessary, from their bearings, and the sprocket-wheels mounted upon them.

The wires or runners 1 and 2, which can be stretched through the tubes to another post or fed from suitable reels, are threaded through the hollow spindles D, D, and D and passing through holes (1 in said spindles pass over the sheaves d in the cross-pieces (Z. By this threading a double twist is given to the wire by the power applied at crank 0 and transmitted through the chain belt and the sprocket-wheels mounted on said spindles.

By means of the pulleys or sheaves d an easy riding motion is given the wire runners, and hence the movement of the machine is not retarded, and at the same time a double twist is given the said runners, and thus inclosing the pickets or slats rigidly.

Two rectangular frames, F and F, are fixed to the truck A and vertical frame B, extending a short distance beyond the truck-frame A, and act as a support or seat for an adjustable lever or spacer, G,which by a drawing of its handle or pull-rod g the slats or pickets are tightened in the wires, and being spaced as desired, by means of the holes 9 and pin g in the rectangular frame, the machine by the striking of the'said lever against the slats is moved forward the required distance to re-' ceive a second slat, and so on during the process of building the fence.

Suitable braces, a, b, and I), are attached to various parts of the machine to render it unyielding to any strain, and thus make it durable.

The operation of my machine is as follows: The wires are threaded through the hollow spindles and over the sheaves or pulleys, and

being fastened to a post or reels they are stretched and ready to receive the slats. After a slat or picket has been adjusted by inserting it between the wire runners, power is then applied to the crank c by the operator, and through the medium of the driving-wheel C and chain belt E motion is transmitted to the sprocket-wheels 0, C and G mounted on the hollow spindles, the said chain belt being so arranged over the spindlewheels 0, O", and C" that a like turn or motion is given to each spindle, and consequently a like twist is obtained, all simultaneously, thereby rigidly holding the slat in an upright position, and at this time the same operator brings the lever or spacer G into action and the machine is driven forward the requisite distance and another slat applied and the runners again twisted, and so the operation goes on continuously until the fence is completed.

Heretofore these classes of machines have been of a stationary character, involving a complicated series of mechanisms and unsuited for portable purposes; but the lightness and simplicity of construction of this device render it of a valuable nature, though pecuniarily of slight cost. An operator to the machine and one to place the slats is all thatis required by this device.

It is obvious that two spacing-levers can be used and operated in the same way and also that any number of wire runners can be adopted, according to the number of spindles. By my device, also, any width of slat or picket can be used by means of the adjusting-lever.

Having thus described my invention, what I. desire to claim as new, and secure by Let ters Patent, is-

l. In a fence-making apparatus, a movable carriage, parts of a fence-making machine mounted thereon, and a spacing-lever pivoted upon the movable carriage and operating, when forced against a picket, to cause the movable carriage to travel the distance required for the insertion of a picket, combined and adapted to serve with supporting posts or reels and with wires stretched between, as set forth.

2. The combination,with wires 1 Zand their sustaining posts or reels, of a movable carriage, A, the framework B, the shuttle-spindles D D, and their actuating-gears, mounted on said carriage, and the spacing-lever pivoted on the carriage and operated, when forced against a picket, to cause the carriage to move the distance designated for the insertion of a picket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL B. CROSS. \Vitnesses:

PHILIP HOFELD, It. HARPHAM.

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