US352111A - Fence-machine - Google Patents

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(ModeL) A J' H- BBAVBRS.

FENCE MACHINE the block by which the wire is manipulated,

the keys m m.

machines are, first, to build afence with pick- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA H. BEAVERS, OF NEW CASTLE, ASSIGNOR vOF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES M. REED, OF FAYET'IE COUNTY, INDIANA.

FENCE-M SPECIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent N9. 352,111, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed March 1, 1386.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA H. BEAvnRs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Castle, in the county of Hen ry, Stateof Indiana, have invented a new and useful Machine for the Building and Construction of Fences; and I dodeclare, thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and the letters and figures of 'reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-building machines; and the objects of my ets and wire, in which the wire, not being twisted, or twisted but once, at the opt-ion of the operator, can be taken downand used a second time, or oftener, if desired; second, to build a fence in which the wire will have a uniform tension throughout; and, third, to furnish a machine in which the tension is self-adjusting, and the whole of which shall be inexpensive. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of the entire machine set up ready to operate. Fig. 2 is a front view of the tension device; and Fig. 3 shows the arm and haspshaped semicircular piece carrying which, for convenience of reference, I call the handv My machines consist of theperpendicnlar staft a, the arms b b, the hands c c, the'blocks d d, and the pivots of the hand e e, and pivots of the block n n, which constitute my machine for weaving the wire.

My tension device consists of the perpendicular frame-pieces f f, the base-piece g, and the rollers di, the journals j j, the bolts Z l, and

My machines are constructed as follows, to wit:V

rlhe arms b b are composed of two pieces, one end of each of which is dovetailedinto the sides of the perpendicular staff c. The hand c is a cast-iron, nearly semicircular, piece, the wrist of which exactly fits the space between the two pieces of the arm b, and is one-third that size at the other cnd.- It is connected with the arm and operated Serial No. 193,652. (Model.)

by the pivot e, the other end or point of the hand c, being inserted in a slot in t-he block d, and attached thereto by means of the pivotn.

My tension device is constructed as follows, to wit: The perpendicular frame-piecesff are inserted in the base-piece g. The journalsjj are inserted in the perpendicular frame-pieces, which are held to their places by means of the bolts ZZ. The rollers ii, resting upon thejournalsj j, are concaved at the end for the purpose of giving an even pressure in the entire circumference of the roller against the side of the perpendicular pieces f f. The keys m m are inserted in a mortise through the `journals j j, which keys bear against the side of the perpendicular pieces ff with sufficient force to keep the wire taut when wound about the rollers in building the fence. rIhe mortises through the journals are cut in such a way as to permit the keys m to draw the journalsj. k is a simple crank placed upon thejournalsj, for the purpose of turning the rollers.

My machines are operated byplacing the tension device at the farthest point to which the fence is desired to be built, or upon the line upon which the fence is desired to be built at any convenient point thereof, driving the stakes h h into the ground through or in front Aofbase piece g, and otherwise substantially fastening the tension device, to prevent its being moved by the Wire in tightening. The amount of wire which will probably be consumed by crossing and twisting the wire about the pickets is then wound around the rollers, and the other end of the wire is then carried back and fastened to a post at the end from which itis desired to build the fence. The wire is then tightened by means Vof the crank k on the j ournalsj, turning the rollers r'. The machine for twisting or crossing the wire is now placed upon the wire by inserting the wire upon the upper roller, t, in the notch o in the lower end of the block d, and the wire from the lower roller of the same series of rollers in the upper end of the same block. The wires being thus placed, by moving the perpendicular staff` a either upward or downward, as the case may be, the hand cis caused to describe a complete circle, less thewidth of the arm b upon the pivot e, and the block d describes about one-fourth of a circle, thus twisting the wire, or, if it is desired, only crossing the wire.

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The perpendieulnrsmff a is moved upward or l 2. The combination of the perpendicular downward only one hall' of the distance until frame-pieces ff, the base g, the stakes hh, the the hand c has described nearly fr half-circle, rollersrl i, thejour1mlsjj,the crank k, the bolts i5 when a picket is inserted between the wires. Z l and the keys m m, all substantially as seb 5 The perpendieulurstziff is then moved on until forth and described, for the purposes herein the hund has described :L complete circle, less l named. the Width of the arm, thus alternate] y crossing l the Wires above und below each other. l

I cliiin JOSHUA H. BEAVERS.

1o l, The combination of the staff a, the arms b b, as herein described, the hands c c, the pivots e e, and the blocks d d, with the pivots n n.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL H. BROWN, MARK l?. TURNER.

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