US358605A - Wire-fence machine - Google Patents

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A. H. GORE.

WIRE FENCE MAGHINE.

No. 358,605. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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A. H. GORE. WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rricE.

ALFRED H. GORE, OF \VALDRON, INDIANA.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,605, dated March 1, 1867.

Application filed July 24, 1886.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. GORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at VValdron, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Wire-Fence Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the'invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine for twisting or weaving wires for the construction of wire fences; and it consistsin the construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved wire-fence machine, and shows it in its operative position when twisting the wires about the slats of a fence. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged detail views of one of the slotted twisting-wheels, and show two of the several positions which it will assume while effecting one complete twist in the wires. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional detail of a spool for securing the ends of the wires to a post during the operation of twisting. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 2.

Like letters of referenced esi gnate like parts in the several views.

The frame of the machine for upholding and guiding the twisting mechanism in its operations consists of a couple of upright bars, A and A, secured together so as to leave an intervening vertical space between them,which bars are adapted to be moved laterally alongside the wires, so that the twisting mechanism may be conveniently situated with respect to said wires.

The frame A and A incloses a horizontallymovable frame, consisting of a vertical bar, B, to which are secured two or more horizontal bars, 0 C. The bars 0 G are toothed or cogged along their lower edges for engagement with toothed twisting-wheels'D D, that are carried by curved arms E E, extending from Serial No. 208,931. (No model.)

the upright A, said wheels D and cogged l'oars G lying in the same vertical plane, as shown. Obviously there may be any desired number of horizontal bars 0 C and, consequently, of the wheels D D, for the number of said bars, as also the number of said wheels, will correspond to the number of wire strands of which the fence is composed, there being one wheel for each strand. For convenience in illustrating, Fig. 1 shows but two strands, and, consequently, two wheels and two cog-bars; but in an ordinary fence having four strands there would, ofnecessity, be four wheels.

The frame, consisting of the vertical bar B and horizontal bars 0 O, is so situated-transverse to the wiresthat the bars 0 0 will be movable across them. As shown in the drawings, a short strip, F, is held between the uprights A and A, and is provided with a tongue on its lower edge, which enters a groove assists in guiding the movable frame. The vertical bar B, at apoint niidwayof its length, is provided with a strap, G, wherein arejournaled two rollers, a a, located one on each side of a horizontal bar, H, extending outward from the frame A A. The bar H is conveniently supported by a brace, I. Thus the movable bar is still further guided in itsmovements. A handle, b, secured to the bar B, enables the operator to readily and easily move the-frame to and fro.

The toothed or cogged twisling-wheels are, as already stated, hung upon the arms E E. These arms, after extending horizontally outward from the upright A fora short distance, are curved upwardly with a semicircular curve, then bent again to ahorizontal position until the center of the semicircle is reached,

semicircular portion being concentric with the twisting-wheel. (See Figs. 3 and 4.) The twisting-wheels are provided with two oppositely-located slots, which extend inward from the circumference toward the center, and

the length of the longer slot,d,being sufficient ,to pass slightly within the semicircular curve of the arms.

The wires for making the fence are first secured to posts fixed a certain distance apartalong the upperedge of the topmost bar 0 and one of which, as cl, is longer than the other, d,

and there the twisting-wheel is journaled, the

2 assets as, for example, posts J andK in Fig. 1. To one of the posts, as J, the wires are preferably secured by passing them around pulleys c a, secured to the post. Said wires are then carried across the field to the otherpost, where they are wrapped about spools,that I prefer to use and by means of which the slack in the wires is regulated as desired. These spools are fastened to the posts by means of wires or pieces of strap-iron k, which are secured to the head and end of a bolt, 6, which passes through the spool proper. One end of the spool is squared at f, for use with a wrench, while on the opposite end the projecting flange g is toothed. Therefore,the wires being wound about the spool, a wrench may be applied to the latter for rotating it about the bolt, and thus tightening or loosening the wires, the spool being held at any point by a pawl-arm, h, fastened to the post and engaging the notched flange g. In Fig. 4 one of these spools is shown in section, and the post to which said spool is fastened is shown in dotted lines, the attaching strap or wire being denoted by k. In this figure Z represents the bolt-head, to which strap is is secured, and m a washer between the head and the toothed flange 9. These spools are found serviceable in many ways. Their tension can be increased or diminished, as desired,to make the twist of the wire uniform; and, further, if the spools are left on the posts, the slack of the wires may be taken up in the summer and let out in the winter.

The operation of the machine in twisting the wires is as follows: The twisting-wheels are first placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, the longer slot being so adjusted that its inner end is nearly coincident with the corner of the arm farthest from the post on which said arm is fastened, and so that a wire passed through said slot may rest in a corner of the arm. The other slot is in such a position that the wire, when placed therein, will be underneath the inner part of the arm next to the post. The wheels being all in this position, the wires are placed in the slots, the two of each strand entering the opposite slots of the same wheel, as shown. Now, by a backward movement of the handle of the machine, the wheels are made to revolve backward until they reach the position shown in Fig. 2, where the wires are merely crossed; but their movement continues until they reach the position shown in Fig. 3, and a twist is completed. The wheel has thus revolved completely around in accomplishing one twist. Next, a slatof wood or metal is inserted between the wires next to the twist, and then, by a forward movement of the handle, the wheels are made to revolve forward a complete revolution, and the wires are again twisted. This process is repeated until the fence is complete, the machine being moved laterally forward in advance of the slats as fast as they are put in.

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

1. The combination, with the supportingarm having a semicircular curve, of a twistingwheel journaled in said arm concentrically with the said semicircular curve and provided with the oppositely-located slots of different lengths, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the cogged twistingwheels provided with oppositely-located slots of different lengths, the arms, substantially of the form described, for carrying said wheels, and mechanism for revolving the wheels, consisting of a movable frame having oogged bars that engage the cogged peripheries of the wheels, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame A A, the movable frame consisting of vertical bar B and the horizontal bars 0 C, said bar B being provided with guiding-rollers a a,operating upon a bar, H, secured to the frame A A, the twisting-wheels, and their supporting-arms, all arranged to operate substantially as specified and shown.

4. The combination of the twisting-wheels D, having toothed peripheries and slots d and d, the arms E, for supporting the same, the movable frame, whose toothed bars 0 'G engage the toothed wheels, and the frame A A,

substantially as specified.

revolve the wheels,and suitable means for guiding said frame in its movements, as specified. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED H. GORE.

Witnesses:

JAMEs D. .WALKER, O. W. GLENDENING.

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