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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H75/40—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable
    • B65H75/406—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable hand-held during use
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    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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  • My invention relates to an apparatus for stringing; and stretching wire, and has for its object to provide a simple and convenient device for use in putting up wire fences and telegraph or telephone lines, and which is adapted, also, to be used for reeling or coiling wire when taken down. It comprises a wheeled carriage provided with devices for holding a wire-reel, with devices for turning the reel to wind up the wire, with means for locking the reel against rotation in either direction, and with anchors for holding the apparatus to enable the wire to be stretched or tightened, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire apparatus, showing the manner of using the same.
  • Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the frame and reel operating devices.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective detail View showing the means for securing the reel upon the shaft to prevent its rotation thereon, and
  • Fig. 4 is a face view of the clutch-operating spring.
  • the frame of the carriage is made of metal, preferably of T-iron or steel, bent, as represented in the drawings,to form a vertical arch 1 and two horizontal side bars 2, and two legs 3 at the front end of the side bars, all composed of one continuous piece of iron.
  • the front ends of the side bars 2 are connected by U-shaped cross-bars at, each bent to form two braces, the open ends of which are bolted to the side bars 2, and their closed ends bolted together with a tongue 5 between them.
  • the legs 3 are pointed so as to be easily pressed or driven into the ground, the purpose being to use them as anchors to hold the machine from any backward movement while the wire is being stretched. In order'to prevent them from pulling out they are inclined downward and backward, as represented in the drawings.
  • braces or stays 6 running back and connected with the side bars.
  • the arch 1 is also supported by braces or stays 7 between it and the side bars 2.
  • a revoluble reel-shaft 8 is mounted in open boxes or bearings 9 on the vertical arms of the arch 1, so as to be readily taken out and put in place for the purpose of putting on or taking off a spool of wire 27.
  • One end of the shaft 8 carries a gear-wheel 10, which, when in place meshes with a pinion 11, suitably mounted on the arch, the shaft of said pinion being adapted to receive a crank 12, by which it may be turned.
  • Above the pinion 11 is a double pawl 18, either end of which may be thrown into engagement with the teeth of the pinion to prevent rotation in either direction.
  • Fence-wire is usually put up for shipment and convenience in handling on spools 27, from which it is unwound as required for use.
  • These spools comprise crossed end pieces let and 15 at each end connected by a tubular or hollow center or core upon which the wire is wound,and as so constructed they are adapted to be placed upon the reel-shaft 8.
  • the shaft 8 carries two holding clips or jaws 16 17, constructed to embrace the crossed endpieces 15 of the spool at each end.
  • the removable jaw 16 is rigidly secured upon the shaft 8, while the jaw 17 is removable therefrom to allow the spool 27 to be put thereon.
  • the removable jaw is formed with a square hole 31 in its center to conform to the shape of the shaft 8 and to prevent its turning thereon, and on the outer side of this jaw, around the hole,therc is a round collar 32, made integral with and which projects outward from the jaw and around the shaft; 8, to form a journal on the end of the spool 27, which is i received by and revolves in a bifurcated spring when the reel is turned, as hereinafter described.
  • the shaft 8 also carries a sprocket-wheel 19, which is in gear, through a chain 20, with another sprocket-wheel 2i, suitably mounted on the side bar of the frame 2 near the front end of the machine.
  • the shaft or journal of the wheel 21 is adapted to receive the removable crank 12.
  • sockets 22 On the vertical arms of the arch 1, at or near the top, are sockets 22, adapted to receive'and hold the bracketarm 23, which car.- ries a grooved wheel lei, over which the wire runs, if desired, as it is unwound from the spool 27.
  • the bracket-arm is vertically adjustable in the sockets 22 on either side of the arched frame most convenient to the fence-posts, and is held in adjusted position by a set-screw
  • a tool-box 26 is mounted upon the top of the arch to carry such tools and implements as may be required in putting up the wire.
  • the axles 28 are made separately from the frame, and are secured to the latter in any convenient manner, as by clips and bolts. Upon the axles are placed movable collars 29, adjustable in and out, and held in place by set-screws 230. These collars are for the purpose of enabling one to use readymade wheels procurable in the market, the hubs of which vary in length.
  • crank 12 To reel or wind up wire that has been taken down, the crank 12 is placed upon the journal of the wheel 21 and the end of the wire attached to the reel; then by running the carriage backward and turning the crank the wire is wound up.
  • a truck-frame composed of a continuous bar of metal bent to form a vertical arch for the supportof a reel-shaft, horizontal side bars and inclined legs united by braces, and a tongue rigid with the legs adapted to force the legs into the ground as anchors for the cart, as set forth.
  • a truck-frame composed of a continuous bar of metal bent to form a vertical arch for the support of a reel-shaft, horizontal side bars, and inclined legs adapted to serve as anchors, the open ends of the side bars being connected by Ushaped cross bars bolted thereto, and the axle of each wheel made separately and secured to the vertical arch by clips and having thereon adjustable collars, as set forth.
  • k truck-frame composed of a continuous bar of metal, comprising a Vertical arch for the support of a reel-shaft, horizontal side bars, and inclined legs adapted to serve as anchors, the said arch and legs being sup ported by a continuous brace on each side of.

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' A. D. LEEGH. WIRE CARRIER AND STRETCHEIL,
vwawtoz UNITED STATES ALBERT D. LEEOH, OF FARMINGTON, IO\VA.
wiRE CARRIER AND STRETCHER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,697, dated December 30,1890.
Application filed August 14, 1890. Serial No. 361,972. (1T0 model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be itknown that I, ALBERT D. LEECH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farming ton,in the county of Van Enron and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Carriers and Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the lnvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, which form part of this specification.
My invention relates to an apparatus for stringing; and stretching wire, and has for its object to provide a simple and convenient device for use in putting up wire fences and telegraph or telephone lines, and which is adapted, also, to be used for reeling or coiling wire when taken down. It comprises a wheeled carriage provided with devices for holding a wire-reel, with devices for turning the reel to wind up the wire, with means for locking the reel against rotation in either direction, and with anchors for holding the apparatus to enable the wire to be stretched or tightened, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire apparatus, showing the manner of using the same. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the frame and reel operating devices. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail View showing the means for securing the reel upon the shaft to prevent its rotation thereon, and Fig. 4 is a face view of the clutch-operating spring.
The frame of the carriage is made of metal, preferably of T-iron or steel, bent, as represented in the drawings,to form a vertical arch 1 and two horizontal side bars 2, and two legs 3 at the front end of the side bars, all composed of one continuous piece of iron. The front ends of the side bars 2 are connected by U-shaped cross-bars at, each bent to form two braces, the open ends of which are bolted to the side bars 2, and their closed ends bolted together with a tongue 5 between them. The legs 3 are pointed so as to be easily pressed or driven into the ground, the purpose being to use them as anchors to hold the machine from any backward movement while the wire is being stretched. In order'to prevent them from pulling out they are inclined downward and backward, as represented in the drawings. They are strengthened by braces or stays 6 running back and connected with the side bars. The arch 1 is also supported by braces or stays 7 between it and the side bars 2. In practice I propose to make the two stays or braces G 7 out of a single or continuous bar, the front end of which is connected to the legs 3 or anchor, the rear end to the arch 1, and the center to the side bar 2 at the point of crossing. This simplifies the construction and gives a continuous connection between the parts to which the strain of stretching the wire is applied.
A revoluble reel-shaft 8 is mounted in open boxes or bearings 9 on the vertical arms of the arch 1, so as to be readily taken out and put in place for the purpose of putting on or taking off a spool of wire 27. One end of the shaft 8 carries a gear-wheel 10, which, when in place meshes with a pinion 11, suitably mounted on the arch, the shaft of said pinion being adapted to receive a crank 12, by which it may be turned. Above the pinion 11 is a double pawl 18, either end of which may be thrown into engagement with the teeth of the pinion to prevent rotation in either direction.
Fence-wire is usually put up for shipment and convenience in handling on spools 27, from which it is unwound as required for use. These spools comprise crossed end pieces let and 15 at each end connected by a tubular or hollow center or core upon which the wire is wound,and as so constructed they are adapted to be placed upon the reel-shaft 8. The shaft 8 carries two holding clips or jaws 16 17, constructed to embrace the crossed endpieces 15 of the spool at each end. The
jaw 16 is rigidly secured upon the shaft 8, while the jaw 17 is removable therefrom to allow the spool 27 to be put thereon. The removable jaw is formed with a square hole 31 in its center to conform to the shape of the shaft 8 and to prevent its turning thereon, and on the outer side of this jaw, around the hole,therc is a round collar 32, made integral with and which projects outward from the jaw and around the shaft; 8, to form a journal on the end of the spool 27, which is i received by and revolves in a bifurcated spring when the reel is turned, as hereinafter described. After the spool 27 is placed upon the shaft and the end piece 15 is pushed into the rigid jaw 16, the loose jaw]? is placed on the shaft, and when the'shaft and spool are in place the jaw is held in engagementwith the other end pieces 15 of the spool by a spring 18, which is secured against the inner side of the arch-frame 1. The end of the spring is bifurcated to allow the shaft to be removed and replaced, and the spring is provided with a set-screw to regulate the ten sionon the reel. The shaft 8 also carries a sprocket-wheel 19, which is in gear, through a chain 20, with another sprocket-wheel 2i, suitably mounted on the side bar of the frame 2 near the front end of the machine. The shaft or journal of the wheel 21 is adapted to receive the removable crank 12.
On the vertical arms of the arch 1, at or near the top, are sockets 22, adapted to receive'and hold the bracketarm 23, which car.- ries a grooved wheel lei, over which the wire runs, if desired, as it is unwound from the spool 27. The bracket-arm is vertically adjustable in the sockets 22 on either side of the arched frame most convenient to the fence-posts, and is held in adjusted position by a set-screw A tool-box 26 is mounted upon the top of the arch to carry such tools and implements as may be required in putting up the wire.
The axles 28 are made separately from the frame, and are secured to the latter in any convenient manner, as by clips and bolts. Upon the axles are placed movable collars 29, adjustable in and out, and held in place by set-screws 230. These collars are for the purpose of enabling one to use readymade wheels procurable in the market, the hubs of which vary in length.
The operation of this machine is as follows: A spool 27 of wire having been placed upon the reel-shaft 8 and the latter placed in its hearings in the frame, the end of the wire is fastened to the post and the carriage is drawn forward by the tongue 5, whereby the wire is unwound from the reel. \Yhen a sufficient length has been unwound the machine is anchored by pressing down on the tongue driving the legs 3 into the ground at an angle, thereby rigidly holding the cart as against any. backward strain or movement. The crank 12 is then applied to the shaft or journal of the pinion 11, and the latter is turned in the direction to wind the wire upon the reel. \Vhen suiiiciently tightened, the pawl 13 is thrown into engagement with the pinion to prevent it from turning back, when the wire will be held taut while the workman secures it to the posts.
To reel or wind up wire that has been taken down, the crank 12 is placed upon the journal of the wheel 21 and the end of the wire attached to the reel; then by running the carriage backward and turning the crank the wire is wound up.
Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is
1. A truck-frame composed of a continuous bar of metal bent to form a vertical arch for the supportof a reel-shaft, horizontal side bars and inclined legs united by braces, and a tongue rigid with the legs adapted to force the legs into the ground as anchors for the cart, as set forth.
2. A truck-frame composed of a continuous bar of metal bent to form a vertical arch for the support of a reel-shaft, horizontal side bars, and inclined legs adapted to serve as anchors, the open ends of the side bars being connected by Ushaped cross bars bolted thereto, and the axle of each wheel made separately and secured to the vertical arch by clips and having thereon adjustable collars, as set forth.
k truck-frame composed of a continuous bar of metal, comprising a Vertical arch for the support of a reel-shaft, horizontal side bars, and inclined legs adapted to serve as anchors, the said arch and legs being sup ported by a continuous brace on each side of.
the frame secured thereto and to the side bars, the open ends of the side bars and tongue being united by U-shaped braces, as set forth.
4:. The combinatiomwith the truck-frame, of a revoluble reel-shat t j ournaled in suitable bearings thereon and provided with a fixed jaw and a removable jaw having an outwardly-projectinsr collar thereon, said jaws being adapted to engage and hold a spool from turning on the shaft, and a bifurcated spring secured to the frame, holding the col lar of the movable jaw and keeping the jaw in engagement with the end of the spool, and means conneetedwith the spring for regulating the tension on the reel, as set forth.
5. The combination, with a truck-frame provided with open sliaftbearings, a revoluble reel-shaft mounted in said bearings and provided with a fixed and a movable jaw adapted to engage and hold a spool from tu rning on the shaft, and a bifurcated spring socured to the frame and having a collar of the movable jaw resting in its free end, the spring holding the jaw in engagement with thespool, and one end of the spool revolving therein, as set forth.
In testimony whereof I aflix. my siguatu re in presence of two witnesses.
ALBE R71 D. LEEGI ll.
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G. R. NEFF, W. M. MILLER.
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