US448564A

US448564A - Fence-wrench

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Publication number: US448564A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 1908-03-17

Description

(No Model.)

0. H. VAN EPPS.

FENCE WRENCH.

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WITNESSES.

NITED STATES \GHARLES HANSON VAN EPPS, OF SCOTT, INDIANA.

FENCE-WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,564, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed September 15, 1890. Serial No. 365,033. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES HANSON VAN EPPS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Scott, in the county of La Grange, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FencelVrenches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert'ains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in looks for the fence wrenches or crossers by which the wires are crossed in buildingv picket or paling fences The object of the invention is to provide simple and economical means for looking or securing the wires of picket fences, thus enabling the pickets to be driven between the wires without liability of turning the crossers or wrenches and forcing the wires out of a horizontal position, thereby obviating the inconvenience of holding the wrenches by hand.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a wire picket fence and the wrenches or crossers with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the beam carrying the wrenches. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the beam and arms with the vertical bar removed.

In the said drawings, the reference-nu moral 1 denotes the fence-posts set in the ground at suitable intervals in any well-known manner. To the end post is secured one end of the wires 2 2, which wires are tightly stretched between the fence-posts and are secured to reels or other carrying devices in an y ordinary manner.

The numeral 3 designates a vertical beam, which has secured therein at the top, center,

and bottom the arms or bolts 4, said arms projecting at right angles to said beam. The projecting portions of the right-angular extending arms or bolts are bifurcated and provided with perforations, through which pass bolts, so as to permit of the wrench-plates 5 being pivotally secured therebetween. The edges of these plates adjacent to the pivotal points of the plates are provided with inclined slots 6 to receive the wires 2.

The inner face of the beam 3 is provided with a series of notches or depressions 3 to receive the upper and lower edges of the triangular wrench-plates when raised or lowered. The beam 3 is also provided upon one side with a series of inwardly-projecting bifurcated arms 7, to which is secured by means of bolts or pins passing therethrough a vertical bar 8, which is in a different vertical plane from said wrenches, so as not to interfere therewith. This bar 8 is provided with a series of hooks J and 10, which alternately engage with the wires and hold them in place.

The numeral 12 designates a handle for operating the beam.

The operation will be readily understood. Then in the position shown in 1. the hooks 9 on the bar 8 engage with the near or inner wires 2 and prevent the crossers or wrenches from being turned and the wires from being forced out of a horizontal position by inserting apicket between the wires. hen it is desi ed to reverse the twistingplates to cross the wires, the beam 3 is elevated by the handle 12, causing the hooks 9 on the bar 8 to be disengaged from the wires, the wrenches to be reversed, and the wires crossed. Thehooks 10 will then engage with the other wires 2 Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- In a picket-fence wrench or crosser, the combination, with the twisting-plates thereof and the beam to which said plates are pivoted, of a vertical bar secured to arms, projecting inwardly from said beam, and having hooks adapted to engage with the wires of the fence and hold them in position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HANSON VAN EPPS.

Witnesses:

ADAM WILBER, JOHN S. FLANDERS.