US471979A - Fence-machine - Google Patents

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FENCE MACHINE. No. 471,979.

Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES HASCLE KELLOGG, OF ALLEN, NEBRASKA.

FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,979, dated March 29, 1892.

Application filed November 3, 1891. Serial No. 410,737. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HASCLE KEL- LOGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allen, in the county of Dixon and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Machines; and I do hereby 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.

My invention relates to portable tension apparatus for fence-machines, the object being to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device, which can be readily made by any farmer or other person out of materials easily assembled or usually at hand.

In the following specification reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus in operation. Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan.

Referring to the various details by their respective figures of designation, which refer to corresponding parts in the several views, 1 is the frame or body of the tension apparatus, and it consists of the vertical sides 2, having sufficient length to exceed or correspond to the height of the fence to be built. Said side pieces are connected at their upper and lower ends by the horizontal blocks 3, that they may be held a proper distance apart to receive the wire-carrying spools or reels 4, as shown. Said wire-carrying reels, which vary in number as desired, are mounted between the sides 2 of the frame on the horizontal axles 5, to which they are fixedly secured. The squared ends 6 of the said axles project through one side of the frame and are arranged to receive or connect with an ordinary crank 7, by which the axle and reel are rotated when it is desired to tighten the wire, as will be hereinafter set forth.

The part of the frame intermediate with the horizontal end sections 3 is further stayed and straightened by the bolts or rods 8, which are provided with the usual retaining-nuts, whereby the sides of the frame may be tightly brought together against the ends of the spools or reels, or said reels may be otherwise secured against reverse rotation by a suitablyformed pawl and ratchet 9, as set forth in the drawings.

As better illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, abolt or rod 8 is placed between the spools or reels 4 of each pair, whereby it will be seen that in addition to tightening the frame they serve to support and hold the wires of the spools apart, whereby the palings may be more readily placed in position and the wires more readily twisted.

In order that the frame may be anchored or held in its position, I provide at the upper and lower ends the outwardly-reaching loops l0 and 11.

After the several parts have been thus constructed and assembled, the operation is as follows: The frame 1 is erected on the line of the proposed fence at the desired distance from the starting-point. A stake or post 12 is driven into the earth through the staple or loop 11, while posts 13 and 14 are similarly placed each to one side of the line of the fence and are connected to the loops 10 by wires 15 or other preferred means. The wires on the upper and lower pairs of reels are unwound and the ends thereof carried to the starting-points, where they are secured tothe proper points upon the post. The crank 7 is then placed on the squared end of the axle and the reels turned until the wires are sufficiently taut, and the other pairs of wires are stretched in the same way, and the operation of weaving the fence may then be begun. It will be seen that there are a series of pairs of wires, the number being determined by the builder-that is to say, a pair of wires are at or near the bottom and top of the proposed fence, while other pairs may, if desired, be placed intermediate thereto, though a single pair at the top and bottom will, it is thought, usually be found sufficient. A paling or picket of any preferred material and size is then entered between the pairs of wires, which are then twisted against such paling, thus securing it in position, after which the wires are again twisted and-another paling entered as before, when the wires are twisted in an opposite direction, and this operation is repeated until the fence is completed.

The use of the machine may be described as follows: Suppose, for instance, you want to build forty rods of fence. Set your post at the left-hand end of the proposed fence and the tension apparatus at the right-hand end of the same. Take your wires as they come from the store and fasten the desired number to the post at the left. Uncoil your wire as you go along to the right-hand end of the proposed fence. Then take about forty feet of said wires in each strand and after passing them around the bolts 8 of the apparatus between the spools of each pair wind them on the said spools. After winding tight, tighten the tension-bolts as tight as desired by the builder. Then commence at the left-hand end to weave in pickets. The builder can put in the number of posts on the line of fence he chooses, from eight to twenty feet apart. Each double wire must be stapled on each post a corresponding width apart. I prefer to use from two to six double wires, though a less or greater number may be employed.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided means for building a fence upon level or rough uneven surfaces, and, believing the advantage and operation will be fully understood, further description is deemed unnecessary.

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

In a fence-building tension apparatus, substantially as and for the purpose described, the combination, with the main frame comprising the vertical sides and the blocks at the upper and lower ends of said sides, the wire-earrying spools or reels arranged in pairs and journaled in said frame, and a suitable means for rotating said spools or reels, of the bolts or rods 8, mounted in the frame and arranged between the spools or reels of each pair and having one of their ends threaded, and nuts mounted on the threaded ends of the bolts or rods, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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

CHARLES HASOLE KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

S. I. HART, B. C. JOHNSON.

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