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Description

(No Model.)

J. W.- MARTIN 8u M.- GAHILL.

HAND FENCE MACHINE.

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' JEROME W. MARTIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND MORTIMER CAIIILL,

OF HAYS CITY, KANSAS.

HAND FENCE-MACHINE.

SI'ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,487, dated November 22, 1892.

Application filed July 5, 1892. Serial No. 439.076- (NO model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.- Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on the line 2 Be it known that we, J EEOME W. MARTIN, 2 of Fig. l. residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jack- Like letters of reference indicato like parts son, State of Missouri, and MOETIMER CAHILL, in both views.

5 residing at I-Iays City, in the county of Ellis, Referring now to the details of the draw- 55 State of Kansas, citizens of the United States, ings by letter, A designates a metallic ring have invented certain new and useful Imwhich instead of being a closed ring has an provements in Wire-Twisting Machines; and opening a, which is preferably diametrically wedohereby declarethat the followingisafull, opposite the point of attachment of the pole Io clear, and eXactdescription of the same, ref-v or rod upon which it is secured. To adapt it 6o erence being had to the annexed drawings, for attachment to a rod or pole B, (shown by making a part of this specification, and to the dotted lines in Fig. 1,) the ring is formed with letters of reference marked thereon. a lug B', having openings or slots h, through This invention relates to certain new and which pass the screws or other means C,which useful improvements in wire-twisting maengage the flanges cl of the three-sided clamp 65 chines of that class in which the wire is to be D, whichis designed to receive the pole or twisted while strung in position, and is sperod; but other means of attachment may be cially adapted to be used for twisting wires provided without affecting the other features aboutafence-picket in makinga slat-and-wire of the device.

zo fence. E is thetraveleror strand carrier or twister. 7o

It has for its objects, among others, to pro- Its outer face conforms to the curvature of vide an improved construction whereby the the ring and it is provided with anges e, ring or rings may be applied to the wire or wires which embrace the ring and prevent displaceat any point of their length after they are ment of the traveler and yet permit of its stretched, and to further adapt the machine ready sliding around the ring when it is de- 75 for use in connection with barbed wires, we sired to twist the wire. This traveleris made provide the ring with an opening for the purof two like parts oppositely disposed and sepose of allowing its application to the wire at cured detachably together, as by a bolt and any desired point, and the strand carrier or nut F, as seen in both of the views. Each 3o twister is formed with an opening for the part is formed with a coincident slot or pas- 8o passage of the small wire, while it has jaws sage f between the said bolt and the outer for the reception of the stretched wire or wires, face, as shown in both figures, and through which may or may not be barbed. One or this passage is designed to be passed the more of these rings is designed to be aflixed small Wire. (Not shown.) The traveler is to a rod or pole as long as may be desired. formed with a jaw G upon each side, in which 85 The machine can be easily worked by any one is designed to be received the longitudinal not skilled in the art. It is durable, not liable wire, which may be barbed or not; but in case to get out of order, can be manufactured ata barbed wires are employed it will readily be minimum cost, and in practice has proved seen from Fig. l how the jaws are adapted to 4o most efficient for the purposes for which it is hold theln. 9o intended. The operation will be apparent. The Wires Other objects and advantages of the invenare strung through the ring or wheel, the lontion will hereinafter appear, and the novel feagitudinal or barbed wire passing through one tures thereof will be specically defined by the of the jaws on the traveler and the small wire appended claim. through the hole or passage f in said traveler. 95

The invention is clearly illustrated in the Now by a circular motion of the traveler on accompanying drawings, which, with the letthe ring the traveler will make a twist in the ters of reference marked thereon, formapart wire, carrying the small wire around the of this specification, and in whichpicket which is put in between the wires and 5o Figurelis aside elevation of our invention. also around the large or longitudinal wire, 10o

thus tying the picket to the wire. The passage or opening ct in the ring permits its application to the wire at any desired point in its length. Any desired number of the rings can be placed upon the rod or pole, according to the number of strands in the fence.

What We claim as new is- The combination, with a ringof T shapein cross-section, having an opening a and a clamp to hold a rod, of a traveler of two like parts oppositely disposed and each formed with a ange to engage the side of the ring and overlap the edges thereof and a hole for the pas-

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