US552471A - Device for - Google Patents

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E. P. GROOM. DEVICE FOR APPLYING STAY WIRES T0 WIRE EENG'ES.

No. 552,471 l v Patented De0.3'1,11895.

UNITED vSTATES c PATE- Nr EDWARD neRooM, or GALLATIN',` iii'IssOR-, AssiGNeRQnijnRor AND MEsNE MANN, PLACE.

ASSIGNMENTS, or Two-Trumps":froMiLTEwINe ELW0oD D. FRANKv A. woopnurn, ANnaonN fweenRUnF,-or SAME srncr'rrcArroN forming pm of #devraient No. 552,471., ama regenten-sr; reefs. f

To llflw'hom/ zit may cmzcernlf'lfV Beit known that I, EDWARD' F.; G3001, a? citizen of the United States, lress idi1 `r,gat? Gr-al- .z latin, in the county of Daviess vand.State'of 5 Missouria have invented new and u siefulgllnl.

privemem's in Devi-@GS for. Applying. serv S im", Of Which-wardens..

`Strands or :Wire

is-a'specification. y lhis invention has for its object 'to pre'ivide.'y

fro 'a' novel, simple, efticient,and economical du! plex spool-Jcarrier particularly designed-' r conveniently and rapidly applyingyertica stayfwires to the longitudinal strand'sofI \v;fire

v fencing7 but-useful for other'purposessuch. V .as making bird-nets, lawn-tennis 'netsf'an animal-cages or other sti'fu'cturesk wherein lon-] vgitu'dinal strands of Wire or other material arey connected by transverse stays of similar ma,- terialwhich is adapted =to be rolled4 on reels.

2.o or spools and be unwound therefro'mas-'fthe transverse strandslare applied in the' manuproduction of the fencing or'otheljv i y proirimately coincident with the longitudinal 3o axis of the frame, a single spool-carrying axle or. shaft mounted approximately central iu the open'frame, and a pair of spools mounted on the said single aXleor shaft, and adapted to carry two independent wire rolls, the ends of-which are led in opposite directions from the spools through the'wire-delivery eyes at the ends of the frame. n

The specific construction of the device,4 and"- the manner of operating the same in apply- 4o ing the :stay-wires, will be fully hereinafter'- .described in detail, reference being made ",t'ov the accompanying drawings, in whic'h Figure lisa perspective view. showing sev-4 era longiturflinal strands or wires with my improved device in position for applying and securing the transverse stay-wire thereto,.the parts being in the position they occupy before the device is rotated around .the longitudinal wire upon which the device rests.- Fig. 2 is Janendfelevation sslicw'ving. :the position ofthe parts after the stayfwires have'been wound .-t aro'und one-'of the longitudinally'vires and. the. devicehasbeenlovveredFagainstfand. is beingrotatedaround another longitudinalwire for arepetitionof the'operation. Figi-"3 isaplan tional-view taken on thelinefii' oflig.l 3.

1n order .to enable those skilled linv the art to make-and use my inventiom I- will now describe, .th e same in detailyreferring tothe dawings; wherein itjwillbeseenthat the open rame of the devicecomprisesfjsubstantially Iparallelsidef-bars 'or membersl andi?, conall of which parts are vpreferably composed of s'ufcientlystron'g .bent into the form.shown.

"nectedby endfcross.` bars ormembers 3 and 4,

their centers with v'wre-delivery eyes 5 andv 6,

'Ss view onja larger scale off-the improveddevice :for applying the stay strands o'rwires to fenc j ingor other structures,andiFig. 4 is -a secj wire, or Wire. rods suitablybetwe'en'which *the straudsor wires 7 and 8 areextended fromthe rolls 9 and 10, carried i by spools 12 and 13,. i The. spools 'are rotatably Imounted upon `.an-"axle orshaft 15, preferably 'composed ofA va" detachable bolt extending through the: side bars. .or members 1 and 2 each .composed of a cylindrical bodyfportion centrally" between thefendslthereof, sie-that .upen .the same axle or shaft.' The-'spools are and twedisk-heads 14, for the purpose ofen-, abling'fthe'wireto be wound thereupon and 1 'tov retain thewire in position 'for' its subse :quent delivery in the `man'u'ia'ctu're of f wire fencing or other structures. The vvs fire-delive'ry eyesare so-,relativelyY disposed.- that they will properlysdeliver the ppermost, as is'ne'cess'ary in the manipulawire whichever side of the open frame is The wire-delivery eyes are-arranged approxi'- mately coincident withA themaj or axis of the' open" frame, soth'at the two wires are delivered coincident with the major axis, or ap- The cross-barsand 4'of the open frame are provided with upleX-forke'dv bearings or rests 1G, each composed ofl avertie-al cross-j arm having itsends bif-urcated or forked,.as at 17, so that either ffork can straddle a longitudinal fence-Wire. .The forks 17 constitute bearings which facilitate the rotation of the spo ol-carryingframe in" a circular path around the fence-Wire, as Will-be obvious from anv inspection of Fig. 2of.the'drz'tvvings-v The Vforks 17 lie coincident with the space between the inner contiguous ends ofthe cylindrical bodies of the spools 12 and 13, so that when` two of the forks 17 straddle a fence-Wire the latter lies in the space between the disk-heads 14 on the inner ends of the spool-bodies.y

The disk-heads on the inner-ends ofV the.

are held separated `by `placing nalin'gthe open spool-bodies them at some little distance from the extremv ities of the cylindrical bodies of the spools,

so that although the inner ends of Ithe cylindrical bodies of the Aspools are4 contiguous the disk-heads at the inner end portions of the cylindrical bodies are somewhat Widely separated for the'purpose of providingthe necessary space to'receive .the longitudinal fence-wire.

In the practical use of the device, the ends of the two strands or wires 7 and 8 are fasthe longitudinal strand.

tened to theupper longitudinal strand or wireV 18 of the fencing, which. can be. readily v ef-v fected by lapping the ends of the Wire around ltv will of course be-understood that the longitudinal Wires are first stretched in proper position.4 The open frame is then pressed downward by the operator until two of the forks 17 straddle and rest uponthe second longitudinal strand 19,

as will be understood by reference to Fig. 1.A The frame is then rotated in a vertical plane once orl twice around the wire 19, leaving the frame on the under side of the wire,: after which the operation above 'specified' .is repeated until the transverse or vertical staywires are all applied to the longitudinalwires.'

The ehiefadvantages of-my invention reside in its simplicity of construction and the facility with which it can be economically manuz' axleor shaft 15.

:frame may be gui lthe inner ends of rated to provide 'an intervening space for the operated in actual use, due4 by transverse stays of material which can be Wound on reels or spools and unwound therefrom during the application of the transverse stay-strands. 4. p ,5

In thepractieal use of my invention the ded vertically through. the medium of parallel uprights, as is usual in devicesof a similar character for applying transverse stay-'wires topthe longitudinal wiresy of 'afence u The duplex-forked cross-arms, mounted on vthe-cross-bars of the open frame in a plane coincident with the `major ax'is of the frame, are important features, in that they enable the` frame to be accurately rotated on a longi tudinal wire and avoid the necessity of jourframe between uprights, as heretofore.

Having thus described my inventionlwhat I-'claim is-v-` I Y v v1. A device for manufacturing Wire fencing, consistingbfsan open frame having its ends providedwith wire-delivery eyes and duplex forkedl bearings located above and be'.- low said eyes for'the purpose ofstraddling a longitudinal wire whichever side of the frame vis uppermost, ausingle .spool-holding shaft mounted centrall'yinlsaidV frame, and a 'pair 'of wire-carrying spools both-mountedon said 4 shaft, substantiallyas described. Y

2; Adeviee for manufactu1i1ig;'\'vi1e fencing, consistingof an open frame comprising parallel j side bars and `transverse end bars, each end bar having'a cross-arm forked at its extremities and between which forks the Wiredelivery'eye is located', said eye and said duplex forked. crossarm ofeach transverse bar lying approximately coincident with the major axis ofthe frame, a single spool-holding-l shaft mounted in the open'frame, and a pair the spools being held separeception of ythe longitudinal wire when the forked cross-arms straddle said wire, substantially as described.

f' In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. A Y

EDWARDF. GROOM.

Yllitnesses:l t

JOHN W. MEADE, I .Cf-A. NETHERTON.

. v vof spools mounted on said shaft and having,y disk-heads at their ends, the disk-heads at,

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