US568916A

US568916A - Reel-carrier

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Publication number: US568916A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1913-10-06

Description

(No Model.)

K. MOREHEAD.

REEL CARRIER'. No. 568,916. A Patented 0611.6, 1896.

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KINGLIOREHEAD, OF SALISBURY, MISSOURI.

REEL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,916, dated October 6, 1896.

Application filed June 19,1896.

To tZ whom t may concern..l

Be it known thai, I, KING MoREHEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salisbury, in the county of Chariton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Reel-Carrier, of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to improvements in reel-carriers.

The object of the present invention is.to improve the construction of reel-carriers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient one, Which will be strong and durable, and which Will enable fence-Wire to be readily gathered and reeled or unreeled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a reel-carrier Which will be adapted for stretching fence-wire, and Which will enable Wire to be readily removed from the spool when it is desired to store the wire for future use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel-carrier constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is 4a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawy ings. Y

1 designates a supporting-frame comprising a rectangular base 2 and vertical standards 3, mounted centrally on the side bars of the base and provided with bearing-slots 4 for the reception of a horizontal shaft 5 of a wi rereceivin g spool 6. The horizon tal shaft, which has its terminals squared for the reception of a crank-handle 7, is retained in the bearing-slots by removable pins 8, passing through perforations of the standards and spanning the entrances of the slots 4.

The supportingframe is strengthened by inclined braces 9, extending from the standards to the ends of the base and located at opposite sides thereof. The base 2 is provided at its front with a chain 10 to enable the supporting-frame to be readily dragged from one place to another, and a caster-Wheel Serial No. 5 96,185. (No model.)

11 supports the front of the base and facilitares moving the frame. The base is provided at opposite sides of its front with perforations for the reception of stakes or pins 12, adapted to be driven into the ground to anchor the supporting-frame at any desired point.

The spool 6 comprises a rigid arm 13 and a pivoted arm 14, adapted to be swung to one side when it is desired to remove Wire from the spool without uncoiling it. The arms are provided at their outer ends with wire-receiving heads 15, presenting outer concave faces for the reception of the Wireto prevent the same from slipping off the spool.

The arm 14 is secured by a pivot 16 to an extension 17 of the other arm, 13, and it is held rigid with the extension, when the spool is in use, by a sliding band or sleeve 18, Which is held in place by a removable pin 19, passing through perfor-ations of the band and other registering perforations of the pivoted arm and the extension. The adjacent faces of the extension 17 and the pivoted arm 14 are recessed, so that the adjacent faces of the

arms

13 and 14 will be substantially flush, and the

arms

13 and 14 are slightly tapering, which facilitates the outward movement of the sleeve when it is desired to swing the pivoted arm laterally.

In order to enable the spool to be readily carried, it is provided, adjacent to the outer ends of its arms, with handles 20, passing through perforations of the arms and projecting from opposite sides thereof, and the wi re is centrallysupported by pins 21, located at opposite sides of the arms, at the inner terminals thereof, and projecting from opposite sides of the spool.` In removing a load of wire from the spool the pin 21, at the side toward which pivoted arm 14 is swung, is removed to permit the removal of the wire. The spool is provided with centrally-arranged oppositely-disposed cross-pieces 22, having perforations for the receptionof the pins 21, and located at opposite sidesof the central portion of the horizontal shaft, which has its portion between the standards squared. The horizontal shaft passes through a central opening of the spool, and the latter is secured to the shaft by the pins 21, which pass through perforation-s of the shaft.

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To gather wire whichv has been detached from fence-posts, one end of the strand of wire is connected to the spool, and the latter is rotated by a crank-handle when the wire is wound upon the spool, and in winding wire one or two crank-handles may be employed, as desired. The wire is guided to the spool by a horizontal pulley or roll 23 and a pair of vertical pulleys or rolls 24. The horizontal pulleyor roll is journaled in suitable bearings of the supporting-frame at the rear end piece of the base, and the vertical pulleys or spools are located at the outer side of the horizontal one under which the wire is passed.

The spool will enable wire to be readily stretched and is held against backward move ment by means of a ratchet-wheel 25, mounted on the shaft 5, and a pawl 26, pivoted to the adjacent standard and engaging the ratchetwheel.

In unreeling new wire the spool 6 may be removed and a shaft may be arranged in the bearing-slots 4 for the reception of the spool of new wire, and the latter may be readily unreeled.

It will be seen that the reel-carrier is simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is strong and durable,and that it will enable wire to bereadilygathered in removing fences, and unreeled for fence construction, and readily stretched preparatory to securing the wire to fence-posts. It will also be apparent that the wire, after it has been wound upon a reel, may be readily removed therefrom without uncoiling it to enable wire to be conveniently stored.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What l claim is- 1. In a reel-carrier, the combination of a supporting-frame, a horizontal shaft journaled thereon, and a spool comprising a rigid arm provided with an extension, a pivoted arm mounted on the extension of the rigid arm and adapted t0 be swung laterally to facilitate the removal of wire, a sliding sleeve embracing the extension and the pivoted arm and securing the arms in alinement, and aremovable locking-pin holding the sleeve in position, substantially as described.

2'. In a reel-carrier, the combination of a supporting-frame, a horizontal shaft journaled thereon, and a spool mounted on the shaft and comprising a rigid arm having an extension,`a pivoted arm connected with the extension and provided with means for detachably securing it in alinement with the rigid arm, heads arranged at the outer ends of the arms and presenting outer con cave faces for the reception of wire, handles mounted on the arms adjacent to the outer ends thereof, and the centrally-arranged pins projecting from opposite sides of the spools, substantially as described.

3. In a reel-carrier, the combination of a supporting-frame, a horizontal shaft journaled thereon, and a spool mounted on the shaft and comprising a rigid arm having an extension, a pivoted arm connected with the extension, adapted to be swung laterally and provided with means for holding it in alinement with the rigid arm, centrally-arranged cross-pieces located at opposite sides of thev shaft and thel centrally-arranged pins passing through perforations of the cross-pieces and the shaft and securing the spool to the latter, one of the pins being removable, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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

KING MOREHEAD. W'itnesses:

J No. W. LooKHART, T. M. RIAL