US656622A - Combination-tool. - Google Patents

Description

No. 656,622. Patented Aug. 28, I960.

W. J. BARNES.

COMBINATION TOOL.

(Application filed Mar. 30, 1900.

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TH! NORRIS PETERS C ASHINGTON D C NITED STATES PATENT (firms WILLIS J. BARNES, or MILAN, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO ETA. PHILLIPPI, L. B. PI-IILLIPPI, B. E. PHILLIPPI, AND F. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

srnorrxonrrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 656, 22 dated August 2s,;19oo. Application filed March 30, 1900. Seria1No.10 773. ,(Nc model.)

peculiar features of construction and combi-" nations of parts,'as will behereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- I Figurel is a perspective view of the implement adapted for use as a wire tightener or stretcher. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is across-section taken on theline III III'of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a top View of part of the device. Fig. 5 is a side view of the device as arranged for use as a pipe-wrench.

Referring to the drawings 1n detail, where likereferencenumerals designate corresponding parts, 1 designates a handle of any suit-v able type and provided with a shank 2, serrated in its upper and lower edges, as at 3,

and terminating at its front end in a toothed 1 foot 4:,the latter being riveted, as at 5, or otherwise secured to the end of the shank. 6 designates a sleeve fitting loosely upon the shank and provided atdiagonally-oppo;

site points with cross-pins 7, extending trans- ,versely of the sleeve-opening in orderthat when the sleeve iscanted slightly said pins shall engage certain serrations 3, and thus revent the sleeve slipping on the shank. he normal position of the sleeve, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2,is with the pins engaging serrations of the shank, a spring Sbeing riveted tothe sleeve,.as shown at 9, and below the cross-pin 10, and pressing at itsrear end against the handle or the shank, according to the position-of the sleeve upon. the latter, so as to hold the sleeve canted, or, in

other words, with said pins engaging the serrations in the upper and lower sides of the shank, as hereinbefore explained. To adjust the sleeve uponthe shank, it isnecessary to press forward and rearward against its upper and lower edges sufficiently to disengage said pins from said serrations, the spring yielding under such pressure and permitting the sleeveto be lnanipulated. 'As soon as such pressure is removed the spring throws the sleeve back to its original and operative position, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2, and automatically looks it against sliding movement on the shank. This shank and spring-locked sleeve may be used in conjunction with a device for stretching or tightening the strands of wire fences or for screwing or unscrewing pipes, as shown, respectively, in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and Fig. 5. In both cases the sleeve carries a screw-bolt 11, with its head 12 countersunk, preferably; in one side of the sleeve, and a securing-nut13 countersunkin'the other side of the sleeve, and to relieve the bolt of wear and eliminate chance of it becoming unscrewed in operation of the implement said bolt is preferably provided with a sleeve or collar 14. Mounted pivotally on said sleeve or collar in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 is a brace-rod 15, terminating in a sharpened forked end 16,

adapted to bite into the fence-post and prevent slippage. of the implement.

. 18, and terminating in diverging hook-arms 19, adapted to fit over the wire tobc stretched or tightened.

In securing the brace and the double hook in position the screw-bolt is first removed by means of a screw driver or equivalent device.

its original position and thenut 13 held in the proper countersink until (see Figs. 1 and 3) the bolt is screwed home. Should there be any tendency in the sleeve 6 to spring in ward, it is obvious the collar or sleeve 14: will resist and prevent the brace 15 and double site sides of the post and engaging the wire. With the shank as a'fulcrum" the handle is now depressed, and the efii'ect is to pull the wire strand forward, as indicated in Fig. 2. When properly stretched or tightened, it is secured in its new position by staples or in any other suitable or preferred manner.

When it is desired to utilize this implement as a pipe-wrench, the foot 4 forms the stationary orinner jaw, the brace and double hook are removed, and the arm or movable jaw is pivoted upon the screw-bolt or its collar 14, said jaw being provided with an obtuse-angle inner face 21, against which and the inner jaw or foot 4 the pipe 22 is clamped by the proper adjustment of the sleeve 6 upon shank 2, the spring 8 looking it reliably at the desired point. By having theserrations 3 sufticiently fine and close together and the cross-pins 7 sufficiently small at their inner sides it is obvious that an exceedingly-fine adjustment of the sleeve upon the shank may be obtained.

The device can be manipulated with ease and, quickness, the operator with one hand grasping the handle and with the other adjusting the sleeve and the contiguous parts.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced an implement of the type described possessing the advantageous features enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention, and it is to be understood that while I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention I reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ate t e- 1. In an implement of the character described, a shank "serrated at'its upper and lower sides, a sleeve 6, mounted slidingly thereon, and provided with cross-pins 7, at diagonally-opposite points, a spring 8 having one end fitting in the sleeve and riveted thereto as at 9, a pivot-bolt mounted in the sleeve above the spring, a nut engaging said 'boltand countersunk in the sleeve, a collar or sleeve 14, upon the bolt and bearing endwise against sleeve 6, and an arm pivotally mounted on said collar or sleeve within sleeve 6, all arranged substantially as described.

2. In a tool of the character described, a shank serrated at its upper and lower sides, a sleeve mounted slidingly thereon, and provided with diagonally-opposite cross-pins, a spring secured to the sleeve and adapted to cant the same and hold said crosspins. in engagement with certain of said serrations, a bolt bridging the sleeve above said spring, a brace pivoted on the bolt and adapted to bite against a fence-post, and a double hook pivvoted on the bolt and formed of a single wire,

by bending the latter at its middle, as at 17, and near said bend forming double loops or coils 18, and hook-arms 19, substantially as described.

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

WILLIS J. BARNES. Witnesses:

F. M. RoBsoN, D. L. PIERCE.

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