US751608A

US751608A - Fence-wire stretcher

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Publication number: US751608A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1904-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1921-02-09

Description

PATBNTED FEB. 9, 1904.

L. A. BUTTS.

PENCE WIRE STRETGHER.

APPLICATION PILD APB.. 1, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented. February 9, 1904.

LUCIEN A. BUTTS, OF RUSSELL, IOVA.

FENCE-WIRE STRETCHER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,608, dated February 9, 1904.

Application filed April 1, 1903. Serial No. 150,633. (NO model.)

To a/ZZ whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, LUCIEN A. BUTTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Russell, in the county of Lucas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Vire-Stretcher, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in wire-stretchers of that general class shown in United States Letters Patent granted to me on the 17th day of May, 1887, under NO. 868,314.

The primary object of the invention is to improve, simplify, and cheapen the construction of the stretcher and to provide means for effectually stretching and retaining the wire under tension preparatory to nailing, stapling, or otherwise permanently securing the wire to the fence-post.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for clamping the stretcher to the fence-post, thereby effectively preventing vertical or lateral displacement of the same during' the stretching operation, and, furthermore, to provide a stretcher, the construction and relative disposition of the several parts being such as to permit them to be readily assembled or any part thereof removed and renewed when worn or broken.

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, it being' understood that various changes in 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.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wire-stretcher constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same applied to a fence-post. Fig. 'is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the stretcher. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the sectional base and supporting-arms. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the base and supporting arms with the shaft or spindle removed.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a modified form of stretcher, showing a pair of vertically-disposed pins for attaching the wire to the shaft or spindle. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the wrench or spanner.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

1 designates the supporting-base, which may be formed of metal or other suitable material, and consists of a pair of horiZontally-disposed bars 2 and 3, provided, respectively, with upwardly and downwardly eXtending lugs or ears 4, adapted to bear against the side of the fencepost. The ends of said lugs are forked, as shown at 5, for the reception of screws or similar fastening devices, which may engage the post and prevent Vertical displacement of the stretchers when necessary. The bars 2 and 3 are each provided with a series of coincident openings 6, and pivoted in said openings at the opposite ends of the bars are horizontallyprojecting

arms

7 and 8, the inner faces of which are provided with inwardly-extending teeth 9, which engage the sides of the post. The

arms

7 and 8 are clamped to the post by means of a threaded bolt 10, the hooked end 11 of which engages an opening in the end of the arm 7 the opposite end of the bolt passing through upwardly-extending ears 12 on the end of the arm 8 and engaging a wingnut 13. Formed integral with the base is a pair of supporting-arms 141 and 15, the rear ends of which are reduced, as shown at 16, forming a spacing-block for the bars 2 and 3, said supporting-arms being secured together by means of a bolt and nut 17, passing through alined openings in said bars. The forward ends of the arms 14: and 15 are provided with semicircular sockets, as shown, which when secured together form a sleeve 18, adapted to embrace a sectional hollow shaft 19, provided with ratchet-toothed collars or

rings

20 and 21, which abut one on either side of the sleeve 18. The collar 20 is keyed to the shaft by means of outwardly-extending pins or lugs 22,formed on the periphery of each section comprising the shaft, which engage corresponding openings formed in said collar,the collar 21 being secured to the shaft by a pin 23, passing transversely through the shaft and fitting in recesses formed in the side of the collar 21. A pawl 24 is pivoted to the supporting-arms 1A and 15 by means of a bolt and nut 25, which passes through an opening 26, formed in the adjacent faces of said arms, and this pawl is adapted to engage the toothed collar 21 when the shaft is rotated and prevent the Wire from slipping, as will be more fully explained hereinafter. The opposite ends of the shaft 19 are provided With longitudinally disposed slots or openings 27, adapted to receive the ends of the Wire and firmly grip the same when the device is in operation, the surplus Wire being Wound on the ends of the shaft.

28 indicates a spanner or Wrench provided With an inWardly-extending tooth 30, which engages the teeth on the collar 22v and by means of which the shaft is rotated.

The construction of the device Will be readily understood and the operation thereof is as folloWsz, In practice the stretcher is placed in position With the supporting-base resting fiat against the post and the

horizontal arms

7 and 8 embracing the sides thereof, the stretcher being securely clamped to the post by tightening the nut 13 and prevented from tilting or tipping When stretching the Wire by means of the forked ears or lugs, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The Wire is now passed through the longitudinal slot in the end of the shaft and said shaft rotated by applying the Wrench or spanner to the toothed collar 20 and turning the same, the Wire being bent and firmly gripped in the slot and the surplus or slack wound on the end of the shaft as the Wire is stretched. As the shaft is turned the pawl 24 engages the tooth-collar 21, securely holding the Wire under the desired tension While nailing, stapling, or otherwise permanently securing the same to the fence-post.

In some cases the clamping-

arms

8 and 9 may be dispensed With, the stretcher being held in position on the post bymeans of screws or similar fastening devices passing through the slots in the ears or lugs 4 and engaging the post.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the shaft or spindle 19 provided with transversely-disposed pins 81 for holding the wire while turning the shaft instead of the slots or openings 27.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a stretcher that is extremely simple in construction and eflective in operation, which may be easily and quickly applied to a post or other structure, and being composed of several parts detachably secured together should any one of the parts become worn or broken it may be quickly removed and renewed.

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

1. A Wire-stretcher, comprising, a base, a pair of supporting-arms secured to the base and provided with semicircular bearing-plates 'extending the entire width of the arms, a revolving shaft mounted in the bearing-plates, means carried by the shaft for engaging a Wire, means for adjustably supporting the stretcher, and means for looking the shaft to hold the stretched Wire.

2. A Wire-stretcher,comprising, a base provided With ontwardly-projecting ears, a pair of horizontally-disposed supporting-arms secured to the base and provided with semicircular bearing plates extending the entire width of the arms, a revoluble shaft mounted in the bearing-plates and having Wire engaging means, a toothed collar secured to the shaft, a pawl pivoted to the supporting-arms and adapted to engage the toothed collar, means for adjustably supporting the stretcher and means for rotating the shaft.

3. A wire-stretcher, comprising, a sectional base, sectional supporting-arms secured to the vbase and provided with semicircular bearingplates, a revoluble shaft mounted in the bearing-plates, a pair of toothed collars secured to the shaft and adapted to abut one on each side of said bearing-plates, a pawl carried by the supporting-arms and adapted to engage one of the toothed collars, means carried by the shaft for engaging a Wire, and means for securing the stretcher to a fence-post.

4. In a Wire-stretcher, the combination, of a base consisting of apair of horizontally-disposed spaced bars provided With outwardlyeXtending ears, sectional supporting arms formed integral With the base and provided with semicircular bearing-plates, a shaft revolubly mounted in said bearing-plates, said shaft having slotted end portions, a pair of toothed collars secured to the shaft and abutting one on each side of the bearing-plates, a pawl pivoted to the supportingarms and adapted to engage one of the toothed collars, means for clamping the stretcher to a post and an actuating means for engaging the second collar.

5. A wire-stretcher comprising' a sectional base, sectional supporting-arms secured to the base, a shaft revolubly mounted in the supporting-arms, said shaft having slotted end portions, a pair of toothed collars on said shaft, a pivoted pawl carried by the supporting-arms and adapted to engage one of said toothed collars, apair of toothed arms pivoted to the sectional base, and means for clamping the arms to a post.

6. A wire-stretcher comprising a sectional base, sectional supporting-arms secured to the base, a shaft revolubl y mounted in the supporting-arms, said shaft having slotted end por- IOO tions and provided with a pair of fixed toothed In testimony that I claim the foregoing a collars, a pvoted pawl adapted to engage one my own I have hereto affixed my signature in of said collars, a pair of adjustable toothed the presence of two Wtnesses.

arms pivoted to the base, a clampng-screw LUCIEN A. BUTTS. passing through the ends of said toothed arms, ftnessesz a nut adapted to engage the screw, and means EDWARD VVooDMAN,l

for rotatng the shaft or spndle. A. J. VOODMAN.