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the ground behind the sled, to hold it from
moving back when straining up the wires.
In removing a wire fence the operation is ex-
peditiously and conveniently performed by
5 winding the loosened wires on the spool h, fixed
to windlass a, as above described.
The details of construction may vary with-
in the scope of my invention-as, for instance,
the clamp-bars k may be fitted with a screw,
[o m, at both ends, if desired, and the bearings
for the spools in the frame may consist of suit-
able metallic sockets fixed to the frame d; but
the construction shown is at present preferred.
It is believed that my improved machine
5 has material advantages as regards economy
of time and labor in the construction, adjust-
ment, and removal of wire fences of all de-
scriptions, and the machine may be cheaply
made, and is well calculated for durability in
!o use.
I am aware that fence-wire stretchers have
I been used on wheels and runners, and that
they have been provided with windlasses,
braces, spindles, reels, standards, stretcher-
bars, and levers; but 25
What I claim as new is-
1. In a machine for stretching and remov-
ing fence-wires, the combination of the sled a
b, frame d e, spool-carrying shafts g, brake
device k 1 m, windlass a, carrying lever-arms 30
o, spool h, crank s, ratchet p, and pawl q, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
2. The combination, with the shaft g, spools
h, and frame d, of the jaws k, pivoted together,
pivoted to the frame at 1, and provided with 35
the screw m at their free ends, as and for the
purpose specified.
JOHN N. KILLOUGIH.
AWitnessesses:
L. P. LowvY,
.,. WT. KILLOTUGH.