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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM N. BELLAHI, OF ST. JO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF-TO JOHN
D. BELLAH, OF SAME PLACE.
WIRE-TIGHTENER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,221, dated July 15, 1890.
Application filed May 10,1890. Serial No, 351,310. (No model.)To all whom it 7may co7nce71rn:
Be it known thatI, WILLIAM N. BELLAH, a
citizen of the United States, residing at St.
Jo, in the county of Montague and State of
5 Texas, have invented new and useful Im-
provements in Wire-Tighteners, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention has for its objects to provide
a novel, simple, economical, and efficient im-
to plement or tool for tightening wire fencesby
forming twists or loops in the fence-strands
to take up the slack, and to provide a novel
implement of this type wherein a rod or bar
can be conveniently applied to increase the
15 leverage in turning the implement to form
the twists or loops. To accomplish these ob-
jects my invention involves the features of
construction, the combination or arrangement
of devices, and the principles of operation
20 hereinafter described and claimed, reference
being made to the accompanying drawings,
in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im-
proved device, showing it in position on a
25 fence-strand preparatory to twisting the lat-
ter; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the de-
vice, showing the position of the parts when
the pivoted arm is opened to engage a fence-
strand.
30 In order to enable those skilled in the art
to make and use my invention,I will now de-
scribe the same in detail, referring to the
drawings, where-
The numeral 1 indicates a metallic shank
35 having at one end a transverse socket 2, at
the opposite end a hooked extension 3, and
at or near the middle of its length a lateral
offset or shoulder 4, in a recess 5 of which is
secured by a transverse pivot 6 the tongue or
40 tenon 7 on the inner end of a swinging arm
8, having at its outer end a hooked extension
9 of the same general shape and size as the
hooked extension of the shank, whereby the
points or extremities of the hooks may rest
45 against each other and confine between them
the strand 10 of a wire fence. A handle bar
or rod 12 is engaged with the transverse
socket 2 to secure proper leverage for turning
the shank to twist the fence-strand and take
50 up the slack therein. The handle bar or rodmay be detachable and of wood; but this is
not indispensable. The pivoted arm when
closed, as in Fig. 1, rests squarely upon the
rectilinear face of the shank, and to secure
the arm down in this position I provide a 55
locking device, consisting of a swinging yoke
13, having its two extremities formed into
eyes 14, mounted on pivot-pins 15, fixed to the
shank. The yoke embraces the shank and
arm, and is adapted to engage or bear against 60
a projection or head 16 on the armn to hold
the latter rigidly in its closed position. To
enable the yoke to release the arm and per-
mit it to be opened slightly to separate the
hooked extensions for engaging the fence- 65
strand, the arm is recessed, as at 17, between
its pivoted end and its projection or head 16,
so that by swinging the yoke back, as in Fig.
2, sufficient space is provided for a limited
outward movement of the pivoted arm. As 70
the yoke is pivotally attached to the shank
and at all times embraces the swinging arm,
such yoke subserves the function of retaining
the arm in proper position to engage the fence-
wire. 75
The handles being made as a cross-bar on
the shank enables the implement to be turned
like an auger and provides for twisting the
strands tightly to stretch the same with com-
parative ease and facility. 80
To tighten a loose wire, the implement is
engaged therewith by its hooked extensions
and the pivoted arm is locked by the yoke, as
in Fig. 1, after which the device is rotated by
the handle to twist the wire until it is suffi- 85
ciently tightened.
Having thus described my invention, what
I claim is-
1. A wire-tightener consisting of a shank
having a lateral offset and an end extension 90
to engage the wire, a swinging arm having
one extremity pivoted to the offset and an
extension at its opposite end, and a locking
device for rigidly holding the arm upon the
shank, substantially as described. 95
2. A wire-tightener consisting of a shank
having a lateral offset and an end extension,
a swinging arm pivoted at one end to the off-
set and having at the opposite end a wire-en-
gaging extension, and a swinging yoke em- 1oo
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Bellah, William N. Wire Tightener., patent, July 15, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172417/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.