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released, so that the pawls 15 are thrown into
engagement with the inner notches of the
series. The operator now grasps the crank
28 and rotates the same until nearly all of the
5 slack is removed from the wire by reason of
the wire being wound about the head of the
twister. Regrasping the handles and com-
pressing the bell-cranks 23, so as to disen-
gage the pawls, the main levers are again,
ro spread until in their last notches, and what
slack remained after the first twisting is re-
moved by a subsequent rotation or rotations
given the twister-rod. The device is now dis-
engaged from the wire and moved to the next
15 section and the operation, if necessary, re-
peated.
It will be observed from the foregoing de-
scription that an operator may with great fa-
cility and very little labor take up slack in
20 barbed and other fence wires, whereby fences
may be kept in good condition, and that I ac-
complish this by means of a device of exceed-
ingly simple and durable construction.
Having described my invention, what I
25 claim is-
1. In a wire-tightener, the combination, with
a pair of levers pivoted together and having
their outer ends adapted to engage a wire and
provided with bearings, of a twister - rod
30 mounted for rotation in the bearings and
adapted at its outer end to take over a wire,
substantially as specified.
2. In a wire-tightener, the combination, with
the pair of main levers pivoted together and
35 at their outer ends adapted to engage a wire,
of bearings located upon the levers, a twister-
rod mounted for rotation in the bearings and
adapted to engage over a wire, and means for
locking the levers against separation at any
4c point thereof, substantially as specified.
3. In a wire-tightener, the combination, with
the main levers pivoted together and adapted
at their upper ends to engage under a wire,
and a rotatable twisting-rod mounted in bear-
45 ings on the levers and adapted to engage over
a wire, of toggle-levers pivoted at their inner
ends together and at their outer ends to the
main levers in rear of the pivot of the latter,
pawls pivoted on the toggle-levers, a spring
5o for pressing the pawls into engagement with
teeth formed in the main levers, and means
for disengaging the pawls from the teeth,
substantially as specified.
4. In a wire-stretcher, the combination, withthe opposite levers 1, terminating at their in- 55
ner ends in handles 2 and having bifurcated
bayonet-shaped ends 6, in which are journaled
grooved rollers 7, the eyebolt 4, the toggle-le-
vers pivoted at their inner ends together and
at their outer ends to the main levers, the in- 6o
ner pivot being provided with an eye opposite
the eyebolt of the main levers, of the twisting-
rod mounted loosely in the eyes and having
its outer end adapted to engage over a wire,
pawls pivoted to the toggle-levers, a spring 65
interposed between the same adapted to en-
gage teeth formed in the main levers, bell-
crank levers pivoted to the handles, pawl-op-
erating levers pivoted to the main levers, and
rods connecting the bell-cranks with-the pawl- 7
operating levers, substantially as specified.
5. In a wire-stretcher, the combination, with
the opposite main levers terminating at their
inner ends in handles and having their inner
faces crossed and recessed to receive each 75
other and having bayonet-shaped outer ends
bifurcated to receive and provided with
grooved pulleys, an eyebolt passing through
and pivoting the levers together, which levers
in rear of their eyebolts are provided with in- 8o
clined notches formed at their inner edges,
toggle-levers pivoted to the main levers, and
an eyebolt connecting the inner ends of the
toggle-levers, of a twisting-rod mounted in
the eyebolts terminating at its forward end 85
in a conical head having an inclined wire-en-
gaging notch and at its rear end provided with
a crank, and means for locking the levers at
any point of their separation, substantially
as specified. 90
6. In a wire-tigh tener, the combination, with
a pair of levers pivoted together and having
their outer ends adapted to engage a wire
and having rollers and provided with bear-
ings, of a twister-rod mounted for rotation in 95
the bearings and adapted at its outer end to
take over a wire, and provided with a crank
or hand wheel, and means for holding the
pivoted- levers extended or allowing their con-
traction, as desired, substantially as specified. ioo
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
JESSE II. WILSON.
Witnesses:
CHARLEs ADAMS,
P. G. PARTAR.
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Wilson, Jesse H. Wire-Stretcher., patent, December 15, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172887/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.