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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LEWIS C. HIGHSMITH, OF CANTON, TEXAS.
TOOL FOR BUILDING WIRE FENCES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,710, dated May 15, 1894.
Application filed February 13, 1894, Serial No, 500,101. (No model.)To all wvlhom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LEWIS C. HIGHSMITH, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Can-
ton, in the county of Van Zandt and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Com-
bination-Tool for Building Wire Fences, of
which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in
tools for use in building wire fences; and it
to has for its object the production of a more
simple and effective arrangement, and one in
which there will be properly combined a nail
holding and driving device, a measuring at-
tachment, and a wire cutter.
15 To this end the invention consists of certain
improved features of construction and combi-
nation and arrangement of parts, which will
be more fully described hereinafterand finally
embodied in the claims.
o20 In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1
represents a perspective view of my inven-
tion, showing the manner of using it. Fig. 2
is a longitudinal section of the same on line
y-y of Fig. 5. Fig. 3 is a detail of the meas-
25 uring and cutting section detached. Fig.4is
a similar view of the nail-driving element.
Fig. 5 is a section on the line x--x of Fig. 2.
The reference letter a indicates the body
of the appliance, which is preferably con-
30 structed of wood and formed cylindrical in
shape, though this may be varied without af-
fecting the invention. Formed in the body a
andextendinglongitudinallyits entirelength,
is the passage a', which is enlarged into the
35 staple receptacle b, at the forward end of the
body. This receptacle, b, is of such a size
and shape that a staple will fit snugly therein,
with its points a short distance from the end
of the receptacle, and the body has formed
40 therein at the end of the receptacle b, the
lateral notches b', which are two in number
and one on each side of the body. These
notches are provided to hold the fence wire
before the staple, and to allow the end of the
45 body to firmly engage the post, thus insuring
the proper driving of the staple,
Arranged in the passage a' and capable of
longitudinal movement therein, is the staple-
driving rod or plunger c, which extends from
50 the receptacle b through the body and pro-
jects beyond its rear edge for a short distance.
The rear end of the rod or plunger c is pro-vided with a driving-button c*, adapted to re-
ceive the blow of the driving tool, while the
forward end of the rod is enlarged to fit 5;
snugly within the receptacle b, and has its
forward extremity, proper, formed with a cup-
shaped indentation c' therein, which is de-
signed for the reception of the rear portion
of the staple, as shown in the drawings. From 6o
this construction it will be seen that by plac-
ing a staple in the receptacle b, and driving
the rod c forward, the staple will be forced
out the receptacle and into the post.
The reference letter d indicates the meas- 65
uring attachment, which consists of an elon-
gated metallic plate, provided with a slot d'
therein, and this slot extends for nearly the
entire length of the plate, and by means of
the set screw e, the plate may be secured to 70
the body a at any point along its length, and
the plate is provided with the scale e', run-
ning upward from the free end of the plate.
By this means the plate may be secured to
the body, with the distance from the free end 75
and notches b' that which may be desired, and
by placing the free end of the plate at the
wire below and adjusting the wire to be se-
cured in the notches b, the second wire may
be secured at a distance above the first equal 8o
to the distance between the free end of the
plate and the notches b'. Thus the distance
between the wires of the fence may be quickly
and effectively regulated.
Formed on the lower forward side of the 85
body, a, is the knife-edge, f, which is disposed
downwardly and with a plane surfacef' ad-
jacent to the side of the body to which the
plate d is secured. This knife-edgef is adapt-
ed to co-operate with the blade g, which is 90o
formed integral with the upper end of plate
d, and by means of the opening g' and the
set-screw e, the plate may be securely pivoted,
so that the blade g will move along the plane
surfacef' and thereby form a wire-cutting 95
device. The set-screw e is so constructed
that it may be used to adjustably secure the
plate d, while acting in the capacity of a
measuring device, and when it is desired to
form a wire-cutter, it maybe passed through ioo
opening g'. and thereby pivotally secure the
plate on a stationary fulcrum.
From the foregoing description, the essen-
tial characteristics of my invention may be
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Highsmith, Lewis C. Tool for Building Wire Fences., patent, May 15, 1894; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173723/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.