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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES M. WEST, OF RICE, TEXAS.
WIRE-TIGHTENING IMPLEMENT.
PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,103, dated October 15, 1895.
Application filed April 2,1895, Serial No 544,177 (o model.)To all whone it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES M. WEST, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Rice,
in the county of Navarro and State of Texas,
5 have invented new and useful Improvements
in Wire-Tightening Implements, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention has for its object to provide
a new and improved hand implement for
to tightening or taking up slack in fence-wires
strung on fence-posts by forming loops or
twists of the required dimensions in the wires.
To accomplish this object my invention
consists, essentially, in a wire-tightening im-
15 plement composed of two handles pivoted
together and provided with jaws having flat
opposing faces, each formed with a plurality
of transverse approximately parallel grooves
of different length, the grooves in the fiat face
20 of one jaw registering with the grooves in the
fiat face of the other jaw, and each jaw hav-
ing its sides converging to a point at its outer
extremity, one side being convex and the
other side concave, the construction being
25 such that the plurality of grooves, in connec-
tion with the peculiar form of the jaws, ren-
ders it possible to form loops of different
dimensions in the fence-wires, as will more
fully hereinafter appear.
30 The invention is illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings, in which--
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wire-
tightening implement or tool constructed in
accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a
35 bottom plan view of one of the jaws. Fig. 3
is a plan view looking at the inside of one of
the jaws; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of a loop
made by the implement or tool.
In order to enable those skilled in the art
40 to make and use my invention I will now de-
scribe the same in detail, referring to the
drawings, wherein the numerals 1 and 2 indi-
cate two handles, formed integral at one end
portion with jaws 3 and 4 and at the other
45 end portions with oppositely-projecting lever
portions 5 and 6, which facilitate the rotation
of the implement in acting on a fence-wire
to form a loop therein, as will hereinafter
appear.
50o The handles 1 and 2 are provided, in prox-
imity to the jaws 3 and 4, with orifices through
which a pivot-pin 9 passes for the purpose ofpivotally connecting the handles in a manner
similar to ordinary wire-tightening imple-
ments of the type to which my invention re- 55
lates.
The jaws 3 and 4 are each constructed with
rounded sides 10 and 12, which converge from
the base or inner end portion 13 of the jaw
to the pointed outer end or extremity 14. The 6o
opposing faces of the two jaws are perfectly
fiat, so that when the jaws are closed the fiat
face of one is adapted to bear squarely against
the fiat face of the other. The fiat faces of
the jaws are each formed with a plurality of 65
grooves 15, 16, and 17, which gradually di-
minish in length toward the pointed end or
extremity of the jaw. The grooves are con-
cave throughout their length, and the grooves
15, 16, and 17 in the flat face of one jaw 70
register, respectively, with the grooves 15, 16,
and 17in the fiat face of the other jaw, in such
manner that if the two jaws are placed upon
a fence-wire, so that the latter lies coincident
with the grooves 15, and the two jaws are 75
closed by properly operating the handles 1
and 2, the wire will be firmly gripped, and
then, by axially rotating the implement
through the medium of the portions 5 and 6,
the fence-wire will be coiled around the ex- 8o
terior of the two jaws. The implement is
drawn in a direction to remove it from the
coiled portions of the wires, and the gripped
part of the wire will be drawn outward, so
that a loop is formed with a twisted neck, 85
thereby tightening the fence-wire and tak-
ing up slack that may exist therein.
The grooves in the flat faces of the two
jaws are made of different length, and the
rounded sides 10 and 12 of the jaws converge 90o
toward the pointed ends or extremities 14,
for the purpose of rendering it possible to
form loops of varying dimensions or diame-
ters in the fence-wires. If the fence-wire is
first gripped in the grooves 15 a compara- 95
tively-largeloop will be formed. If the wire
is gripped in the grooves 16 a loop of smaller
size will be formed, and if the wire is gripped
in the grooves 17 a loop of still smaller size
will be formed. 10oo
By the peculiar construction of parts de-
scribed and shown I am enabled to form loops
of varying dimensions or diameters with an
implement or tool of very simple construe-
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West, James M. Wire-Tightening Implement., patent, October 15, 1895; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174120/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.