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STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
ROBERT J. GARDNER, OF NACOGDOCIIES, TEXAS.
WIRE-STRETCHER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,115, dated October 5, 1897.
Application fled May 13, 1897. Serial No. 636,384. (No model,)To all whom it nay concern:
Be it known that I, ROBERT J. GARDNER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Nac-
ogdoches, in the county of Nacogdoches and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Wire-Stretcher, of which the following is
a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
wire-stretchers.
to The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of wire-stretchers
and to provide a simple, strong, and durable
device capable of enabling fence-wires to be
readily and easily stretched to the desired
r5 tension preparatory to stapling or otherwise
securing them to fence-posts and adapted to
take up the slack of fence-wires between posts,
after the wires have been attached to the
same, by crimping the said wires.
so A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide such a device which will form an effect-
ive wire-cutter and which will enable staples
to be readily extracted.
The invention consists in the construction,
25 novel combination, and arrangement of parts
hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, and pointed out in
the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
30 view of a wire-stretcher constructed in ac-
cordance with this invention, the bars or
members being partially open. Fig. 2 is a
side elevation, the sections or members be-
ing closed. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view
35 on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail
perspective view of the bar or member hav-
ing the wire-receiving loop.
Like numerals of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all the figures of the
40 drawings.
1 and 2 designate two substantially L-
shaped bars or members connected near their
angles by a pivot 3, consisting of a rivet or
other suitable fastening device and permit-
45 ting the sections or members to swing apart
or separate to carry their engaging arms 4
and 5 away from each other to open the de-
vice, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompa-
nying drawings. The pivot 3 is located a
50 short distance from the angle of the bars or
members and passes through perforations of
the shanks or handle portions of the same,being arranged at right angles to both the
arms and handle portions.
The shanks of the bars or members are pro- 55
vided at their inner edges with notches 11
and 2" and are beveled adjacent to the same
to form a wire-cutter. When it is desired to
cut a wire, the shanks are spread, as illus-
trated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying draw- 6o
ings, and are closed on the wire to bring the
cutting edges into contact with the same.
The arm 5 of the bar or members 2 is pro-
vided at its inner face with transverse grooves
6, adapted to receive a fence-wire which is 65
introduced into the grooves when the device
is open, as shown in Fig. 1, and it is locked
in the said grooves by closing the device and
arranging the parts as illustrated in Fig. 2.
When the parts are arranged as illustrated 7o
in Fig. 2, the engaging arms 4 and 5 are ar-
ranged in the same plane and are adapted to
fit against a fence-post to enable the device
to be rotated for winding the wire around
the arms 4 and 5, whereby a fence-wire may 75
be stretched to the desired tension. After
the fence-wire is stretched to the desired ten-
sion by rotating the device it is stapled or
otherwise secured to the fence-post.
The arms are supported when closed by a 80o
loop 7, located at the outer end of the arm 5
and consisting of a substantially L-shaped
piece cooperating with the adjacent face of
the arm to form.a rectangular loop to receive
the outer end of the other arm. 85
The loop 7 is adapted to engage or receive
a fence-wire after the same has been fastened
to the fence-post in order to crimp fence-wires
between the posts and to take up any slack
therein. After a fence-wire is arranged in 90
the loop the device is closed to confine the wire
in the same, and it is then twisted in either
direction to tighten the fence-wire. After the
fence-wire is looped or crimped in this man-
ner the device is readily disengaged from the 95
same.
The outer end 8 of the arm 4 is slightly
curved and pointed to engage a staple, and
the bar or member 1 is provided at its angle
with a heel 9, forming an extension or pro- oo
longation of the arm 4 and adapted to be struck
by a hammer to drive the pointed outer end
8 into a staple. After the pointed end 8 is in-
troduced into a staple the latter may be read-UNITED
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Gardner, Robert J. Wire-Stretcher., patent, October 5, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174751/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.