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rotation of the axles will be prevented owing
to engagement of the spring members with
the links.
Connected to the framework, preferably to
5 the members 13 14, are tension-springs 30 31
in constant engagement by their free ends
with the wire-spool to serve as yieldable
brakes to the spool and prevent its too easy
movement. The tension-springs may be of
,o any suitable strength, so that they will exert
the requisite force upon the spool, and may
be of any size or strength required.
A brake means will be employed to coact
with one or both of the tension-springs to in-
5 crease or decrease the force of its engagement
with the wire-spool, and thus control the
movement of the latter.
For the purpose of braking the reel I em-
ploy a wedge member 32, connected to an
20 operating-handle 33 and adapted to be in-
serted between the tension-spring 31 and the
frame member 14, which action will compress
the tension-springs more or less tightly against
the spool, the wedge form of the member 32
25 enabling the pressure to be perfectly regu-
lated, and thus easily control the pressure
and retard the movement of the spool to any
desired extent or to check it entirely, as may
be desired. It will be obvious by this arrange-
30 ment that the movement of the spool may be
very easily and readily controlled by the op-
erator.
The framework will preferably be provided
with diagonal brace members 34 to increase
'5 its stability.
The side members 10 11 may be extended,
as indicated at 35 36, to form thills or shafts
to enable a horse to be connected to the frame-
work, if desired; and to this end one of the
4o members 12 will be provided with a single-
tree 37 of the ordinary construction to provide
for the connecting of the horse with the ap-
paratus.
The framework may be of any required size
45 and of any suitable material, but will prefer-
ably be of wood and as light as possible to
decrease its bulkiness to the largest extent
consistent with the required strength and the
strains to which it will be subjected. When
53 employed with the thill or shaft extensions, a
seat for the driver may also be added, if re-
quired.
One of the wedge brake members 32 33 may
be attached to each of the tension-springs;
55 but one only is shown as being sufficient to
illustrate the invention, as the addition of
another brake would not be a departure from
the principle of the invention.
Under some cicumstances it may be desir-
6o able to apply brakes to the draft-wheels 28
29-for instance, when running along a side
hill-when it may be desirable to check the
movement of one of the draft-wheels to pre-
vent the device tilting over, and this may be
65 readily done by inserting a wedge between
the wheels 28 or 29, as the case may be, and
the adjacent transverse member 12, as indi-cated at 38 in Fig. 2, this wedge member 38
being preferably supported when not in use
by a flexible strap or other suitable support, 70
(indicated at 39.)
This makes a very complete, easily-oper-
ated, and convenient device for the purposes
above enumerated and may be employed for
supporting the spools of fence-wire, either 75
barbed or otherwise, telegraph or telephone
wire, and may also be employed in stringing
check-row wires and for other purposes in
which wire is required to be unwound from
reels or spools. 8o
Having thus described the invention, what
is claimed is-
1. In a device of the character described, a
reel, a supporting-frame, oppositely-disposed
axle members carried by said frame and ro- 85
tatively supporting said reel, carrier-wheels
mounted on the axles, and means for moving
said axle members longitudinally independ-
ently of the wheels to release the reel.
2. In a device of the character described, 90
the combination of a supporting-frame hav-
ing spaced longitudinal bars arranged in
pairs, axle members carried by the bars and
disposed transversely thereof, carrier-wheels
mounted on the axle members between the 95
spaced bars, a reel rotatively supported by
the axle members, and means for moving the
axle members longitudinally independently
of the wheels to release the reel.
3. In a device of the character described, imoo
the combination of a supporting-frame, op--
positely-disposed axle members sustained by
the frame, links engaging the outer ends of
the axle members, carrier - wheels mounted
for rotation on the axles, a reel rotatively 105
supported by the axle members, and spring
members engaging the links for moving the
axle members longitudinally independently
of the wheels to release the reel.
4. In a device of the character described, a ro
reel, a supporting-frame, oppositely-disposed
axle members carried by said frame and ro-
tatively supporting said reel, oppositely-dis-
posed links movably connected to said axle
members, and spring-controlled lever-arms 115
movably engaging said links, whereby said
axle members are yieldably supported and
adapted to be moved longitudinally to re-
lease said axle, substantially as described.
5. In a device of the character described, a 120
framework provided with spaced longitudi-
nal members, axle members disposed in lon-
gitudinal alinement transversely upon said
spaced frame members, carrier-wheels engag-
ing said axles between said spaced frame 125
members, a reel carried by the adjacent ends
of said axles, and spring-levers for longitu-
dinally moving said axle members independ-
ently of said carrier -wheels to release said
reel, substantially as described. 130
6. In a device of the character described, a
supporting-frame consisting of spaced side
members extended at one end into draft-thills,
longitudinally -alined axle members trans-,2
726,855
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Brooks, Jesse Watson. Wire-Reeling Apparatus, patent, May 5, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510793/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.