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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES ANDREW STEWART, OF MAhIIOMET, TEYZAS.
WIRE-STRETCHER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 7, 1911.
Application filed September 8, 1910. Serial No. 580,973.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES A. STEWART,
citizen of the United States, residing at
Mahomet, in the county of Burnet and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Wire-Stretch-
ers; and I do declare the following to be a
full, clear, and exact description of the in-
vention, such as will enable others skilled in
10 the art to which it appertains to make and
use the same.
This invention relates to improvements
in wire stretchers.
The object of the invention is to provide
15 a simple and practical tool whereby a wire,
or a wire fence may be quickly and easily
stretched without danger of injury to the
operator.
With the foregoing and other objects in
20 view, the invention consists of certain novel
features of construction, combination and
arrangement of parts as will be more fully
described and particularly pointed out in
the appended claim.
25 In the accompanying drawings: Figure
1 is a plan view of my improved wire
stretcher showing the same applied to a
post for the purpose of stretching the wire,
and illustrating in full and dotted lines the
30 manner in which the wire is stretched; Fig.
2 is a perspective view of the tool.
In the illustrated embodiment of the in-
vention I provide a stretching lever 1 hav-
ing on one end an enlarged head 2 in one
35 side of which is formed a curved recess 3,
whereby the same is engaged with a post
or other fixed object which serves as a ful-
crum when the lever is operated to stretch
the wire. On the outer end of the lever 1
40 is formed a bearing lug 4 on which is pivot-
ally mounted the movable jaw or member 5
of a wire clamp or grip 6, the fixed jaw or
member 7 of which is formed by the outer
end of the head 2 of enlarged end of the
45 lever 1. The coacting surfaces of the pivot-
ed jaw 5 and the fixed jaw 7 of the clamp
are preferably serrated or provided with
gripping teeth whereby a firm hold may be
obtained on the wire. On the engaging
5 edge of the pivoted jaw 5 is formed an
over-hanging or outwardly extending guide
flange 5' which, when the pivoted jaw 5 is
is operative engagement with the fixed jaw
7, will lap over said fixed jaw and thus posi-
e tively prevent the wire from slipping up
and down and out of engagement with thegripping members. The movable jaw or
member 5 of the clamp is eccentrically pivot-
ed on the bearing lug 4 and said jaw is pro-
vided on its outer end with a handle 8 60
whereby the same may be brought into en-
gagement with the wire.
Pivotally mounted on the stretching lever
1, near the inner end of the enlarged por-
tion or head 2 thereof is mn anchoring lever 65
9 which is preferably of curved or angular
formation as shown. On the inner end of
the lever 9 is formed an inwardly curved
or hook shaped anchoring spur 10, which is
preferably bifurcated or in the form of two 70
teeth which are tapered to a sharp edge or
point and are adapted to be forced into the
side of the post or object serving as a ful-
crum for the stretching lever. In the outer
end of the anchoring lever 9 is formed an 75
alligator wrench 11 whereby the device may
be employed for turning nuts or other
square or tubular objects.
In the inner edge of the lever 1 adjacent
to the head 2 thereof is formed one member 80
12 of a wire cutter, the opposite member 13
of which is formed in the adjacent portion
of the anchoring lever 9. The members 12
and 13 when thus arranged are adapted to
be brought in coperative engagement when 85
the levers 1 and 9 are brought together thus
providing an efficient means for cutting
wire. The outer end of the lever 1 is
tapered or wedge shaped and has formed
therein a V-shaped notch 14 whereby said 90
end of the lever forms an efficient nail and
staple extractor. On the upper side of the
lever 1 adjacent to its outer end is arranged
a hook 15 with which is adapted to be ad-
justably connected a lever holding chain 16, 95
the opposite end of which is secured in an
eye or other suitable fastening means 17 ar-
ranged on the lever 9 adjacent to its outer
end.
In the operation of the tool for the pur- 100
pose of stretching a wire the curved inner
edge of the head 2 of the stretching lever
is engaged with a post or other stationary
object which forms a fulcrum for said lever.
When thus engaged the end of the wire to 105
be stretched is inserted between the jaws of
the wire clamp or grip after which the lever
1 is swung around on the post or object
with which the same is engaged thereby
stretching and drawing the wire around the 110
post until said wire has been stretched to
the desired extent, whereupon the anchor-983,782.
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Stewart, James Andrew. Wire-Stretcher., patent, February 7, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511686/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.