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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE
WILLIAM T. McNEILL, OF STONEBURG, TEXAS
WIRE-STRETCH ER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,377, dated December 28, 1897.
Application filed June 25, 1897. Serial No. 642,261. (Ne model.)To all whlom t vmay concern
Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. MCNEILL,
of Stoneburg, in the county of Montague and
State of Texas, have invented a new and Im-
5 proved Wire-Stretcher, of which the following
is a full, clear, and exact description
My invention relates to improvements in
wire-fence-making implements; and the ob-
ject of the invention is to provide a wire-
So stretcher capable of having bearing against
the post and of such manipulation that the
wire may be expeditiously and conveniently
placed under any desired tension, and where-
by, further, the wire may be held under ten-
[5 sion as long as desired, and also whereby the
device may be utilized for drawing the ends
of a broken wire together or the ends of op-
posing wires together in such manner that
they may be brought under tension and con-
2o nected.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a wire-stretcher which may be attached
to the wires direct or have bearing against
the post, as stated, but wherein when the de-
25 vice is placed in engagement with the post it
need not be secured thereto.
The invention consists in the novel con-
struction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,
30 and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification,
in which similar characters of reference indi-
cate corresponding parts in all the figures.
35 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im-
proved device, illustrating the wire as con-
nected therewith and just about to be
stretched. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device,
illustrating the wire as having been placed
40 under tension and as being held under ten-
sion, the device having been carried forward
to place the device under further tension.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device, illustrat-
ing its application to wires for the purpose
45 of connecting the same. Fig. 4 is a longitu-
dinal section through a lever, illustrating the
manner in which the arm carrying the grip
device is adjustably connected with said le-'
ver; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of
50 the arm carrying the gripping device, show-
ing one of the posts or studs thereof.The body A of the device consists of a bar
of metal bent upon itself to form two parallel
members 10, which members terminate at
their ends in claws or hooks 11. The lower- 55
most member near its claw or hook is pro-
vided with a stirrup 12, which is projected
outwardly therefrom, and said lower member
is further provided between the stirrup and
the bow end of the body with an outwardly- 60
extending pivoted bar 13. A lever 14 is piv-
oted in the body A near its bowed end, the
said lever being provided with a series of
openings 15, which are preferably in the form
of keyhole-slots. An angle pull-bar 16 is at- 65
tached to the lever 14. The shorter member
a of the said pull-bar is provided with a stud
17, having a horizontal lug 18 formed at its
upper end, whereby said stud may be made
to enter one of the keyhole-slots, and when 70
the pull-bar is turned to bring the lug 18 over
the top of the lever the pull-bar while piv-
otally connected with the lever cannot leave
the same.
At the extremity of the long member a' of 75
the pull-bar 16 a length of chain or a link and
swivel 18 is usually attached, being likewise
connected with the body-bar 20 of a clasp,
the said body-bar being provided with a lug
21 upon its upper face at one side and a 8o
toothed cam 22, which is pivoted to the body-
bar, its toothed surface facing the said lug,
the cam being provided with an attached
handle 23.
A length of chain or link and swivel 24 is 85
also attached to the bar 13, projected from
the body, and this chain is connected with a
second clasp, comprising also a body-bar 25,
having a lug 26 formed thereon and provided
with a toothed cam 27, having an attached 90
handle 28
In the operation of the device the hooks or
claws 11 of the body-bar are made to engage
with a side of a post B, facing the direction
in which the wire 29 is to be drawn. The 95
wire 29 is passed between the body-lug and -
the cam of the clasp attached to the pull-bar
16, the lever 14 having been carried in direc-
tion of the said wire, as shown in Fig. 1. The
lever is then drawn in direction of the post, oo
and the consequence will be that while the
wire is placed under tension the action of the
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McNeill, William T. Wire - Stretcher., patent, December 28, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513266/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.