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lever will be to carry the body A in direction
of the wire, thus causing the claws to firmly
engage with the post. When the wire has
been placed under sufficient tension, the le-
5 ver 14 may be carried into the space between
the members of the body and made to enter
the keeper or stirrup 12, thereby holding the
wire under tension, and if a long pull is to
be made on the wire to properly stretch it the
io pull-bar 16 will be pivoted to the lever at its
outermost opening 15, while if an exceedingly
short pull only on the wire is desirable the
pull-bar will be pivoted in the opening of the
lever nearest the body A.
15 Thus it will be observed that the amount
of tension that is to be placed upon the wire
may be regulated at pleasure. The change
in the position of the pull-rod relative to the
lever may be quickly made, since it is simply
20 necessary to bring the lug 18 on the post of
the pull-rod over the contracted portion of
the opening in the lever, whereupon the pull
rod or bar will drop from the lever. In the
event the first action of the lever does not
25 place the wire under sufficient tension the
slack of the wire may be taken up by bring-
ing said wire in engagement with the second
clasp attached to the body, as shown in Fig.
2, whereupon the first or advanced clasp may
30 be released from the wire, another grip taken,
and the wire further stretched.
When the device is to be used for drawing
two ends of a wire together for the purpose
of splicing said wire, the clasp which is at-
35 tacked directly to the body is turned over
and is brought in engagement with one end
of the wire, the body not necessarily being
connected with the post at that time, and the
second clasp is engaged with the other end
40 of the wire and the lever 14 is manipulated,
as heretofore set forth, thereby drawing the
two ends of the wire together and admitting
of the splicing being effectually accomplished.
Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters 45
Patent-
1. In a wire-stretcher having a body por-
tion thereof shaped to embrace a post, a le-
ver fulcrumed in the said body, an angular
pull-bar adjdustably connected with said lever, 50
and a clasp consisting of a body-bar, having
a lug and a cam facing the said lug, which
clasp is connected with said pull-bar, a pro-
jection from the said body, and a second clasp
attached to said projection, both clasps being 55
capable of being reversed in position, for the
purpose specified.
2. In a wire-stretcher,the combination, with
a body provided with claws, and a lever piv-
oted in the said body, having a series of key- 6o
hole-slots produced therein, of a pull-bar hav-
ing a post formed thereon and a lug projected
from the post, the post and lug being arranged
to pass through an opening in said lever, a
clasp carried by the pull-bar, and a second 65
clasp having a flexible connection with the
body of the said stretcher, for the purpose
specified.
3. In a wire-stretcher, the combination,with
a body having a portion thereof fitted to ei- 70
brace a post, the said body being provided
with a keeper, and a lever fulcrumed in the
body, having a series of openings therein, of
an angular pull-bar provided with a projec-
tion arranged for locking engagement with 75
the lever at one of the openings therein, a
clasp connected with the said pull-bar, which
clasp comprises a body having a lug formed
thereon and a cam provided with a handle
pivoted oii the body opposite the said lug, 8o
and a second clasp having a loose connection
with the body of the stretcher, as and for the
purpose specified.
WILLIAM T. McNEILL.
Witnesses:
N. C. SMITT,
W. E. GOLDEN.2
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McNeill, William T. Wire - Stretcher., patent, December 28, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513266/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.