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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES EWELL PEARSON, OF MEXIA, TEXAS.
WIRE-STRETCH ER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,857, dated October 22, 1901.
Application filed January 15, 1901. Serial No. 43,400. (No model.)To all whom ? imay concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES E WELL PE AR-
SON, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Mexia, in the county of Limestone and
5 State of Texas, have invented a certain new
and useful Wire-Stretcher, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification, reference being had
therein to the accompanying drawings.
This invention relates to wire-stretchers;
1o and the object in view is to provide a simple
and convenient manually-operated machine
especially designed for constructing and re-
pairing wire fences, the machine being also
adapted for the purpose of hoisting wagon-
15 bodies and various articles and holding the
same in an elevated position. The machine
is also useful for the purpose of taking down
wire fences whenever necessary and is capa-
ble of being easily managed by a single op-
20 erator.
The present invention is in the nature of
an improvement upon the construction dis-
closed in Letters Patent No. 638,051, granted
November 28, 1899, to Benjamin C. Hancock.
25 One aim of the present invention is to pro-
vide a novel construction of ratchet-wheel by
means of which the stretching-rope and other
parts of the machine are prevented from in-
terfering with the pawls and ratchets which
30 serve to prevent the windlass-shaft from turn-
ing after the machine has been operated for
stretching the wires.
Another object is to render the machine
more practicable for the purpose of operat-
35 ing in different directions and adapting the
same to right and left hand persons, the ma-
chine being reversible, so that it may be op-
erated with either side upward.
Another feature of novelty resides in the
40 particular manner of lengthening and short-
ening the cable by means of which the ma-
chine is secured to one of the fence-posts and
held during the operation of stretching the
wires.
45 These and other objects of the invention will
appear more fully in the course of the ensuing
description.
The invention consists in a wire-stretcher
embodying certain novel features and details
So of construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully described, illustrated in the
drawings, and incorporated in the claim.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a plan view of a wire-stretcher constructed
in accordance with the present invention and 55
shown in operative relation to a fence-post
and one of the wires, illustrating the man-
ner of stretching or drawing the wire. Fig.
2 is a similar view of the machine, showing
the manner of elevating or hoisting wagon- 6o
bodies, &c. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section
through the windlass-frame on the line 3 3
of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sec-
tion showing the construction of the ratchet-
wheels, &c., and the manner of securing the 65
same to the windlass-shaft. Fig. 5 is a plan
view of the operating-crank.
Similar numerals of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings. 70
Referring to the drawings, it will be seen
that the windlass-frame 1 is of open rectan-
gular form, being preferably cast or otherwise
formed in a single piece. Extending longitu-
dinally and laterally from one end or corner 75
of the frame is a horn or hook 2, having a
pointed extremity adapted to engage with a
post or with a wagon-body or other article to
be hoisted, as shown in Fig. 2, said hook also
forming a handle adapted to be grasped by 8o
the operator for holding and steadying the
machine while it is being operated for stretch-
ing the wires. At the opposite end of the
windlass-frame is arranged a bolster 3. Said
bolster projects longitudinally and is also off- 85
set laterally, so as to engage a fence-post 4
and permit the longitudinal member 5 of the
bolster to lie to one side of the post, as illus-
trated in Fig. 1. The outer surface of the
portion 5 of the bolster is longitudinally con- 90
caved or recessed, as shown at 6, to receive
the stretching-cable 7,which passes through an
opening 8 in the adjacent end of the windlass-
frame and has its end secured to an eye 9 on the
windlass-shaft 10, which is journaled in bear- 95
ings 11, formed integrally with the side bars
of the windlass-frame. The stretching-cable
7 has connected to its opposite end a rope-
grip 12 of ordinary construction, adapted to
receive and engage one of the fence-wires 13, z o0
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Pearson, Charles Ewell. Wire Stretcher, patent, October 22, 1901; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514179/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.