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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
ISAAC W. HOLLAND, OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
WIRE-STRETCHER.Specification of Letters Patent. PateIted Nw.18, 1913.
Application filed June 13, 1913. Serial No. 773,395.lo 1 71/wh/oU it ?la/ concern:
Be it known that I, ISAAC W. Ho JL.AND, a
citizen of the United States of America, and.
resident of Midlothian, in the county of
e Ellis and State of Texas, have invented cer-
tain new and useful Improvements in Wire-
Stretchers, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
This invention relates to wire stretchers
10 and particularly to a. device used for draw-
ing the ends of wire together for the purpose
of splicing the same, the invention contem-
plating the provision of novel means acting
as a combined wire gripping device and a
15 staple or wire fastener displacer, so that an
operator may pull a staple or wire fastener
or grapple a wire for the purpose of stretch-
ing the same by the same pull.
A further object of this invention is to
20 provide a wire stretcher which will retain
the ends of a wire together, means being pro-
vided for suspending the wire stretcher with-
out the aid of the operator so that the oper-
ator may be free to manipulate the ends of
25 the wire for the purpose of splicing the
same.
A further object of this invention is to
produce a wire stretcher of the character
noted which will possess advantages in
30 points of simplicity, efficiency and durabil-
ity, proving at the same time comparatively
inexpensive to manufacture.
With the foregoing and other objects in
view, the invention consists in the details of
35 construction and in the arrangement and
combination of parts to be hereinafter more
fully set forth and claimed.
In describing the invention in detail, ref-
erence will be had to the accompanying
40 drawings forming part of this specification
wherein like characters denote correspond-
ing parts in the several views, and in
wich-
Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of
45 the wire stretcher embodying the invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates a view in elevation on an
enlarged scale, of a fragment of the wire
stretcher; Fig. 3 illustrates a top plan view
of a fragment of a wire stretcher; Fig. 4
50 illustrates the wire stretcher in operative po-
sition with relation to the ends of a wire to
be stretched; and Fig. 5 illustrates the wire
stretcher in the position to which it has been
manipulated for drawing the ends of the
55 wire together, the said illustration showing
the manner of suspending the wire stretcher.In these drawings 6, 6, denote the sides of
the wire stretelcer, coinpris ig metallic bars
having coinciding notches 7, 7, in their edges,
which notches Jorim seats for the pin 8 which Go
e~tendsl through the link 9, the said link be-
ing adjustable longitudinally of the bars 6
by being placed in the seats at; such appro-
priate position as to make the device cliec-
tive for stretching the wire which may be 65
applied to the hook 10 supported by the end
of the link 9. The hook 10 is preferably
made of steel wire with a V-shaped seat 11
in which the wire is wedged to increase the
frictional contact between the wire and the 70
hook proportional to the pull or force exert-
ed in stretching the wire.
The two bars 6, 6, which form the body
of the stretcher are held in separated rela-
tion to each other by means of an arm 12, 75
which is secured between the bars 6, 6, at
one end by means of the fastenings 13, the
said arm 12 being provided with a chain or
other hanger 14 with a wire engaging mem-
ber such as the hook 15 designed to engage 80
and be supported by the wire of a fence, as
shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The bars
0, 6, are held in separated relation to each
other at the opposite end by the shank 16 of
the grappling hooks 17 which grappling 85
hooks are of curved formation and terminate
in pointed ends 18 which are designed to
be inserted in a staple or back of a wire fas-
tener for the purpose of displacing said
staple or wire fastener. The hooks are fur- 90
other provided with seats 19a for the recep-
tion of wire. The hook 17 comprises the
shank 16 as stated and two fork like mnem-
bers 19 which converge slightly and each is
provided with a point 18, the function of 95
which has been heretofore stated. The shank
16 is secured in place by the fasteners 20
which may be in the form of rivets or other
securing devices so that the structure is of
great durability and efficiency. 100
In using the wire stretcher for the purpose.
of drawing together two ends of a wire for
the purpose of splicing the same, one end of
the wire is applied to the hook 10 and the
other end of the wire is applied to the hook 105
17 when the parts are in the relation shown
in Fig. 4. T1Ihe link 9 may be adjusted as
stated according to the length of the wire
to which it is applied and thereafter the
wire stretcher is manipulated by inverting it 110
from the position shown in Fig. 4 so that it
assumes the position shown in Fig. 5 where-1,079,127.
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Holland, Isaac W. Wire-Stretcher., patent, November 18, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859733/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.