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Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire-stretcher designed to repair wire fences manually.

Date: October 22, 1901

Creator: Pearson, Charles Ewell

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the combination, with an essentially T-shaped body having the members of the head inclined in direction of the straight member and provided with a series of teeth, of a lever pivoted to the straight member of the body contiguous to the head and clamping-jaws pivoted upon the said lever" (lines 32-39).

Date: February 19, 1889

Creator: Hughes, George Roland

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).

Date: May 21, 1889

Creator: Stiles, Frederick

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has for its object to provide a device of simple, durable, and economical construction and capable of carrying the roll taut a sufficient distance beyond the post to conveniently nail the wire thereto, and whereby any amount of slack can be taken up by repeated operation. The further object of the invention is to provide a machine which will also be able to draw together the broken ends of a wire and take up the slack between the posts"… more

Date: October 22, 1889

Creator: Hickman, Thomas P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretching and Reeling Machine.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "relates to improvements in wire-stretchers for use in building wire fences, and also adapted to take up the wire and reel the same when it is desired to take a fence down" (lines 12-16). It consists, "with the main frame, of the inclined and slotted standards secured thereto, the boxes arranged on said standards, the pivoted pawl carried by the boxes, and a reel-shaft carrying a pinion and arranged in the slots of the standards and supp… more

Date: November 4, 1890

Creator: Claunch, Martin B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has reference more particularly to that class of devices which are adapted to be applied to and removed from the wires at will" (lines 9-11). It consists in "the rigid bar, hooks . . . pivoted to the bar, and a laterally projecting arm" (lines 69-71).

Date: January 6, 1891

Creator: Reed, Francis O.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher used in the building and repair of wire fences, including illustrations. This wire-stretcher's design has features which improve the efficiency of the construction of wire fences.

Date: April 17, 1906

Creator: Feist, Felix L.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretching Device for Fence Posts.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a fence-post, the coupled pulleys mounted thereon and adapted to be simultaneously rotated, independent fence-wires extending in opposite directions and attached to one of the pulleys at points thereon that are arranged close together, and binding-sleeves for preventing the rotation of the pulleys after the wires have been stretched" (lines 14-21).

Date: March 16, 1886

Creator: Priday, Henry

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design is "for stretching and repairing wire, the combination of a main bar having a longitudinal slot, and having an upwardly-facing shoulder provided with a groove, a guide-block in the lower end of the slot, a shaft journaled in the sides of the slot and having a pinion within the slot and a ratchet handle at its outer end for revolving it, a spring pawl engaging the pinion, a cam-lever pivoted upon the upper end of the main bar and engaging… more

Date: May 4, 1886

Creator: La Bauve, Odelon Joseph

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has relation to that class of wire-stretchers in which a drum is journaled in a frame and is provided with a ratchet-wheel at one end, and in which a lever is pivoted in the frame, which engages the ratchet-wheel, serving to revolve it, and a pawl engages the ratchet-wheel, so as to prevent it from revolving backward, the frame being provided with a wire-clamp, and a rope or chain upon the drum being also provided with a wire-clamp, so … more

Date: June 29, 1886

Creator: Menefee, Stephen Austin & Mullinax, Eli Stephens

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the stretcher-frame composed of side bars and a cross-bar which connects them, the hinged loop attached at one end of said side pieces and the rotary shaft arranged in bearings at the other end, the ratchet and pawl, the rope having catches, and the sheave attached to the cross-bar of the frame" (lines 15-22).

Date: September 28, 1886

Creator: Huling, Williams Neyland

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a block carrying bails or loops, and longitudinally grooved, of racks mounted within said grooves, a crank-shaft carrying a pinion, said shaft being mounted in standards secured to the block, pawls arranged to engage with ratchet-teeth formed in the racks, and clamping-jaws fixed to opposite ends of the racks" (lines 87-94).

Date: December 14, 1886

Creator: Graham, Andrew Bascome

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Splicer and Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire splicer and stretcher. This design "consist[s] of a suitable body . . . provided with a series of perforations and having its ends turned in opposite directions, one end being tapered to an edge and notched and the other end being pointed" (lines 24-28).

Date: February 22, 1887

Creator: Lea, John Houston

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).

Date: February 22, 1887

Creator: Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "the combination of a bar provided with a toothed quadrant and with a boss having an overhanging projection at its rear end, an eccentric pivoted on the face of the said boss for holding the wire against the projection, a hand-lever pivoted to the bar, and provided with a spring-detent engaging with a toothed quadrant, a plate pivoted at one end to the hand-lever and provided with an overhanging projection, and a second eccen… more

Date: July 19, 1887

Creator: Mason, James Alexander

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consists in the combination of a slotted lever provided with points at one end to catch against the side of the post and a hook over which one end of the chain is fastened, a sliding frame, a reel or drum, pawls, a guiding-pulley, a wire or chain, to which the clamp is secured, and a chain for fastening the stretcher to the post . . . [it] is to provide a slotted handle a sliding frame . . . so that when the strain of the wire being str… more

Date: July 26, 1887

Creator: Dunbar, William E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department