US1028183A - Wire-clamp. - Google Patents

Description

H. R. BOOZE.

WIRE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 14, 1910.

Patented June 4, 1912.

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WIRE-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 1912.

Application filed June 14, 1910. Serial No. 566,794.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY R. Boozn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVire- Clamps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved wire clamping device and has for its object to provide a very simple and highly efficient wire clamp adapted for engagement upon fence wire fabric so that the same may be readily stretched before it is stapled to the fence post.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fence wire fabric clamp which may be easily and quickly clamped upon the wire fabric and which is also extremely strong and durable in its construction and may be manufactured at a minimum cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustratingthe application of my improved clamp an the manner in which the stretcher is adapted to co-act therewith in the stretching of the wire; and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing W designates the wire fence fabric upon the opposite sides of which the bars 5 of my improved clamp are adapted to be vertically arranged. These bars extend above and below the wire fabric as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The opposed edges of the clamping bars are provided respectively with the hooks 6 and eyes which are adapted to be engaged tosecure, the clamping bars upon the wires. Thesehooks and eyes are preferably formed upon the ends of the rods 9 which extend through the clamping bars 5 and project beyond the outer edges thereof. These projecting ends of the rods 9 are screw threaded to receive the nuts 8. By adjusting these nuts, the hooks and eyes carried by the respective clamping bars may be drawn in opposite directions, whereby the opposed vertical edges of the bars 5 are moved into close relation with each other upon the wires of the fence fabric which as previously stated is arranged between said bars. In order to permit of this movement of the rod 9 and to provide accommodation for the hooks and eyes carried thereby when the bars are thus drawn together, one of the corners of the opposed edges of said bars is provided with a longitudinal series of recesses 10 into which the hooks and eyes move as the rods are adjusted so that the clamping bars may be closely disposed upon each other.

To the bars 5 adjacent to their upper and lower ends, the plates 11 are secured. The ends of the plates upon one of said bars are each formed with an eye 12 to receive the hook rods 13, while the plates on the other bars are formed with hooks 14 which are adapted to be engaged by the links of a chain 15. The hook rods 13 are also engaged at one end with said chain whereby the same is secured to and connects the clamping bars. It will be observed that the rods 9 extend through the bars 5 adjacent to one of the side faces of said bars, while the chain 15 extends between the ends of the bar upon the other faces thereof. The bars are thus held against any liability of relative movement which would disengage their opposed inner edges which clamp upon the wire fabric. In this manner the fabric is very securely clamped and prevented from slipping while being stretched.

One means for stretching the wire is illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, but as the same comprises no part of the present application, it will not here be set forth in detail.

In the embodiment of the device above described, a clamp is produced which may be easily and quickly arranged upon the wires of the fence fabric and which will effectually clamp the same and prevent its longitudinal movement as it is being stretched across the fence post to which it is to be stapled. The chain 15 provides means for connecting the stretching device to the clamp as well as additional means for holding the clamping bars upon the wire fabric.

It is evident that my improved wire clamp may be manufactured at a very low cost and that the same is also durable in construction and highly efficient in operation.

While I have shown the preferred construction and arrangement of the various parts, it will be understood that the device is susceptible of various minor changes Without departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is The herein described wire stretching clamp embodying a pair of bars presenting opposing straight edges and provided at points intermediate their ends with registering recesses in their rear inner corners, bolts extending through the said bars at points spaced from their front rear sides, the inner ends of the bolts extending into the said recesses, the bolts of one of the bars being provided with eyes and those of the other bar being provided with hooks engaging said eyes so that the said bolts form detachable hinge connections between the bars, the said bolts being adjustable in the bars and being provided at their outer ends with securing and adjusting nuts which bear on the outer sides of the bars, the bars being further provided at their ends with stretching devices.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. HARRY R. BOOZE. Witnesses:

D. D. Booze, WVM. R. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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