US357916A - Machine for making fences - Google Patents

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MACHINE FOR MAKING FENCES N0. 357,916. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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LUOIAN GABEL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES GABEL AND HENRY G-ABEL, BOTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS.

, MACHBNE FOR MAKING FENCES.

SPECIFICATIONfor-ming part of Letters Patent No. 357,916, dated February 15, 1887. Application filed December 11, 1886. Serial No. 221,281. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUOIAN GABEL, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Machines for \Viring Wood Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of to reference marked thereon,'which form part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved fence-machine as ready for use in constructing a section of picket fence. Fig. 2 is a' detail I 5 vertical section of the tension-bar. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the tension-bar on line or m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal vertical section of the tightener. Fig. 5 is a front View of the setting-bar and one of its adjust- .eo ing-pins detached. Fig. 6 is a view of the first twisting-iron. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the second twisting-iron. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are details of the various parts.

The invention relates to improvements in machines or devices for wiring wood fences;

and it has for its objects to provide an improved tension device for holding the wires suffioiently taut without rasping or injuring their surfaces, and also to provide means for suitably stretching the wires and setting the palings; and the invention consists .in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A, Fig. 1, designates the tension-bar of the device, by which the inner ends of the various pairs of wires are held in place, the outer ends of the wires being properly secured to the starting-post of the fence, as usual. This ten- 4 sion-bar is made of a single plank of suitable thickness, and is provided at regular or desired intervals in its length with circular openings at, about three inches in diameter. On each side of these openings at are the semicircular recesses a, much smaller than openings at, and diametrically opposite each other on a line drawn centrally through openings (4 at right angles to the side edges of bar A.

B are circular blocks of equal width with 5 bar A and corresponding in size to openings a, in which they are fitted and turn, each block B being provided with two circular recesses, b, diametrically opposite each other and adapted to be brought into coincidence with the recesses a of bar A.

O G designate washers of circular form and large enough to completely cover the openings a and prevent entrance of dirt or grit therein. These washers are secured to the blocks B, on each side of bar A, by suitable bolts, and the washers on one side of the bar are provided with outstanding arms 0, by which they can be turned, and consequently turn the block 13. These arms are provided with pins 0, attached'to the arms by short cords or chains, and which, by engaging suitable perforations or holes suitably formed in bar A, as shown, regulate the position of the blocks 13, as hereinafter. referred to.

i D D designate two parallel holes or conduits extending edgewise through the tension'bar and through the blocks B B in the line of the recesses a 1). Through these holes D are passed the wires of the fence, the holes in the blocks and bar being made to correspond, and then by turning the arms 0, and consequently blocks B, the wires are bent and any desired tension or grip upon them is obtained. The recesses a and b in the block and bar, respectively, prevent any abrasion of the wires held thereby, as is evident.

E designates a link-bar adapted to be engaged in any one of aseries of holes, d, in the bar A, and by which the same is connected to the stretcher F, hereinafter described. The 8 top of the tension-bar may be provided with holes or other device by which stay-ropes can be fastened to it to keep the bar vertical when in operation, if desired.

' F designates the stretcher or tightening device, composed of the base F and sliding bar F, which moves in guideloopsf, secured to base F. The inner end of bar F" is provided on its lower surface with a catch, f, adapted to engage a rack or series of teeth secured to the base F, or formed therein, as shown.

G designates a lever secured to the inner end of bar F by a suitablelink,and having its lower end bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to engage the rack of base F and actuate the bar F The end of base F nearest lever G is provided with a staple or suitable device, by

which it can be secured to a stake or stump, and the end of bar F opposite lever G is provided with suitable means for attaching it to the link E of the tension-bar.

H designates a spacing-bar,which is of suitable size and height and provided with a number of openings, h, as shown, through which the wires of the fence pass, and by which the required distance apart of the pairs of wires and the wires in each pair is maintained, the wires being passed through this spacing-bar before attachment to the starting-post of the fence, or before being secured in the tensionbar, as may be most convenient, the position of the spacing-bar being between the tensionbar and startingpost. W

I I are spacing-pins having fiat broad heads, as shown, and adapted to be inserted in any of a series of holes, 2', in bar H, and each pin has attached a key, t", adapted to engage one of a series of holes in the shanks of the pins through suitable cross-openings to holes z in bar H, as shown, to regulate the distance of the heads of the pins from bar II.

J designates one form of wire-twisting iron of substantially the shape shown in Fig. 6, having the two vertical notchesj j extending to its center and the interposed finger or arm j.

K designates another form of wire-twisting iron, formed of two rods, 7t 70, having their ends tapered and bent in opposite directions and welded or suitably secured across each other in X form, as shown in Fig. 7.

The manner of using the machine is as follows: The wires, being secured to the startingpost in the usual manner, are passed rearward through spacing-bar H to tension-bar A ,where they are retained by the described means. The tension-bar, by means of its loop E, is attached to the bar F of tightener F, the tension-bar and tightener being placed sufficiently distant from the startingpost to allowthe making'of a fence-section, or as fartherefrom as the character of the ground or work will permit. The tightener F is anchored by a rope or chain attached to its base F to a stump or peg, its bar F being extended outward over base F, so that when all the parts are adjusted, as described, the lever G may be worked and the bar F closed upon base F, as described, and the wires sufficiently tightened. Thespacingpins I are then adjusted in position on bar H by the means described, so that the distance between their heads and the adjoining surface of the bar will be the determined width of space between the pickets or palings of the fence. The bar H is then moved up on the wires until its pins I impinge against the surface of the starting-post. One of the twistingirons, J or K, is then placed on a pair of the wires between the post and the bar H, with one arm between the wires of the pair, and turned, twisting the wires in opposite direc tions, as shown, and after all the pairs have been twisted successively the bar H is moved back and a paling inserted between the wires and forced back against the first twist in the wires. The bar H is then brought forward until its points impinge against the edge of the paling, and the operation of twisting the wire again repeated, as described.

It is obvious from the foregoing that when in operation the tensionbar A will permit the wires to pay through it after a certain predetermined tension is obtained on them, so that the operator will not have to loosen the tightener F as the section of fence nears completion, as would be necessary in ordinary forms of machines, in which the retaining-bar for the wires has to be moved up toward the starting-post as the number of twists in the wire increases, and that owing to the peculiar construction of the tension devices, as described, the wires will not be at all injured in their. passage through the tension-bar, as is generally the case with present tension devices, in which the wires are generally scored or roughened, both weakening the wire and increasing its tendency to rust.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a wire-and-wood-fenec machine, a tension device composed of a bar, A, provided with a suitable number of circular openings,

as described, and blocks 13, fitting in the openings of bar A, and provided with the washers O O, the blocks and bar being provided with the pairs of parallel holes or conduits through which the wires are passed,and means,substantially as set forth, for turning and securing the blocks B to vary the tension on the wires, all substantially in the manner and for thepurpose described.

2. The combination, with the tension-bar A, constructed and operated substantially as set forth, of a spacing-bar, H, placed upon the wires between the tension-bar and startingpost, and provided with the adjustable pins I, for regulating the distancebetween the paling, and means, substantially as described, to twist the wires between the spacing-bar and paling, all substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose described. 7

3. In a machine for wiring wood fences, a tightening device, F, composed of base-piece F, having a suitable rack and means for securing it to an anchor at one end, and bar F moving in guide-loops on the base-piece, adapted to be attached to one end of the wire-tension bar, and having at its other end a hook to engage'the rack of the base-piece, and a lever, G, secured to bar F and operating the latter, all substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4:. In a fence-wiring machine, the combination, with the tension-bar A, having a number of separate tension devices for the wires, constructed as described, of the tightener F, com-' posed of base-piece F, provided with a rack, and suitably secured to a fixed anchor, and bar F moving on base F, and connected at one end by suitable means with a link, E, adjustable at various points on thebarA, and having having adj listing-pins I, all constructed and at the other end a hook, and a ratchet-lever, adaptedto operate substantiallyin the manner G, all constructed and adapted to operate su'band for the purpose set forth. stantially as set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5- 5. A machine for wiring wood fences, eonmy own Iaffix my signaturein presence of two I5 sisting of the tension-bar A,having means, subwitnesses. stantially as described, for regulating the ten- LUOIAN GABEL. sion of the wires, tightener F, composed of Vitnesses: base F, and bar F actuated by lever G, and W. J. WELSH,

10 a rack on the base-piece, and spacing-bar.H, EDWARD WOOD.

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