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- This invention relates to fences, and more especially to the compensators used in the midlength or at least between the points of permanent fastening of a wire fence; and the object of the same is to provide an improved compensator or tension device which will permit the longitudinal expansion and contraction of the wire under changes in temperature, Without the necessity for any watching.
- the invention consists in a tension device or compensator constructed as hereinafterspecifically described and claimed, and as illustrated on the sheet of the drawings, wherein- Figure l is a perspective View of a section of fence with my improved tension device located in the wires thereof. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the tension device.
- the letter H designates a helical. spring having a loop L at each end, S is a stop composed of a stout piece of wire passed through the spring and having its ends E bent laterally, and W W are the wires or sections of the same wire which are connected to the loops. If the wire is plain or barbed it is merely passed through the loop, bent back, and twisted on itself; and if it be ribbon wire, it may be similarly passed through the loop and folded or lapped on itself and a staple, pin, or rivet R passed through the lapped portions to hold them together. However, I lay no claim to the specific manner of securing the wires to theloops.
- the spring wire is small but quite stiff,
- the stop is preferably about five inches in length between its ends E so as to limit the distention of the spring before the latter is broken.
- my improved tension device is secured in each fence wire preferably about midway between its ends, as will be understood. If the fence is built during the summertime the tension device will be put in in a contracted condition as shown in the drawings, so that when cold weather comes and the sections of the wire contract the tension device can expand sufficiently to compensate. In very long stretches of fence, a tension device should be located once in, say, every quarter-mile, more or less, according to the amount of expansion and contraction possessed by the wire of which the fence is built.
- the herein described tension device for fence-wires comprising a helical spring with an integral loop at each end, and a stop consisting of a stiff wire passing through the spring and having each end laterally bent, as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
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S. S. TAYLOR.
TENSION DEVICE.
No. 488,280. Patented Dec. 20, 1892.
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SAMUEL S. TAYLOR, OF SCHOOLEYS MOUNTAIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK BELL, OF JERSEY CITY, NElV JERSEY.
TENSION DEVICE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,230, dated December 20, 1892.
Application filed July 14, 1892. Serial No. 440.053. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schooleys Mountain, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Tension Device, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to fences, and more especially to the compensators used in the midlength or at least between the points of permanent fastening of a wire fence; and the object of the same is to provide an improved compensator or tension device which will permit the longitudinal expansion and contraction of the wire under changes in temperature, Without the necessity for any watching.
To this end the invention consists in a tension device or compensator constructed as hereinafterspecifically described and claimed, and as illustrated on the sheet of the drawings, wherein- Figure l is a perspective View of a section of fence with my improved tension device located in the wires thereof. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the tension device.
Referring to the said drawings, the letter H designates a helical. spring having a loop L at each end, S is a stop composed of a stout piece of wire passed through the spring and having its ends E bent laterally, and W W are the wires or sections of the same wire which are connected to the loops. If the wire is plain or barbed it is merely passed through the loop, bent back, and twisted on itself; and if it be ribbon wire, it may be similarly passed through the loop and folded or lapped on itself and a staple, pin, or rivet R passed through the lapped portions to hold them together. However, I lay no claim to the specific manner of securing the wires to theloops. The spring wire is small but quite stiff,
its convolutions standing normally against or nearly against each other, and the stop is preferably about five inches in length between its ends E so as to limit the distention of the spring before the latter is broken.
In use, my improved tension device is secured in each fence wire preferably about midway between its ends, as will be understood. If the fence is built during the summertime the tension device will be put in in a contracted condition as shown in the drawings, so that when cold weather comes and the sections of the wire contract the tension device can expand sufficiently to compensate. In very long stretches of fence, a tension device should be located once in, say, every quarter-mile, more or less, according to the amount of expansion and contraction possessed by the wire of which the fence is built.
Should stock push or run against a fence hav-' ing one of these tension devices the latter will expand to the limit permit-ted byits stop, but neither the wire nor the tension device willbreak. I do not limit myself to any particular size or proportions of parts.
What is claimed as new is- The herein described tension device for fence-wires, the same comprising a helical spring with an integral loop at each end, and a stop consisting of a stiff wire passing through the spring and having each end laterally bent, as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.
SAMUEL S. TAYLOR.
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