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Nu. 6l9,062. Patented Feb. 7, I899.

' F. A. WITTICH.

VINE CLAMP.

(Application filed. Apr. 7, 1898.) (No Model.)

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FREDERICK A. WVITTICH, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO RUDOLF H. PFAFF AND FREDERICK K. LEWIS, OF SAME PLACE.

VINE-CLAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,062, dated February '7, 1899. Application filed April '7, 1898. Serial No. 676,741. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. WIT- TICH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ashtabula, county of Ashtabula, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vine-Clamps, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention has for its object an improved form of vine-clamp.

In the annexed drawings, Figure I represents an elevational view of my improved vine-clamp, illustrating it in position clampinga vine-stalk to a supporting-wire. Fig. II represents asectional View of the clam p,taken on line 2 2, Fig. I. a

A strip of elastic wire A is bent into a sinuous form, as shown, whereby a succession of loops a are provided.

The vine stalk having been placed against the supporting-wire B, a loop a is placed behind the wire, the two contiguous members a and a of the loops immediately on each side of said loop a being placed at the same time in front of said wire. The Wire of the loops being elastic a clamping action is present, which holds said end of the vine-clamp firmly in place on the Wire B. The other end of the clamp is similarly fastened upon the supporting-wire 'B on the opposite side of the vine-stalk. The elastic clamp hence presses against the said stalk, holding it firmly in place.

The loops are made of good length, whereby a large portion of the vine-stalk is subjected to pressure, thus distributing the said pres sure and reducing the liability of injury to the stalk to a minimum. By carefully selecting the loops which are fastened to the supporting-wire it is seen that the pressure of the clamp against the vine may be varied according to requirements, thus permitting the use of my clamp for the support of the most tender stalks without injury, and further permitting their use for any size of stalk and obtaining the same pressing force on all.

' said curvature being in a plane at right angles to the clamp plane. By this means a lock or catch is formed which eifectually prevents the clamp from slipping oif the said wire.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means covered by any one of the following claims be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and dis= tinctly claim as my inventiona 1. A vine-clamp consisting of a strip of re-' silient material bent to form a series of sinuous loops or bends, two or more of which loops or bends are bent outwardly and adapted to engage a supporting-stringer, whereby the tension of the clamp against a stalk may be varied with relation to the size and growth of the stalk, by changing the points of attachment to the stringer.

2. A vine-clamp, consisting of a resilient wire bent to form a series of sinuous loops, the loops adjacent to either end of the clamp being curved or outwardly bent between their ends to provide for their attachment to a supporting-wire.

3. The combination with a supportingstringer, of a vine-clamp consisting of a resilient wire formed into sinuous undulating loops, adapted to bear against a stalk, one loop at either side of the center of the clamp engaging the supporting-stringer, whereby the tension or pressure of the intermediate loops upon the stalk may be regulated.

Signed by me this 4th day of April, 1898.-

FREDERICK A. WITTICI-I.

Attest:

THEODORE HALL, EDWARD P. HALL.

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