US732972A - Wire-stretcher and wire-splicing tongs. - Google Patents

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No. 732,972. PATENTED JULY 7; 19 03.

c. STOOLFIRE. WIRE STRETC H ER AND WIRE SPLIGING TONGS.

APPLIOATlEON FILED AUG. 23, 1901.

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i I and specification, ofwhich- UNITED STATE Patented July 7, 1 903.

ATENT FFICE.

CHARLES STOOLFIRE, OF T LLWAT R, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, ASSIeNoR TO HEMAN J. WHITTIER, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WlRE-STRETCH ER AND WlRE-SPL|CIN G TONGS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 732,972, dated July '7, 1903.-

Application filed August 23, 1901. Serial No. 73.036. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES STOOLFIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stillwater, in the county of Payne and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wire-Stretchers and Wire- Splicing Tongs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire-stretching and Wire-splicing tongs; and the object of my in vention is to provide a means for bringing the free ends of two wires together and securing the same bya twisting splice when the opposite ends are secured in opposite directions.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, showing the position the wires are in before and after the splicing of the two ends. Fig. 2 is a perspective side elevation disclosing more clearly the position that the two wires are in before the splicing operation is accomplished. Fig. 3 is an inverted side elevation illustrating the opposite side of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line X X of Fig. 1, disclosing the position of a tusk which is secured to the lower jaw of the tongs, over which one end of the wire is passed before the splicing is produced. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line Y Y of Fig. 1 through the lower jaw of the tongs and the position of a' hollow tusk through which one end of the wire to be spliced is inserted. Fig. 6 is an inverted end view of the upper jaw of the tongs, showing the position of the two tusks secured to said With the above description of the various illustrations of my invention I will now proceed to fully describe the same by referring to corresponding numerals on thedrawings 1 illustrates the lower jaw or member of my invention. 2 illustrates the upper jaw; These two are secured together in the usual manner, the lower member being provided with an elongated slot in the rear of the jaw of sufiicient dimension to admit the shank or handle end of the upper jaw to pass through, being secured with a pivotal bolt 3, passing through each, the lower jaw being provided with a hollow tusk. 4 and a solid tusk 7.

When the wires to be spliced are placed in a proper position for this purpose, end 10 of wire 5 is passed through said hollow tusk 4 and then turned or bent at right angles, passing under tusk 6, which is secured to the upper jaw; It is then passed over and around tusk 7, (seen at Fig. 1,) said tusk being clearly illustrated at Fig, 4. The end 11 of the Wire 8 is passed through an opening or eye 12 of the lower jaw, near the mouth thereof, which can readily be understood at Fig. 2.- To hold this last-mentioned wire in the proper position while the splicing operation is being performed, I have provided a tusk 9, secured to the lower jaw of the tongs, which will be readily understood by observing Fig. 3 This tusk is to prevent the wire from getting into a lateral or side position while the twisting is being done. When the Wires are placed in position as illustrated in Fig. 2, ends 5 and 8 (seen at Fig. 1) above the twist represent ends of the two wires coming from opposite directions before the free ends are spliced. The handles or shank ends of the tongs are grasped, bringing the two jaws together tightly, gripping the Wire 8 at the mouth of the tool, and securely kinking wire 5, as illustrated, with tusk 4, 6, and 7. When this is done, the position of the tongs, as illustrated in Fig. 1, is r versed, and the handles or shank ends point in the opposite direction. By this reversal the slack in the 'two wires is takenup. When two or three turns or horizontal revolutions of the toolare made, the free ends are made secure, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the tool removed."

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. A wire stretching and wire splicing tongs, comprising two members pivotally secured together, embodying an upper jaw and a lower jaw, adapted to open and close, a depending tusk integral with the rear of the upper jaw on one side thereof, a depending tusk integral with the opposite side of said jaw near the frontthereof, substantially as described.

2. A wire stretching and a wire splicing tongs, comprising two members pivotally secured together, embodying an upper jaw and In testimony whereof I affix my signature 3. lower jaw, adapted to open and close, an

in the presence of two witnesses.

upwardly-projecting hollow tusk integral with and near the front of the lower jaw an upwardly-projecting solid tusk integral with CHARLES STOOLFIRE' 5 said jaw and to the rear of said hollow tusk, Witnesses:

an eye or opening 12 adapted to receive the M. L LANGE,

end of .the wire, substantially as described. R. M. COMBS.

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