US926410A - Combination-tool. - Google Patents

Description

Patented June 29, 1909.

A. J. HATHOOX.

COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. a: 1908.

UNITE ALVIS JACKSON HATHOOX, OF DURANT, OKLA HOMA.

COIIIBINA'IION-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed September 3, 1908. Serial No. 451,521.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALvIs J. Harnoox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Durant, in. the county of Bryan and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the i vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention contemplates the construetion of an improved wire tightener provided with means for tightening a wire so arranged that the wire will be firmly held after being tightened so that the same may be securely fastened to a post.

One of the objects of the invention is the production of a wire tightener provided with means for connecting the ends of broken wires and further provided with device for quickly and efficiently removing staples from a post.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims and in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved wire tightener showing a wire gripping member in released position; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the gripping member in operative position; and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are indicated in all views of the drawings and referred to in the following description by similar reference characters.

In the drawings, numeral 1 indicates a handle stem which is formed of hard wood or other material and formed with a square end portion arranged to receive the wire engaging device. The end of the handle stem 1 is formed with a taper and a pointed edge 2 is mounted on said end to enable an operator to sever a wire. This is accomplished by placing the wire on the pointed edge 2 and hammering the wire with a suitable hammer tool. The square end of the handle stem 1 is reinforced by reinforcing metallic plates 3 and 4 which extend from a point intermediate of the handle stem ends to where the cutting edge is mounted.

The cutting edge 2 may be formed in any suitable in anner but is preferably formed of a single piece of material and provided with tapering legs adapted to embrace the end of the handle stem and be secured thereon by means of screws or rivets.

A wire engaging tightening member 5 is pivotally mounted by a bolt 6 upon the tapering end of the handle stem, said bolt oxteuding through the reinfm'eing plates and through the body of the stem and being se cured thereon by a plurality of nuts 7 which are threaded to the bolt on either side of the stem and against the reinforcing plates. The member 5 is formed with a plurality of hooks S curved in opposite directions from the body portion of said member and is also formed with an end hook 9 curved outwardly on the body portion. The member 5 is he] d in place on the handle stem 1 by the bolt 6 and is spaced apart from the reinforcing plate 3 by one of the nuts 7.

The hook 9 is adapted to engage a fence post and extend on a horizontal plane therewith and when engaged with a fence post one of the hooks S will project downwardly and the remaining hook will project upwardly against or near said post. Each of the hooks 8 is formed with a split end 10 in which the body of a wire is adapted to be wedged.

A wire gripping member com prisin g a tong 11 formed with a plurality of split aws 12 which are adapted to slide against each other and to rigidly grasp a wire is secured to the handle stem, 1. The tong 11 is composed of two parts which are pivotallyconnectod and the ends opposite to the split jaws are formed with loops 13 through which a pair of links 14 extend. The links 14 are connected to a ring 15 and said ring is connected by a screw eyelet 16 which extends through the reinforcing plates 3 and 4 and through the handle stem 1 and may have its end riveted thereon. The ring 15 operates to close the jaws 12 upon a wire when pressure is exerted on the jaws and the greater the pressure of the wire upon the jaws, the tighter will the jaws close. After the wire that has been tightened has been stapled to a post, the jaws 12 are extended and the tool relieved out of engagement with the wire and with the post.

A plurality of split arms 17 are mounted on the handle stem through which they extend for the purpose of twisting the ends of a broken wire together. The arms 17 are bent in opposite directions from the longitudinal axis of the handle stem 1 and are formed lift with split ends 18 for engaging or gripping a wire, the split end of one of the arms being curved in an upward direction and the split end of the other arm in a downward direction. lVhen it is desired to twist the ends of a broken wire together, said ends are wedged in the split ends of the arms 17 and the handle stem given two revolutions so as to twist the wire ends together.

A staple tool member 19 is mounted on the handle stem 1, said member being formed with a split end 20 which is curved inwardly toward the handle. When it is desired to pull a staple by means of the staple puller 19 the split end of said puller is placed astride of the wire and under the head oi a staple and pressure exerted on the handle stem and away from the post to which the staple is secured.

V] hen it is desired to tighten a wire the hook 9 is pressed or forced into the fence post and a wire passed over the upwardly pro jecting hook and wedged in its split end. The wire gripping tongs are then brought into a gripping position with the wire, and the handle stem, 1, is rapidly reciprocated, the gripping tongs being moved to a forward position on the wire with each upward movement or the handle stem.

My improved wire tightener is made at small cost and is simple in the oonstru ction of its various parts. The novel features of the construction of the parts enables an operator to work with great advantages in settin up wire fences or the tightening of wires, and its use is not limited to one form of posts large or small or square or round.

The member 5 is provioed with a alurality of hooks 8 so that the same may be used in tightening wires running in diii'erent directions to a fence post.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention. will be readily understood without re I quiring more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described nd ascertained the nature of my invention, what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A wire tightener comprising a handle, a pair of oppositely curved hooks secured to the handle, a post-engaging hook formed integrally with the oppositely curved hooks extending laterally oi the handle, and a gripping ton linked to the handle and adapted to clutch a wire.

2. A wire tightener comprising a handle, a T-shaped member formed with oppositely curved hooks having split ends, and with a post-engaging hook and pivot-ally secured to the handle on its outer end, and a gripping tong linked to the handle rearwardly of the T-shape d member.

3. A wire tightener comprising a handle, a FT-shaped member pivotally secured to the outer end of the handle, said T-shaped me1n her being formed with oppositely curved hooks having split ends, and a post-engaging hook extending laterally of the handle, a gripping tong formed with split gripping aws,hnks connected to the arms of the grip ping tong and a ring secured to the links and connected to the handle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. V

ALVIS JACKSGN HATHOOX. Witnesses:

l F. CLIFTON, F. E. DOWNING.

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