Method of and Apparatus for Fixing or Erecting Telephonic, Telegraphic, or other Wires.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Apparatus for Fixing or Erecting Telephonic,
Telegraphic, or other Wires.
I CHARLES SHORE of 15 Church Street Bolton in the County of Lancaster
Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an arrangement or apparatus for
attaching or erecting telephone telegraph or other wires in position but is more
particularly adapted for erecting or fixing an additional wire or wires in connection
with an existing series or line or lines of wire. It is well known that when wires
are to be erected between distant points that the said wires are carried by manual
labour over obstructions such as buildings in populous places consequently
necessitating much labour and oftentimes such is a difficult operation, but according
to my arrangement I employ a self acting mechanical apparatus whereby I am
enabled to carry or convey the wire to be erected over the said buildings between
the points of attachment and without the aid of manual assistance necessitating
the climbing of buildings at intermediate points between the points of attachment,
which work may be speedily and economically effected.
According to my present construction I mount in a suitable case or receptacle a
drum or barrel mounted on a spindle which drum, is suitably placed in engagement
with a tooth or gear wheel mounted upon the same axis, the said gear wheel engages
directly or through the medium of a number of corresponding gear wheels with two
gear wheels mounted on fixed spindles or supports which latter wheels are provided
with hollow or tubular shafts upon each of which shafts is also provided a groove
wheel, on one of the fixed spindles before named 1 provide a curved piece loosely
mounted thereon and immediately below and opposite I provide a corresponding
piece which pieces when combined form a brake or resisting mechanism for a
purpose hereinafter.described.
The operation of my invention is as follows.
When required for use the apparatus is hung or depended from an existing line
or length of wire in conjunction with which the additional wire is to be erected or
placed. Around the periphery of the drum before.named I employ a flexible band
or cord, one end thereof being free, at its other end I attach a weight by means
of which weight acting under the influence of gravity motion may be imparted to
the drum or in lieu of the weight I may employ a spring for this purpose. The
additional wire or other than the first of a series or number to be erected
is then attached to the free end of the cord, this being done, and the
apparatus being then situate at the opposite or extreme point, from that to
which the wire is required to be conveyed, .and the drum being then subject
to the influence of the falling weight or spring consequently the gear wheels in
connection with the said drum are caused to rotate motion is imparted to the
groove wheels which rest or run on the same length of wire supporting the
apparatus, consequently the apparatus with the length of wire in course of erection
will travel or be caused to move for a distance.corresponding to the length of cord
around the drum or the impulsive force or energy of the spring the apparatus thus
coming to a state of rest, which may be at any intermediate point between the
points of attachment; for the purpose of restarting the apparatus the cord is wound
on the barrel by pulling the wire attached thereto, by the person in charge at the

page_text: starting point, at this period the brake apparatus operates, gripping the wire on
which the apparatus is supported or carried, thus maintaining the apparatus
stationary during the operation of rewinding, the weight being thus raised or the
spring rewound as the case may be, the drum being again subject to the influence of
the falling weight or spring, the apparatus is thus again caused to move forward;
the operation of rewinding being successively performed as may be required until the
apparatus with the end of the wire to be erected has arrived at its destination or
point of connection.
Duted this 5th day of Jul. 1904
A Method of and Apparatus for Fixing or Erecting Telephonic,
Telegraphic, or other Wires.
I CHARLES SHORE of No. 15 Church Street Bolton in the County of Lancaster
Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide an arrangement or apparatus for
erecting telephonic, telegraphic or other wires in position on their poles or support
such as an 'additional wire or wires in connection with a line or in connection with
a number of lines.
It is well known when wires are to be erected between distant points or to bridge
over intervening spaces, that the said wires are carried over obstructions such as
buildings &c. by manual labour which in populous districts is oftentimes a very
difficult task.
According to my improvements or invention I employ a mechanical apparatus
whereby I am enabled to carry or convey a supplemental wire or wires-that is, in
addition to one existing line or series of lines-over such obstructions and between
the points of attachment which erection may be speedily and economically
effected.
According to my present construction I mount on a spindle or stud, in a suitable
framework a barrel or pulley which pulley is attached to a tooth wheel, the said
wheel gears through the medium of a suitable number of corresponding tooth
wheels mounted on fixed studs or supports such latter tooth wheels being connected
each with a groove wheel.
On one of the fixed spindles before named I provide a loosely depending toothed
quadrant piece which gears with a corresponding toothed quadrant to which
quadrants are attached brake pieces, which pieces are caused when actuated to
grip the line of wire upon or by which the apparatus is carried and caused to
travel with the end of the wire intended to be erected or in course of erection.
Around the periphery of the barrel or pulley I employ a flexible cord, for
example, "cat-gut” one end of which is free or unattached, its other end being
attached to a depending weight or the said cord may be attached to the pulley or
barrel, in which latter case I employ a metal spring piece in lieu of the weight.
Fig. 1. is an elevation of my invention.
Fig. 2. is an end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a detail illustrating the brake mechanism.
My invention consists of a barrel or groove pulley a. mounted or supported on
the stud b. which barrel or pulley is attached to a tooth wheel c. which gears with

page_text: corresponding tooth wheels d. and e. which wheels gear with corresponding tooth
wheels f. and respectively, the whole of the mechanism before described being
supported in or carried by suitable framework h. h¹.
In connection with the wheels f and g I provide groove pullies or
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runners i..
and j. the pulley . being attached to the tooth wheel f. but the pulley is loosely
mounted on stud k.
In connection with barrel or pulley a. I provide a metal spring piece 7. one
end of which is attached to the rotating pulley spindle b. its other end is attached
at a suitable fixed part 2 of the framework, on the periphery of the said barrel
or pulley employ several coils of cord or "cat-gut" m. one end m' is free and
provided with a ring m² its other end may be attached to the surface of the said
barrel or pulley or may be provided with a weight as shewn in dotted lines Fig. 1.
which weight may be employed as a substitute for the spring 1. but 1 prefer. to
use the spring which is obviously more compact than the weight arrangement.
I provide on or cast with the wheel 7 a serrated or "ratchet" wheel g¹ and
pawl g² see Fig. 3. and I loosely mount on the stud k. the tooth quadrant a. which
gears with a corresponding tooth quadrant supported on the fixed stud o. to each
of which quadrants are attached brake or stop pieces r. having provided thercon
suitable coverings such as leather or rubber in order to ensure a firm grip of its
supporting wire.
The operation of my invention is as follows.
The apparatus is hung from a line of wire t. which illustrates an existing or
erected line of wire, the pullies ƒ and g being thereon.
The line of wire u. which is proposed to be erected in addition to the existing
line t. between certain points is attached at one end to the ring m2, the attendunt
at the starting point pulling the cord in the direction of the arrow until the spring
or the weight is wound up as the case may be, the pulling force is then removed
the apparatus being then under the influence of the weight or spring, motion is
thus communicated through the gear wheels to the wheel consequently to the
pulley. causing the apparatus to travel on the line t. and so continue until the
weight is run down or the force of the spring is expended at the same time causing
the spring or weight actuated pulley or barrel to rotate on its axis and thus to
rewind the cord thereon, at which period the apparatus comes to a state of rest
which may be at any intermediate point between the points of attachment or
support. In order to restart the apparatus the cord is again pullied by the
attendant from the starting point and in the direction of the arrow the cord is thus
again unwound from the pulley or barrel, at which periods and during such
operations the brake mechanism is caused to actuate gripping the wire t. sce
Fig. 3., as when pulling the cord the wheel g is prevented from turning by reason
of the engagement of the pawl 9 with the ratchet wheel g' which pawl forms part
of the quadrant n. the wheel g' through the agency of the pawl presses the piece r.
in contact with the wire at the same time the quadrant n is actuated due to the
geared connections of the said quadrants, the piece is thus caused to press
against the underside of the wire, thus the two pieces r and effect a firm grip on
the supporting wire t. thus the apparatus is maintained stationary during such
operation, the pulling force from the starting end being again removed as before,
the apparatus being thus again under the influence of the weight or spring is
caused to move forward with the end of the wire u. in course of erection towards
its destination, these operations being repeatedly continued so long as and until the
proposed point of attachment or destination be reached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
1. In combination the reacting weight or spring actuated barrel or pulley a.
and tooth wheel c. which operates so that the pulley rewinds the cord m. after the
same has been wuwound shaunfurm with the

page_text: whole apparatus creeps or travels along its supporting line or wire t. and carrying
with it the wire proposed to be erected substantially as and for the purposes herein
fully set forth and described.
2. In combination the spring or weight actuated barrel or pulley and wheel
named in the foregoing claim with the tooth wheel g, ratchet wheel g' and
quadrants n. n¹ and pieces r and r¹ whereby in the event of uncoiling the cord from
the barrel or pulley the apparatus may be maintained stationary on the supporting
wire t. substantially as and for the purposes berein fully set forth and described.
3. In combination the spring or weight actuated barrel or pulley a. the cord m.
and tooth wheel e. whereby the apparatus may be caused to travel or remain
stationary the former effect produced by the spring or weight the latter by a pull
or uncoiling from the pulley as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and
described.
Dated this 20th day of Anril 1805
CHARLES SHORE.
J. H. Butterworth, Rochdale,
Representing the Applicant.