Novel Apparatus or Means for Tightening Fencing and other Wires.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Novel Apparatus or Means for Tightening Fencing and other Wires.
I, HENRI BRANET of Rabastens de Bigorre, Hautes Pyrénées, France, Banker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of novel apparatus or means for tightening fencing and
other wires and the said apparatus comprises a reel or bobbin of special construction
for winding or taking up slack in the wire and a special construction of winch for
turning or rotating the reel.
The reel is applied to the wire at or near the middle of the slack of same and
when turned by the winch tightens the wire from both ends. The tightened wire is
then prevented from unwinding by means of pins or pieces of wire which are passed
through the flanges of the reel so as to press upon the wire at both sides of the
reel when this tends to unwind it or give it out.
The reel is composed of a centre piece or boss having a square central bole and
of two wide flanges or cheeks one of which has a slit or opening extending radially
from edge to edge. The depth of this slit or opening is sufficient to allow the
wire to enter slightly into the boss of the reel. The cheeks are each formed with
a number of transverse holes to receive the pins or pieces of wire that are to hold
the wire when it has been tightened.
The winch for turning or rotating the reel is composed of a frame or body piece
with two or other suitable number of forks projecting from the back of same. The
frame also carries an axle which is formed square at one part to receive the reel
which bears against a shoulder on the axle and on this axle is mounted a toothed
wheel gearing with a pinion the axle of which is fitted with a handle for turning it.
On the same axle as the wheel is a ratchet wheel with which a pawl engages to
prevent return movement of the reel. The wire to be tightened is passed through
the forks and through the slit or opening of the reel and is retained in place by
pins passed through holes formed for the purpose in the ends of the forks, and the
handle is then turned. The rotation being transmitted to the reel it winds up the
wire thereon. Then stop pius or pieces of wire are passed through the opposite
holes of the two reel flanges so as to hold the tightened wire. The winch can then
be removed. The stop pins prevent the wire from unwinding because if the
bobbin tends to turn the stop pins press upon the parts of the wire with which
they are in contact. The stops I preferably employ are split pins the ends of
which are opened ont after having been passed through the reel flanges, or they
may be pieces of wire the ends of which after having been passed through the
flanges are twisted together or twisted around the tightened wire.
Dated this 6th day of December 1892.
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Novel Apparatus or Means for Tightening Fencing and other Wires.
1, HENRI BRANET of Rabastens de Bigorre, Hautes Pyrénées, France, Banker,
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:-
My invention consists of novel apparatus or means for tightening fencing and
other wires and the said apparatus comprises a reel or bobbin of special construction

page_text: for winding or taking up slack in the wire and a special construction of winch for
turning or rotating the reel.
The reel is applied to the wire at or near the middle of the slack of same and
when turned by the winch, tightens the wire from both ends. The tightened wire
is then prevented from unwinding by means of pins or pieces of wire which are
passed through the flanges of the reel so as to press upon the wire at both sides of
the reel when this tends to unwind it or give it out.
The reel or bobbin is represented in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings, Figure 1 being a front elevation, Figure 2 a side view, and Figures 3
and 4 sections. It is composed of a centre piece or boss A having a square central
hole B and of two wide flanges or cheeks C C' one of which has a slit or opening a b
extending radially from edge to edge. The depth of this slit or opening is
sufficient to allow the wire to enter slightly into the boss A of the reel. The
cheeks CC are each formed with a number of transverse holes c to receive the
pins or pieces of wire that are to hold the wire when it has been tightened.
The winch for turning or rotating the reel is represented in Figures 5, 6 and 7 of
the accompanying drawings, Figure 5 being a front view, Figure 6 a plan, and
Figure 7 a transverse section of same. It is composed of a frame or body piece D
with two or other suitable number of forks E projecting from the back of same.
These forks are open at e to receive the wire to be tightened. The frame also
carries an axle which is formed square at one part O to receive the reel which bears
against a shoulder o on the axle and on this axle is mounted a toothed wheel F
gearing with a pinion G the axle of which is fitted with a handle M for turning it.
On the same axle as the wheel is a ratchet wheel H with which a pawl I engages
to prevent return movement of the reel.
The
The manner in which my apparatus used will be understood on reference to
Figure 8 of the annexed drawings which is a rear or back view of same.
wire to be tightened is passed through the forks E and through the slit or
opening a bof the reel and is retained in place by pins K passed through holes
formed for the purpose in the ends of the forks E and the handle M is then turned.
The rotation being transmitted to the reel A it winds up the wire thereon as shown
in Figure 9 which represents the reel with one of the cheeks C removed. Then
stop pins or pieces of wire a are passed through the opposite holes of the two reel
flanges so as to hold the tightened wire. The winch can then be removed. The
stop pins prevent the wire from unwinding because if the bobbin tends to turn the
stop pins press upon the parts of the wire with which they are in contact.
The stops I preferably employ one of which is shown separately in Figures 10
and 11 are split pins the ends of which are opened out after having been passed
through the reel flanges, or they may be pieces of wire x' as seen in Figure 12 the
ends of which after having been passed through the flanges are twisted together or
twisted around the tightened wire.
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 in respect of apparatus or means for tightening fencing and other wires is :-
1. The reel or bobbin with wide flanges or cheeks having holes to receive
retaining pins or wires, one of the said flanges or cheeks having a slit or opening
from edge to edge to receive the wire to be tightened, substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described.
2. The winch constructed and operating substantially as hereinbefore described
for turning the reel by which the wire is tightened as set forth.
3. The apparatus or means hereinbefore described for tightening fencing or other
wires.
Dated this 20th 1
L 1000
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.