Improvements in Machines for Making Wire Fencing.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
[Communicated from abroad by JOHN WOOL GRISWOLD, of the City of Troy, and
State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Machines for Making Wire Fencing.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake and Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
This invention is a machine for making wire fencing.
The strand wires of the fencing are fed into the machine in a longitudinal
direction in two series-the wires of one series alternating with those of the
other series.
The transverse wires are fed at their ends across the strand wires of the first
series, and near their ends twisted to said strand wires. The transverse wires
are then cut off, so that each strand wire has twisted to it a short transverse
wire with ends projecting on each side. The first series of strand wires move
forward longitudinally until they reach the second and alternating series of
strand wires, and then the protruding ends of the transverse wire on each strand
wire of the first series are twisted around the adjacent strand wires of the second
series. The strand wires may then have crimps or bends formed in them.
In the drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of the machine, showing the device for
feeding in the strand wires and for uniting the cross wires thereto, but not show-
ing the device for feeding in the cross wires.
Fig. 2 is a similar plan view, showing the device for feeding in the cross wires.
Figs. 1 and 2 therefore when placed together (Fig. 2 being placed on the right
of Fig. 1) give an entire plan view of the machine.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the twisting heads by which the ends of
the cross wires are twisted around the two adjacent strand wires.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the machine, taken from the left hand side of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the machine taken from the right hand side of Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail plan view of the two twisting heads by which the
ends of the cross wires are twisted around the two strand wires, and also of the
gearing and associated parts.
Fig. 7 is an elevation of the gearing of Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of one of the twisting heads taken on the
line 8, 8 of Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the crimping device and associate
parts, and of the device for forcing the wire under the pins of the last series of
twisting heads.
Fig. 10 is a plan view of the crimping bar.
Fig. 11 is an enlarged detail view of one of the clamping devices which grip
the transverse cross wires and feed the same into the machine.
Fig. 12 is a partial section and side elevation on the line 12 of Fig 11.

page_text: Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the devices for cutting the
cross wires to suitable length.
Fig. 14 is a partial section and side elevation on the line 14 of Fig. 13.
Figs. 15 and 16 exhibit in plan an edge of the cam which actuates the feeding
1echanism for the cross wires.
Figs. 17 and 18 are similar views of the cam for actuating the presser bar which
holds the wire down upon the crimping bar.
Figs. 19 and 20 are similar views of the cam which actuates the crimping bar
mechanism.
Figs. 21 and 22 are similar views of the cam which actuates the coiling or
twisting heads which attach the cross wires to the strand wires.
Figs. 23 and 24 are similar views of the cam which actuates the cutting off
mechanism for the cross wires.
Figs. 25 and 26 are similar views of the cam which actuates the drawing or
feeding in mechanism for the strand wires.
Fig. 27 is a general diagrammatic view in plan designed to illustrate the
general operation of the machine.
Similar letters and numbers of reference indicate like parts.
In Figs. 1 and 27, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, dotted lines in Fig. 1,
represent the strand wires, and L, M, N, O, P, dotted lines same figure, repre-
sent the cross wires. The strand wires A to K are fed forward through the
machine; the cross wires L, M, N, O, P are fed transversely from right to left
of Fig. 1. In Fig. 27 certain of these wires are shown in full lines. In order to
avoid complication, all of them are not represented.
The mode in which the transverse wires are attached to the strand wires will
be best undestood from Fig. 27, by considering the attachment of one transverse
wire as to three strand wires as G, H, I. The strand wire H passes through the
twisting heads h, and is caused to travel longitudinally in the direction of the
arrow. The strand wires G, pass through the twisting heads g, i and are moved
parallel to the strand H.
To avoid complication in Fig. 27 I do not show as much of the strand wires G, I
as extend from the reels of wire to the twisting heads g, i, but only those parts
of the strands G, I which appear after passing through said twisting heads.
As will hereafter be explained the mechanism for drawing the wires G, H, I
through the machine is located beyond the twisting heads g, i. The three strand
wires G, H, I are drawn through three twisting heads g, h, i simultaneously in
the direction of the arrow of Fig. 27 and these strand wires are parallel to one
another.
The transverse wire O after passing through the feeding mechanism Fig. 2
is guided so that it moves across at right angles to the wire H around which it
is twisted by the action of twisting head h. The cutting device shown in Fig. 27
then divides the transverse wire, between the feeding device and the twisting
head. The strand wire then moves onward with the cut off transverse piece
attached to it, and protruding on each side. Such a piece already attached in the
manner described to the strand wire H has its ends marked p, q in Fig. 27, and
other pieces similarly attached will be seen upon the same strand wire in advance
thereof. The strand wire H continues its motion in the direction of the arrow
Fig. 27 until the ends p, q are in position to be engaged by the twisting heads
and then the twisting heads twist the ends p, q around the adjacent strand
wires G, I.
Hence when the transverse wire is fed into the machine, a piece of definite
length is twisted around a strand, and thereafter the extremities p, 9 of the pro-
truding ends of that piece are twisted around the two adjacent strands, so that
each portion of transverse wire, formed as aforesaid, unites three adjacent strands
as G, H, I. After a piece of transverse wire has been twisted upon a strand
wire, the strand wire is caused to move forward a definite distance before another
piece of transverse wire is presented, twisted and cut off; but the operation

page_text: upon other pieces of transverse wire is the same; so that, as a consequence, the
three strand wires G, H, I are connected by a series of successive transverse wires
equi-distantly spaced.
Three strand wires as G, H, I, thus united by transverse pieces of wire may
be called the unit of the fence, which may be made up of as many such units as
may be desired. The timing and arrangement of the machine is such that the
transverse piece, cut from the cross wire P, the ends of which are represented
at T, s are so arranged that the ends r are twisted upon the strand I between the
ends of the second successive cross piece cut from the wire O and united to the
same strand.
It is to secure this that although the transverse wires L, M, N, O, P are fed
in the machine in a direction parallel to one another, the first series of twisting
heads, of which is a representative, and the first series of cutting devices, of
which is a representative, are disposed diagonally the machine, as represented
in Figs. 1 and 27.
The machine, as a whole, may broadly be divided into two parts; the first
part including all those devices which directly act upon the wire, to feed it, to twist
it, to cut it, to present it to the twisting devices, and to crimp it; and the second
part the mechanism through which these devices are actuated, and which are
timed so as to cause the aforesaid devices to operate in proper sequence and at
proper intervals.
I will first describe the devices included in what I have designated as the first
part of the machine.
1. The twisting heads g, h, i are of the type commonly employed in applying
barbs to wire fences. As shown in Fig. 8, each one of them consists of a spindle t,
free to rotate in two part journals u, v. Upon the spindlet is secured a pinion w,
by screw and nut and also a fixed collar y. Seated in the spindle t is a head
proper z, from the extremity of which protrudes a twisting pin u¹. The spindle t
and head are tubular, so that the strand wire G passes freely through them.
The twisting operation will be understood from Fig. 3. Here the end of the
transverse wire cut from the bar O is bent over between the strands G and the
pin u. The twisting head z is rotated by the large gear wl which engages with
the pinion w in the direction of the arrow on the right of Fig. 3, so that the pin
u bends over the end p, as shown in dotted lines to the left, and so twists it
around the strand G. The twisting device on the left of Fig. 3 which acts on the
end operates in precisely the same way, only in the direction of the reverse
arrow, and the action of the twisting head h which twists the cross wire at its
central portion over the strand wire is also the same as above described.
2. The device for carrying the ends p, q of a cross wire under the twisting
pins of the twisting heads g, i is best shown in Figs. 6 and 9. It consists of
a rotary shaft a, projecting from which are four fingers as a¹, having bent over
ends as shown in Fig. 9. After the ends p, q Fig. 6 of the transverse cross piece
formed on the wire H reach the ends of the twisting heads g, i, they are ready
to be twisted upon the parallel strand wires G, I. The shaft a in rotating in
the direction of the arrow Fig. 6, carries the bent over end of the finger a¹ upon
the end q, for example, of the transverse piece, and thus moves that end down-
ward and rearward and forces it under the pin u¹ of the twisting head, and
closely against the outer end of said head. When this is done, the twisting
device i operates, thus getting the extremity 9 of the cross piece out of the way
of the finger a which has pushed it into place, so that at the proper time the
shaft a is again free to rotate to move the end g of the next succeeding cross
wire into position, as already described.
3. The feeding device for the strand wires. The several strand wires A to K
inclusive are carried through the tubular openings in the twisting heads, and then
after passing over the clamping device, are attached to sprocket wheels Fig. 1,
which are all disposed upon the shaft b' on the end of which shaft is a step by step

page_text: ratchet n. This ratchet is rotated to turn all the sprocket wheels simultaneously,
thus drawing the strand wires through the several twisting heads.
4. The crimping device may be of any suitable construction. As shown in
Figs. 9 and 10 it consists in a bar a supported in ways c¹ and retained therein
by the plates d, d. Upon the bar c are pairs of pins e, e¹, between which pius
the strand wire H passes. The bar is moved in its ways in the direction of
the arrow,
the strand wires meanwhile being stationary, and so produce's crimps
or bends f in, said strand wires at the points of attachment of the transverse
wire. Presser arms are pivoted upon a transverse shaft 7, supported upon the
frame of the machine. On the under side of each arm is a projection m, which
when the arm k is allowed to descend bears upon the pins e, c¹ and thus retains
the wire between said pins and prevents its rising. This presser arm & is raised
and lowered at the proper time by means of a cam mechanism, which will be
hereafter described.
5. The device for feeding in the transverse wires. Upon the frame of the
machine, Fig. 2, are six fixed bars Q disposed parallel. Upon these bars slide grip-
ping devices R, five in number, or, in other words, one for each of the
wires L, M, N, O, P. Each gripping device slides upon two adjacent bars Q,
and the construction of such gripping devices is shown in detail in Figs. 11 and 12.
A plate R¹ is provided with sleeves to receive the parallel fixed bars Q. On this
plate is pivoted a vibrating arm S, in which is secured the inclined gripping
bar T. Also on the face of the plate is a block U, having an oblong opening
through which passes a securing bolt V. The wire as O passes between the
gripping bar T and the block U and over a steel bed plate W. The arm S is
vibrated by the pivoted rod X. The throw of the rod X is limited in one direc-
tion by the adjusting screw Y. The block U is adjustable transversely the
plate R¹, by screw Z. The operation of this device upon the wire O is as follows:-
When the rod X is moved in the direction of the arrow, the wire is first engaged
between the clamping bar T and the block U, and then further motion of the
rod X in the same direction causes the plate R¹ to slide upon the bars Q, thus
After a
moving the wire to the left of Fig. 2, and hence, into the machine.
sufficient quantity of wire has been fed, the rod X moves in the reverse direction,
thus moving the clamping bar T away from the wire, which wire now remains
stationary; the plate R¹ then sliding in the reverse direction of the arrow in
Fig. 11, and beneath said wire. The friction of the wire against the bar is
taken by the steel bed plate W.
6. The cutting off device for the transverse wire. On referring to Fig. 1 it
will be seen that in prolongation of the bars Q are an equal number of rock
shafts A, the right hand ends of which are journaled below the ends of the
bars Q, and the left hand ends of which are received in bearings B', which are
disposed diagonally upon the plate C, which is fast upon the frame work of
the machine. On each rock shaft A¹ is secured a vibrating lever D¹, Fig. 5, and
all these levers D are pivoted to a horizontal lever E', by vibrating which lever E¹,
the rock shafts A¹ may all be simultaneously rocked.
There are as many cutting off devices as there are transverse wires L, M, N, O, P;
and these cutting off devices are represented at F¹ in Fig. 1 and in detail in
Figs. 13 and 14. Each device consists of two parts, first, a guide for the wire,
and second, the cutting tool. The guide for the wire is a plate G¹, having a
sleeve through which the rock bars A¹ loosely pass. In the plate G¹ is a cylin-
drical plug of metal H', having an aperture through which passes the cross
wire as O. This plug serves as a guide, and may have any suitable means for
adjusting it for varying the direction of the tubular aperture therein through
which the wire passes.
The cutting tool J' is secured by a clamping screw K¹ in the arm I', which is
secured fast upon one of the rock shafts A by screw L'. The operating end of
the cutting tool J¹ comes just in front of the tubular opening in the plug H¹.
When the arms D¹ are vibrated to the right of Fig. 14, the rock shafts A¹ will

page_text: all be turned to bring the cutting tool J down upon the wires which pass
through the plug H', thus cutting said wires, and when the levers D are moved
in the reverse direction, the ends of the tool J will be raised so as to permit
further feeding of wire through the plugs H¹.
To recapitulate:
The longitudinal or strand wires are drawn through the tubular twisting heads
by means of the sprocket wheels actuated by the step by step gear n. The
transverse wires L, M, N, O, P are intermittently moved into the machine, and
in proper position over the strand wires by means of the clamping feeding
devices R which are actuated by the rod X, all of which rods are pivoted to a
single vibrating lever M, Figs., 2 and 5; and said transverse wires are twisted
near their ends around every alternate strand, as B, D, F, H, J. The cutting
off of the wires L, M, N, O, P to proper length is effected by the cutting devices Fi
which are carried upon the rock shafts A', which rock shafts are actuated by
the levers D¹ all connected to the single lever E. These strands carrying the
cross pieces are moved forward, and the ends 2, 7 of the cross pieces are then
by the twisting devices g, etc., twisted about the strands A, C, E, G, I, K, the
cross pieces being placed in the finished fence in alternate relation.
The fencing is now practically completed; further crimping operation may or
may not be employed as desired.
I will now describe the second part of the machine, namely, the mechanism
by which all of the various portions above described are operated in proper
time and relation.
Referring first to Fig. 5. Power is communicated from the belt 1 and the
driving pulley 2; on the shaft of which pulley is a pinion 3, which engages
with the large gear wheel 4. This gear wheel 4 is on the main shaft 5 of the
machine; and from this shaft 5 the principal devices already enumerated are,
by means of the cams which are placed in successive order upon that shaft,
operated. I shall take each of these cams in turn and point out what mechanism
it operates:
The cam 6, shown in Figs. 15 and 16 actuates the mechanism for feeding in
the transverse or cross wires L, M, N, O, P, and as it revolves it bears upon
rollers 7 and 8 journaled in a bar 9, the ends of which bar are pivoted to the
vibrating arms 10 and 11. These arms are pivoted to the base of the machine,
and inasmuch as they are connected together by the bar 9, they are vibrated on
their pivots in unison. The upper ends 12 of the bars 10 and 11 are toothed
sectors which engage with the teeth on the under side of the sliding rack bar 13,
Figs. 2 and 5. The bar 13 slides underneath fixed rollers 14, journaled upon the
frame, and bears on one side against the rollers, one of which is shown at 14
Fig. 2, also journaled in fixed bearings in the frame. On the opposite side of the
bar 13 to that which bears against the rollers 15 is a rack bar 16 which engages
a horizontal toothed sector 17, which is on the end of a lever 18, which lever
is fast upon a vertical rock shaft 19. The vertical shaft 21 is journaled in a
diagonal piece extending across the corner of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2, at
its upper end, and its lower end is in a set bearing 20, Fig. 5. Fast upon the
upper end of rock shaft 19 is a bar M¹, which as already explained, actuates
the rod X of the transverse clamping and feeding devices.
Therefore the cam 6 in revolving acts upon the rollers 7 and 8, thus giving the
The bar 9 causes the vibration of
bar 9 a longitudinal to and fro movement.
arms 12, the teeth of which engage with the rack teeth on the under side of the
bar 13, thus giving to that bar a to and fro longitudinal motion. Motion is
imparted from the bar 13 by the rack teeth 16 to the toothed sector 17 and so
to arm 18 and shaft 19, and thus the lever M¹ is also caused to vibrate to and fro
on its pivot, thus simultaneously actuating all of the clamping devices R through
Pin
5 the rods X to cause them to operate to feed the transverse wires L, M, N, O,
the manner already previously described.
The second cam on shaft 5 is shown at 22, Fig. 4, and also in Figs. 23 and 24.

page_text: The function of this cam is to operate the cutting off devices F1 for the trans-
verse wires. In rotating it bears against a roller 25, dotted lines Fig. 4, carried
on the lower end of the lever 23 which is pivoted to the frame at 24, and so
vibrates said lever 23. The upper end of lever 23 is pivoted to the bar E, which
as already stated, is pivoted to the arms D¹ which operate the cutting off devices
in the manner already described.
A spiral retracting spring 26 is secured to lever 23 and the frame, and operates
to cause said lever, and hence arms I¹ to move in opposite direction to that
which they are moved by the cam.
The third cam on shaft 5 is shown at 27, Fig. 4, and in Figs. 25 and 26. This
cam in rotating bears against a roller carried on the end of arm 28, Fig. 4,
which arm is pivoted just inside the roller to an arm 29, which is also pivoted
to the frame at the point 24; and to the upper end of arm 29 is secured a
rod 30. The lower end of this rod is pivoted to the opposite end of rod 28 at 31.
Arm 28, arm 29 and rod 30 thus form a triangular frame which is free to vibrate
on the pivot 24 when acted upon by the cam 27, as the latter rotates.
Also at the ends of rods 30 and 28 at their meeting point 31, is pivoted a long
pawl 32, which engages with the teeth of the ratchet wheel n.
Referring now to Fig. 4, whenever during revolution of the cam 27 a pro-
jection on that cam meets the roller at the end of rod 28, it causes the trian-
gular frame 28, 29, 30 to swing to the left of Fig. 4 and thus moves the pawl 32
bodily, to cause its point to take against one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel n
and advance that tooth forward, or to the left of Fig. 4 a distance equal to the
throw of the pawl. When the cam is no longer acting, the frame 30, 28, 29
swings back, and the pawl 32 slides over the inclined side of the next tooth
and over the point of the tooth, and so engages with its rear side, ready to act
on that tooth on the next passage of the cam. In this way the sprocket wheels b
(which unitedly form a winding drum upon which the completed fencing is
wound) on the shaft Fig. 1, are simultaneously rotated to draw the wires
A to K inclusive through the machine.
The fourth cam on shaft 5 is shown at 33 in Fig. 4, and also in Figs. 21 and 22.
This cam in rotating bears against two rollers, one of which is shown at 34, and
the other at 35, Fig. 4. These rollers are pivoted at the angles of a bent con-
necting bar 36. The extremities of this bar are pivoted to vibrating arms 37,
which arms are pivoted like arms 10 and 11 to the bottom of the main frame.
At the upper ends of arms 37 are toothed sectors 38 and these sectors 38 engage
with pinions 39 and 40. Pinion 40 is on the end of shaft 41, Fig. 1, which
shaft communicates by beveled pinions 42 with beveled pinions 43 on the ends
of the spindles of the twisting heads h. Pinion 39 is on the end of a shaft 44,
Fig. 1, which carries beveled pinions 45, which pinions engage with the pinions.
on the spindles of the twisting heads g, i, etc. Hence as the arms 37 are vibrated,
through the rod 36, by the action of cam 33, the toothed sectors engaging with
pinions 39 and 40, rotate simultaneously both series of twisting heads, repre-
sented by twisting heads h and twisting heads 9, i.
To recapitulate therefore:
There are four cams successively placed on the main shaft 5. Cam 6 actuates
the feeding devices for the transverse wires L, M, N, O, P. Cam 22 actuates the
cutting off devices F¹, for these same wires. Cam 37 operates the pawl and
ratchet which rotates the wheels b and so draws the strand wires A to K inclusive
through the machine. Cam 33 rotates the twisting heads.
As the transverse wires are twisted around the strand wires before they are
cut off, the object of the long concentric are on the cam: Figs. 15 and 16 is to
hold the grip on the transverse wire until the twisting is completed. The grip
is intended to hold the wire from slipping in both directions, and the clamp-
ing bar T, Fig. 11, is therefore made with a square end and set at an angle of 45°.
I now come to the mechanism for actuating the crimping devices. In the
inner end of shaft 5 is a sprocket wheel 46, which by means of a chain belt 47

page_text: communicates motion to the sprocket wheel 48, Fig. 9.
At the end of shaft 49
of the sprocket wheel 48, are similar cams 50 which bear upon
rollers 51 located at the ends of vertical sliding pieces 52; these pieces
slide in ways 53 in the frame. Extending between the ends of the vertical slid-
ing pieces 52 is a bar 54, which extends across the machine, as shown in Fig. 1.
The bar 54 is a lifting bar, and all the pressing levers k bear upon it, as shown
in Fig. 9. It follows therefore that as the shaft 49 is rotated, the bars 52 are
raised and lowered alternately, thus raising and lowering the presser bars & upon
the wire beneath them. One of the cams 50 is also shown in Figs 17 and 18.
Also upon the shaft 49 is a disk 55 having a cam groove 56, Fig. 20, on its
periphery.
Referring now to Fig. 9, 57 is a vibrating lever pivoted to the frame at 58.
One end of this lever is keyed at 59 to the sliding crimping bar c; the other
end of it carries a pin 60 which enters the cam groove 56. Therefore, as the
cam disk 55 is rotated by shaft 49, the bar 57 is vibrated, and the crimping
bar c is moved to and fro longitudinally in its ways, in the manner already
described. Also on the shaft 49 is a pulley 61, dotted lines Fig. 9, which by the
belt 62 communicates with a pulley 63 on the shaft a. In this way the shaft a
is rotated, and the fingers a¹ on that shaft are caused to push the transverse wires
under the twisting pins of the twisting heads as already described.
The ends of the bar 36, also the ends of bar 9, are connected to the vibrating
arms 10, 11 and 37, adjustably, so that they may be raised or lowered in said
bars by means of set screws as represented at 64 on the right of Fig. 4.
The relation of the several parts above described and of the gearing is to be
such that the operation of the several mechanisms is timed to produce the general
results already described; so that the machine as a whole, turns out a wire fence
consisting of longitudinal strands of wire with cross pieces also of wire secured
to said strands by twisting, and arranged substantially as illustrated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
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1. In a wire fence making machine mechanism for feeding a series of wire
strands, mechanism for feeding a series of parallel transverse wires, mechanism
for cutting said transverse wires to definite lengths and mechanism for securing
each section of transverse wire between its ends to one of said strand wires, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The construction and arrangement of the mechanism herein set forth whereby
a series of parallel transverse wires lying in the same plane are fed transversely
over a series of strand wires so that each strand wire is overlapped by a trans-
verse wire for a determinate distance, in combination with mechanism for cut-
ting said transverse wires into sections of definite length and with mechanism
for wrapping or twisting each section between its ends around one of the strand
wires, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a machine for making wire fencing mechanism for longitudinally feeding
5 three strand wires, mechanism for moving a transverse wire across said strand
wires, mechanism for securing said transverse wire between its ends to the middle
strand wire and mechanism for securing the ends of said transverse wire respec-
tively to the other strand wires, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. In a wire fence making machine, mechanism for moving three strand
wires H, I, J, in a longitudinal direction, the said strand wires H, J being pro-
vided with transverse wires secured to them and having ends r, q, alternately
crossing the middle strand wire I, and mechanism for securing said ends to said
strand wire I, substantially as described.
5. The combination in a wire fence making machine with mechanism for
moving two series of strand wires simultaneously in a longitudinal direction;
the wires of one series as D, F, H, J alternating with the wires of the other

page_text: series, as E, G, I, of twisting devices as h disposed in series diagonally with
reference to the direction of movement of said wires, through which twisting
devices said wires D, F, H, J pass, a second series of twisting devices, as 9,
staggered in position with reference to said first series, through which second
series said wires E, G, I, pass, mechanism for feeding a series of transverse
wires simultaneously across said strand wires D, F, H, J and to said first series
of twisting devices and a series of cutting devices disposed diagonally and
similarly to said first series of twisting devices and acting upon said transverse
wires respectively; the aforesaid parts being constructed and timed so that a
transverse wire shall be fed simultaneously over each strand wire D, F, H, J,
then twisted at its middle by a twisting device as h around its associate strand
wire, then cut to definite length by a cutting device, and then carried onward
by said strand wire until its ends meet two twisting devices as g, i of the second
series whereby its said ends p, q are twisted around the adjacent strand wires
G, I, substantially as described.
6. In a machine for making wire fencing, a plurality of twisting devices
through which the strand wires of the fence are fed, mechanism for simul-
taneously feeding the transverse wires to said twisting devices, mechanism for
cutting said transverse wires into lengths to extend from the strand wires
whereon they are twisted to adjacent strand wires, and mechanism for producing
crimps or bends in the strand wires at the junction of said strand and transverse
wires, substantially as described.
7. In a wire fence making machine, mechanism for moving two strand wires
in a longitudinal direction, one of said wires being provided with a transverse
wire projecting across said other strand wire, a twisting device through which said
second strand wire passes, and operating to twist said transverse wire at one end
about said second strand, and means for forcing the end of said transverse wire
into close engagement with said twisting device, substantially as described.
Doted thi 17th dove f 1909
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.