IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CARRYING AND DELIVERING WIRE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of Kensington, Middlesex for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CARRYING AND DELIVERING
WIRE communicated to him from abroad by Lyman P. Johnson of New
York United States
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th September 1883.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR CARRYING AND DELIVERING WIRE communicated to me from
abroad by Lyman P. Johnson of New York-United States
This invention relates to certain improvements in reels for carrying wire to be
enployed in the construction of wire fences, telegraph lines and other like purposes,
in order to deliver the wire as required, as more fully hereinafter specified.
The invention has for its objects to provide a carriage upon which the reels of
wire may be readily mounted in such manner as to pay off the wire as it is
secured to the supports in the manner as more fully hereinafter set forth.
These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
in which-
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the improved apparatus complete.
Figure 2 a detached perspective view of a modification of the reel, and
Figure 3 a view showing a sectional view of said modification of the reel,
showing the same applied to the axle of the apparatus
The letter A indicates an axle or shaft having mounted on its ends the
wheels B. C. The letter D indicates a metallic frame secured at its ends to
the opposite ends of the axle in any suitable manner. The said frame is constructed
in two parts, the said parts being hinged together at the point E for the purpose
more fully hereinafter specified. To the hub of the wheel B is secured a wheel F
having a flange G, provided with cog teeth H on the inside, which intermesh with
a pinion I mounted on an arm K secured to the shaft or axle. The said pinion
intermeshes with a similar pinion on the end of a frustrum shaped sleeve ↳
n

page_text: mounted loosely on the shaft or axle and setting against a shoulder formed on said
axle. The letter M, indicates a similarly mounted sleeve, near the opposite end of
the shaft, which however is formed without the cogged pinion. The said sleeves
are provided with longitudinal ribs or feathers N, which are adapted to engage
the longitudinal grooves P in the hub or hubs of the reel R. In the modification
shown in figures 2 and 3 the reel consists of two hubs, connected by one or more
arms S upon which the wire is wound. It is evident that the reel may be of a
length sufficient to extend the whole length of the portion of the shaft between
the wheels, or it may be made smaller, as occasion requires.
The operation of the invention, is as follows:
The apparatus is turned over on one side and the upper wheel removed, the
hinged portion of the frame being thrown back for the purpose. The reel is then
placed on the shaft, and the sleeves secured in the hub or hubs as indicated in
figure 1 of the drawings-The apparatus is then turned up in proper position on
the wheels, the free end of the wire is attached to the fence-post and by drawing
the apparatus away from the said post, it may be paid out in a continuous line
ready to be secured to successive posts in a convenient manner.
Having thus described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is:-
1 The combination in a reel for holding and distributing wire in the construc-
tion of wire fences of the shaft or axle mounted upon wheels, the flanged wheel
provided with internal cogs, the intermeshing pinions and the frustrum shaped
sleeves, provided with longitudinal feathers or ribs, and the reel adapted to be
secured on the said shaft, by means of the sleeves, the whole adapted to operate,
substantially in the manner specified.
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2nd In combination with the shaft, the loose sleeves mounted thereon and the
gearing for actuating the reel, of the hinged frame, whereby the reel may be
attached and detached, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof I the said Herbert John Haddon have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 13th day of September A.D. 1883.
HJ HADDAN (TA)