Wires and in Tools therefor.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1887
Complete Left, 24th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 29th -Mar., -1888-
Wires and in Tools therefor.
We DANIEL MCBRIDE of 29 Argyle Street Glasgow in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Wire-fencer, and JOHN BURDON of Muirmadkin, Bellshill in the same
County Blacksmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
that is to say :-
. Our said Invention has for its object to fasten droppers or vertical bars to fence
wires in an improved, simple, and effective manner.
In carrying out our Invention we employ for each fastening a piece of wire in the
form of an ordinary staple but bent so that the points whilst remaining parallel to
each other are nearly at right angles to the loop end. We employ a specially devised
tool for applying and fixing the bent staples the fixing operation consisting in
further bending or closing the points of the staple round the fence wire, the dropper
or vertical bar being held against the fence wire by the loop of the staple.
The tool comprises a pair of levers which may be distinguished as the main lever
and the forked lever. The main lever is made with a straight face, and in the
operation it and the dropper are grasped together by one hand. Cheeks are formed
or fixed on the main lever and are made with bearings for bosses which project in
from the forked parts of the forked lever, both the cheeks of the main lever and the
bosses of the forked lever being slotted to admit the fence wire. In one position of
the forked lever its bosses form rests for the sides of the bent staple whilst being
applied; and then when the parts are brought together and the forked lever is
turned, its bosses acting as cams bend the points of the staple round the fence wire
and fix the dropper or vertical bar tightly thereto. A pair of hooks are jointed to
the cheeks of the main lever, to be turned over on the fence wire and hold it in
position; and a catch lever is jointed to the end of the main lever for holding the
part of the dropper or vertical bar which projects beyond the end of the main levers.
The loop of the staple is pressed firmly against the dropper or vertical bar by a small
block fitted into a recess in the main lever and adjustable by a screw. The droppers
or vertical bars may have one or both edges serrated.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. -
Improvements in Fastening Droppers or Vertical Bars to Fence
Wires and in Tools therefor.
We, DANIEL MCBRIDE, of 29 Argyle Street, Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Wire-fencer, and JOHN BURDON, of Muirmadkin, Bellshill,
in the same County, Blacksmith, 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, that is to say :-
Our said Invention has for its object to fasten droppers or vertical bars to fence
wires in an improved, simple, and effective manner.
And in order that our said Invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood we hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be
hereinafter referred to and showing our improvements.
Figures, 1, and 2, on the accompanying sheet of drawings are, respectively, side
and front elevations showing part of a dropper or vertical bar as fastened to a fence
wire, according to our Invention. Figure, 3, is a side elevation; figure, 4, a sectional
side elevation; and figure, 5, a front elevation of our improved fastening tool with
the parts in position for being acted on; whilst figure, 6, is a sectional side elevation
of the tool in the position assumed when just completing its action on the staple but
with the dropper supposed to be removed to prevent confusion. In these drawings
the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like parts wherever they
are repeated.
In carrying out our Invention we employ for each fastening a piece of wire in the
form of an ordinary staple, 10, but bent so that the points whilst remaining parallel
to each other are nearly at right angles to the loop end, as shown in figure, 4, and
by dotted lines in figure, 1. We employ a specially devised tool for applying and
fixing the bent staples, 10, the fixing operation consisting in further bending or
closing the points of the staple, 10, round the fence wire, 11, the dropper or vertical
bar, 12, being held against the fence wire, 11, by the loop of the staple, 10. The
dropper or vertical bar, 12, is shown in the drawings as having its front edge
serrated to assist in preventing it from slipping but it may be without such serrations,
or both its edges may be serrated, if desired.
The tool comprises a pair of levers which may be distinguished as the main
lever, 13, and the forked lever, 14. The main lever, 13, is made with a straight face,
and in the operation it and the dropper, 12, are grasped together by one hand. A
cheek, 15, is fixed by pins, 16, on each side of the upper end of the main lever, 13,
(or they might be formed thereon) and these cheeks, 15, are made with bearings for
bosses, 17, which are formed on the upper ends of, and project in from the forked
parts of the forked lever, 14, both the cheeks, 15, of the main lever, 13, and the
bosses; 17, of the forked lever, 14, being slotted to admit the fence wire, 11. In the
position of the forked lever, 14, shown in figures, 3, 4, and 5, grooves on the inner

page_text: surfaces of the bosses, 17, form rests for the sides of the bent staple, 10, whilst being
applied and then when the parts are brought together and the forked lever, 14, is
turned gradually into the position shown in figure, 6, its bosses, 17, acting as cams
bend the points of the staple, 10, round the fence wire, 11, and fix the dropper or
vertical bar, 12, tightly thereto. A pair of hooks, 18, jointed by screws, 19, to the
cheeks, 15, of the main lever, 13, can be turned over on the fence wire, 11, and hold
it whilst the staple ends are being bended round it. The loop of the staple, 10, is
pressed firmly against the dropper or vertical bar, 12, by a small block, 20, fitted
into a recess in the main lever, 13, and adjustable by a screw, 21.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1-Fastening droppers on vertical bars to fence wires by means of staples the
loops of which encircle the droppers or vertical bars and the ends of which are
bended round the fence wires substantially as hereinbefore described.
2-The combination of parts forming a tool for fastening droppers or vertical bars
to fence wires by means of staples, the said parts being constructed, arranged, and
operating substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Twenty-third day of February 1888.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.