Stays of Posts.
Year: 1885

page_text: Wire Stays of Telegraph Posts.
I, DANIEL SINCLAIR of 13 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR STRAINING AND FASTENING GUY ROPES OR WIRE
STAYS OF TELEGRAPH POSTS," to be as follows:-
In straining or tightening up and fastening guy ropes or wire stays such as
are employed for securing telegraph or telephone posts on house roofs, roads, and
elsewhere, it is usual to employ a screwed rod and swivel forming part of the
length of the guy or stay. In such devices the screw threads soon corrode and
the fastening is rendered unsafe. The object of my invention is to overcome
this objection by providing a simple and more efficient device for the purpose
referred to.
The
The improved device comprises a shackle or U-link, whose doubled end is
secured in an eye of a bolt or pin fixed in the couplings of the roof, and whose
open or forked ends are formed with eyes fitting the axis or spindle of a small
winding barrel, on which the end of the guy rope or wire stay is wound.
axis or spindle of the winding barrel is formed with a square end, which may be
turned by means of a key or spanner to strain or tighten up the guy or stay, and
in the rim or rims of the winding barrel notches are formed for the reception of
a pin or pins which serve to retain the barrel in position when the full strain
of the taut guy or stay is on it.
When used for poles on ground work the device is fixed to an eye formed on the
ordinary stay rod.

page_text: An Improved Device for Straining and Fastening Guy Ropes or
Wire Stays of Telegraph Posts.
I, DANIEL SINCLAIR of 13 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow in the County of
Lanark, Electrical Engineer, 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 :-
In straining or tightening up and fastening guy ropes or wire stays such as
are employed for securing telegraph or telephone posts on house roofs, roads and
elsewhere it is usual to employ a screwed rod and swivel forming part of the
length of the guy or stay. In such devices the screw threads soon corrode not-
withstanding that a protective coating of paint may be applied, and the fastening
is rendered unsafe. The object of my invention is to overcome this objection by
providing a simple and more effective device for the purpose referred to."
As represented in side and end elevation in figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings the improved device consists of a shackle or U-link A whose doubled end
is secured in an eye-bolt or pin B fixed in the couplings of the roof as indicated
in the drawings, or in any other convenient situation, and whose open or forked
ends are formed with eyes a whereinto are fitted the ends of the axis or spindle of
a small winding barrel C, on which the end of the guy rope or wire stay D is wound.
The axis or spindle of the winding barrel C is formed with square ends c by which
it may be turned by means of a key or spanner to strain or tighten up the guy or
stay and in the rim or rims of the winding barrel, ratchet teeth or notches e are
formed for the reception of pawls or of pins f which are passed through the forked
ends of the shackle and serve to retain the barrel from turning when the full strain
of the taut guy or stay is on it.
When used for poles for ground work the shackle or bifurcated bracket carrying
the winding barrel is conveniently fixed to an eye formed on the ordinary stay
rod.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A straining and fastening device for guy ropes or wire stays of telegraph posts
consisting of a shackle or bifurcated bracket and a winding barrel carried thereby
and provided with means for turning the same and for retaining it against the
strain of the guy or stay, substantially as herein set forth.