Improvements in Straining Wire in Fences and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Straining Wire in Fences and the like.
I, JAMES JACKLIN WARD, of 42, High Street, Eton, Bucks, Coal Merchant, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
The invention relates to improvements in straining wire for fencing and like
purposes.
The devices at present in use consist of ratchets, screws, blocks and similar appli-
ances all of which are expensive to manufacture although efficient when in use.
The apparatus which my correspondents have devised forming the subject matter
of the present invention is a very simple and efficacious means of straining wire
which is cheap and easy to manufacture no special tools being required.
The improved apparatus will be clearly understood by the aid of the following
description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation, and
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 Figure 1 of a straining post to which
the wire is secured by means of the present invention. A is the post and B the
wire which is passed through a horizontal orifice A' to the straining pin or key C;
said pin consists of a rod of round iron having an eye C¹ formed at or near the
end by welding or bending the end of the rod or in any other suitable manner.
As is a horizontal notch in the post in which the key C can take a bearing, said
notch is in the drawing shewn as being on a level with the orifice A¹, but it may
be above or below said orifice if desired.
The method of securing the wire is somewhat as follows:-
:-
The end of the wire is passed through the orifice A¹ to the back of the post
and drawn as tightly as possible being bent at right angles at the post to prevent
it slipping back, the end of wire is now passed through the eye C¹ of the key, the
latter being moved along until it arrives at the position shewn in Figure 1, the eye
being clear of the post. A lever such as a rod of iron or the like is now passed
through the key and the latter rotated on its axis so that the wire is wrapped
round the stem thereof in the manner shewn and it will be readily understood
that a considerable amount of force may in this way be exerted and the wire
drawn quite tight. When the wire is sufficiently tightened the loose end which
projects from the eye of the key is passed round the front of the post in the
manner shewn in Figure 2, and twisted round the tight portion of the wire and
the key is thereby prevented from rotating in the reverse direction and slackening
the wire when the lever is removed, if the wire becomes slack the loose end may
be untwisted and the lever again inserted in the eye of the key and the latter
rotated to draw the wire tight again. Other means for securing the loose end
of the wire so as to prevent the key or pin from running back may be employed.
In some cases the notch A² may be dispensed with but it is useful as forming
a bearing in which the key can be rotated when tightening the wire.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is:-
:-
1. The combination with a wire and a straining post for the same of a key
or pin through an orifice in which the wire passes and round which the wire is
wound, the loose end of said wire being secured so as to prevent the key or pin
turning back substantially as described.
2. The improved means for straining wire substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 4th day of June 1898.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.