An Improved Device for Twisting or Weaving Stay Wires on the Strands of Wire Fences.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1897--Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
An Improved Device for Twisting or Weaving Stay Wires on the
Strands of Wire Fences.
1, EDWARD MCMILLEN CROUCH, of Hartland, County of Waukesha, Wisconsin,
U.S.A., Farmer, 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 relates to improvements in devices for attaching to the line
wires or horizontal wires of wire fencing the stay wires thereof, or weaving in
the same.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view shewing the device of this invention as it is used for
twisting the stay wire around the line or horizontal wire of a wire fence.
Fig. 2 a side view shewing the wire as it is carried to the outside of the
twisting or weaving bar.
Fig. 3 a front view of the device as it is used for coiling the stay wire.
or
The bar A is provided with a hook notch B near one end and a handle at the
other end projecting at right angles from the bar, D is a coil supporting spindle
cylinder attached to the bar about midway of its length and projecting therefrom
parallel to the handle C. E is a hole in the bar A slightly larger than the stay wire
to be attached or woven.
In use, the end of the stay wire is first twisted at least once around the upper line
wire or first strand of the fence. The coiled portion of the wire is then slipped on the
spindle D and the device drawn downwardly to the next strand, unwinding the coil by
means of the force applied. The second line wire is then engaged by the hook B and
the device rotated upon such wire with the uncoiled end of the stay wire on the
opposite side of the bar A from the coil, twisting or coiling the stay wire round the
line wire. This operation is then repeated until the bottom of the fence is reached
and the coil is removed from the spindle D. Then the upper end of the wire is
inserted through the hole E and the bar A is used as a lever to twist and tighten the
stay wire around the upper line wire.
For coiling the stay wires preparatory to working or weaving them into the fence,
a crank F is provided having a winding sleeve G, the latter being adapted to slip over
the handle C (Fig. 3). The hooked end of the bar A is then held in a vise or by
equivalent means, and the end of the stay wire inserted through a perforated lug Ĥ
near one end of the sleeve G. On holding down the free end of the wire and turning
the crank it is obvious that the wire will be coiled upon the sleeve and that the
completed coil may be slipped off by withdrawing the end of the wire from
the lug H.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A device for weaving stay wires into wire fences, comprising the hooked bar A
provided with a hole E slightly larger than the stay wire, a coil supporting spindle D,
and a handle C projecting at right angles to the bar A and adapted to temporarily
support a winding sleeve, substantially as described and shewn.

page_text: 2. A device for weaving stay wires into wire fences, comprising the hooked bar A
provided with a hole E slightly larger than the stay wire, a coil supporting spindle D,
and a handle C projecting at right angles to the bar A and adapted to temporarily
support a winding sleeve, in combination with the crank F and winding sleeve G,
having a perforated lug H for holding the end of the wire, substantially as described 5
and shewn.
Dated this 25th day of February 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.