A Broken Wire Strainer and Mender.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Broken Wire Strainer and Mender.
I, ANTHONY SIMPSON of Dunrobin, Dunrobin Castle Golspie, in the County
of Sutherland, Scotland, Forester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a device for straining and mending broken wires and
has for its objects the provision of ready means for carrying out said operation
without the necessity of cutting or untying the wire at a straining post, and also
adapting the device as an adjunct to a straining post if necessary.
In carrying my said invention into effect I provide a frame of suitable length
and size, carrying a vertical headstock at one end, and a vertical bearing bracket
at the other. These may be attached to, or form part of the frame aforesaid, and
are bored in a direction parallel to said frame. A screwed spindle, with a vise or
other suitable turning head is fitted to the headstock and bearing bracket in such a
manner that it may be revolved without longitudinal movement in either direction.
may effect this by coneing the headstock and fitting a back collar to the screwed
spindle. Attached to, or forming part of the headstock aforesaid, is a fixed jaw,
and to it is hinged a moveable jaw corresponding thereto, the distance between
them being regulated by a suitable screw, the whole forming a clamp. Upon the
screwed spindle is mounted a similar headstock carrying a clamp of like formation
to that described as being fitted to the fixed headstock. The second headstock
with its clamp being thus mounted upon the screwed spindle may be moved in
either direction longitudinally according to the direction of rotation of the spindle,
and in order to maintain it in a vertical position during its traverse.
I extend a
guide bar downwards to embrace the longitudinal frame before described.
In operating the device or contrivance according to my invention, I grip both
ends of the broken wire in the fixed and moveable clamps respectively when the
headstocks are farthest apart. By revolving the screwed spindle the moveable
beadstock is drawn towards the fixed one, and the wire is strained so that the
broken ends may be joined in any suitable manner.
I do not confine myself to any particular size or shape of any of the component
parts of the device, the essential feature being fixed and moveable clamps, and
means for advancing and withdrawing one from the other without the possibility of
slipping under strain.
Dated this 9th dow of T„l. 1905
ANTHONY SIMPSON,
Per Fredk. Walker,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Broken Wire Strainer and Mender.
I, ANTHONY SIMPSON, of Dunrobin, Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, in the County
of Sutherland, Forester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a device for straining and mending broken wires and has
for its objects the provision of ready means for carrying out said operation without
the necessity for carrying the wire to a straining post and also adapting the device
as an adjunct to a straining post if necessary.

page_text: In carrying my said invention into effect I provide a frame of suitable length
and size carrying a vertical headstock at one end, and a vertical bearing bracket
at the other. These may be attached to or form part of the frame aforesaid, and
are bored in a direction parallel to said frame.
A screwed spindle with a vise or other suitable turning head is fitted to the head-
stock and bearing bracket in such a manner that it may be revolved without
longitudinal movement in either direction. I inay effect this by coning the head-
stock and fitting a back collar to the screwed spindle.
Attached to or forming part of the headstock aforesaid is a fixed jaw and to it is
hinged a movable jaw corresponding thereto, the distance between them being
adjusted by a suitable screw, the whole forming a clamp. Upon the screwed
spindle is mounted a similar headstock carrying a clamp of like formation to that
described as being fitted to the fixed headstock. The second headstock with its
clamp being thus mounted upon the screwed spindle may be moved in either
direction longitudinally according to the direction of rotation of the spindle, and
in order to maintain it in a vertical position during its traverse, I extend a guide
bar downwards to embrace the longitudinal frame before described.
In operating the device or contrivance according to my invention, I grip both
ends of the broken wire in the fixed and movable clamps respectively when the
headstocks are farthest apart.
By revolving the screwed spindle the movable headstock is drawn towards the
fixed one, and the wire is strained so that the broken ends may be joined in any
suitable manner.
I do not confine myself to any particular size or shape of any of the component
parts of the device, the essential feature being a fixed and a movable clamp and
means for advancing and withdrawing one from the other without the possibility of
slipping under strain.
And in order that my said invention may be the better understood I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying drawing which represents
a wire strainer constructed according to this invention. a is the frame, b the head-
stock formed integral with or attached thereto, c the bearing bracket, d the loose
headstock which is prevented from rotating by means of the guide e which at its
lower end is formed into a fork spanning the frame a and moving easily thereon.
g is a clamp or vice file cut or corrugated as shewn at h to grip the wire which
vice forms part of or is attached to the loose headstock d, i is the hinged jaw of
same also file cut or corrugated which is pressed against its fixed jaw by the
screw which is rotated by the handle k.
m is the fixed and n the hinged jaw of a similar clamping device attached to the
headstock b, o the clamping screw and p the handle thereof.
q is a spindle or shaft having formed thereon a male screw engaging with a
female screw cut in the headstock d this screw is carried in bearings formed in the
bracket c and headstock band is caused to rotate by the handle the rotation
of the said screw causes the headstock d to advance towards or recede from the
headstock b, s is a hook on the jaw m.
When a broken wire is to be repaired the headstocks are separated as far as
necessary and one end of the wire clamped by the vice attached to the headstock b
and the other end by the vice carried by the headstock d, the screwed spindle q is
then caused to revolve and draw the two headstocks together the ends of the wire
are then joined in any convenient manner. The apparatus may be attached to a
post by means of the hooks and the wire brought up to the post by the loose
headstock.
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 :-
In a broken wire mender and strainer the combination of a screwed shaft or

page_text: stocks having clamping devices formed on or attached thereto the distance between
the headstocks being varied by rotating the said screw all substantially as herein-
before described and shewn by the drawing hereunto annexed.
Dated this 20th day of December 1892.
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.