Improvements in Grips for Holding Wire or Ropes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Grips for Holding Wire or Ropes.
We, JOHN NICHOLDS LESTER, Metal Broker, Rosehill House, Deepfields in
the County of Stafford, and HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER, Engineer, Sutton
Road, Walsall, in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in grips for holding wire and retaining in
position wire used for fencing or other purposes, or wire, or hemp ropes, or cables.
The improved grip or clip is made in several forms, the principle being the same
in all of them. The wire or rope to be held is stretched tightly and placed on a
groove or bed in the grip, and a cam with sharp teeth is dropped on to the wire or
rope. The teeth of the cam are instantly engaged and hold the rope tight, the
greater the tension of the wire or rope the more the cam is pressed down to hold
fast the same.
For ordinary wire fencing the grip is made in two pieces, an oval
or suitable shaped back-plate with grooved ledge across the front of it on to which
the wire to be fastened is placed. This plate is fastened by rivets, bolts or in any
suitable way to the ordinary upright posts of the fence. At the top of the above
plate and over the grooved ledge I attach a toothed cam, so fastened that when
the wire is taut the cam can be dropped on to it and the teeth engaged, thus
automatically holding the wire in position. When the uprights are drilled for the
wire to pass through, the grip is made with a flat edge to rest against the side of
upright with hole drilled or cast in to correspond with the hole in the upright, the
wire being drawn through and then engaged as above. In the latter case it is not
necessary to attach the grip to the upright by bolts or rivets as it is firmly held in
position by the tension of the wire or rope.
Dated this 30th day of August 1893.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Grips for Holding Wire or Ropes.
We, JOHN NICHOLDS L.ESTER, Metal Broker, Rosehill House, Deepfields in
the County of Stafford, and HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER, Engineer, Sutton Road,
Walsall, in the County of Stafford, 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 grips for holding wire, or hemp ropes,
or cables, and retaining in position the same when used for fencing or other
purposes. The improved grip or clip is made in several forms, the principle being
the same in all of them. By one form the wire or rope to be held is stretched
tightly and placed on a groove or bed in the grip, and a cam with sharp teeth is
dropped on to the wire or rope. The teeth of the cam are instantly engaged and
hold the rope tight, the greater the tension of the wire or rope the more the cam is
pressed down to hold fast the same. In another form for ordinary wire fencing
the grip may be made in two pieces, an oval or suitable shaped back plate with
grooved ledge across the front of it on to which the wire to be fastened is placed.
This plate is fastened by rivets, bolts or in any suitable way to the ordinary upright
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page_text: posts of the fence. At the top of the above plate and over the grooved ledge we
attach a toothed cam, so fastened that when the wire is taut the cam can be
dropped on to it and the teeth engaged, thus automatically holding the wire in
position. When the uprights are drilled for the wire to pass through, the grip is
made with a flat edge to rest against the side of upright with hole drilled or cast in
to correspond with the hole in the upright, the wire being drawn through and then
engaged as above. In the latter case it is not necessary to attach the grip to the
upright by bolts or rivets as it is firmly held in position by the tension of the wire.
The most convenient form of grip is the one shewn in the accompanying drawings
and consists of two cam levers A. attached together by link B. The inside edge
of the said levers at the cam end are slightly hollowed and are roughed up with
cross cuts resembling fine teeth as shewn in Figure 2. so as to retain a firmer
grip of the rope when in use.
Fig. 1. shews the grip in operation and holding the wire rope D. in position
through the upright standard or post C. of fence. It will be seen that the more
tension there is on the rope the closer the cam levers will be pressed to the post
and consequently the tighter will be the grip on the rope.
Fig. 3. is a representation of the grip ready for use, the two cam levers A. being
attached to the link B. by means of rivets E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. An improved clip or grip for holding wire, hemp rope or cable as set forth.
2. In clips for holding wire, hemp rope or cable, the combination of 2 cam levers
with link substantially as described.
Dated this 31st dox of Mov 1891
Dated this 21st
21st doy of
Mov
1894
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.