Improvements in Fencing Tools.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
Improvements in Fencing Tools.
We, GEORGE WILLIAM BURNS, and THOMAS GEORGE PUCKETT of
Thompsonville, in the County of Franklin, and State of Illinois, 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:
Our invention relates to improvements in fencing tools, and it consists in the
novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, whereby the same is
adapted for several uses during the operation of building a wire fence.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved tool showing it in position when
being used as a wire stretcher.
Figure 2, is a similar view showing the wire spool thereon for the purpose of
being carried, also the wire passed over the chisel end of the tool for the purpose
of being severed.
Figure 3, is a similar view showing the implement in position for extracting
staples. In the same view is shown in dotted liues, the implement for lifting the
post from the ground.
A designates a bar which is preferably round in form having at one end and at
one side of its longitudinal axis the sharpened point B. At the opposite end of the
rounded portion is the collar C and beyond this extends the angular bar D having
formed therein the offset E. Adjacent to this offset is pivoted the wire locking
lever F, the ratchet end F' of which is adapted to close quite near the said offset E,
and thus clamp the wire firmly thereto, thereby securing a tight grasp and enabling
the wire to be effectually stretched.
A strip G extends over the offset portion and the short end of said lever for the
purpose of confining the said wire in place while being clamped by the said
locking lever. On the outer end of the bar D is formed a chisel H, over which
the wire may be passed, as shown in Figure 2, for the purpose of cutting or severing
it which may be effected by a blow from a hammer.
The bar A is made rounded for the purpose of conveniently carrying the wire
thereon as shown in Figure 2, and the collar C is provided to prevent the spool
from running up upon the locking lever.
The sharpened point B is provided for the purpose of extracting staples from the
post, as shown in Figure 3, and it may also be conveniently used for elevating the
post from the ground as shown in dotted lines in the same figure.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of this invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. An improved fence tool comprising a bar having an offset between its ends,
a strip projecting over the offset, and a locking lever pivoted adjacent the offset
with its ends extending beneath the said strip, substantially as shown and described.
2nd. An improved tool comprising a bar, a means carried thereby for stretching
wire, and a chisel edge formed on one end of the bar, substantially as shown and
described.
3rd. An improved fencing tool comprising a bar, a collar arranged thereon
between its ends, and wire stretching means carried by the bar, substantially as
shown and described.

page_text: 4th. An improved fencing implement comprising a bar having the rounded
portion M, collar B at the inner end of said rounded portion, angular portion C
extending from the said collar having offset E between its ends, a chisel edge at its
outer end, and a locking lever pivoted adjacent said offset, substantially as shown
and described.
5th. An improved fencing tool comprising a har having a cylindrical portion A, a
staple extracting point formed at its outer end and on one side of its longitudinal axis,
collar C arranged at its inner end, bar portion D projected from the said collar and
formed with an offset between its ends, a chisel at the outer edge of the said
portion D, and a locking lever arranged adjacent to said offset, substantially as
shown and described.
1000
G. W. BURNS,
T. G. PUCKETT,
By L. W., per W. C.