US708612A - Wire-tie. - Google Patents

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DANIEL AYLWORTH, OF SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,612, dated ,September 9, 1902.

Application filed May 21, 1902. Serial No. 108,323- (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom i?) may concern/.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. AYLWORTH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of South Haven, county of Van Buren, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Ties, of which I hereby declare the` following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates. to improvements in wire-ties for the crossings of the line and stay wires of wire fences; and the objects of the invention are to provide a wire-tie which cannot be pulled apart orremoved,although easily applied, and which will form a simple and eX- tremely rigid form of joint. I employ this tie in connection with stays having integral lateral loops spaced to conform to the desired distance apart of the line-wires to secure the line-wires to the loop; and it consists in the separate wire-fastener wrapped at its extremities about the sides of a loop and passing underneath a crimp in the line-wire, with the various details of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described, shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and specifi-A cally stated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of a looped Wire-fence stay, showing the crossing line-wires and the wire-fastener. Fig. 2 is a view of a stay, showing the loops arranged on alternate sides thereof. Fig. 3 is a View of a loop, showing the sides flattened to prevent the tie from slipping to either side. Fig. 4 shows more decided crimps in the sides of the loop for the same purpose. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section of the loop and line-wire taken on center of loop. Fig. Gis a transverse horizontal section on center of loop, showing the wire-fastener in place. Fig. 7 is a similar section to Fig. 5, showing the use of a common staple employed as a wire-fastener, the dotted lines showing it wrapped about the sides of the loop. In these views, 1 is lthe stay-wire, provided with laterally-extending loops 2.

3 represents the line-wires, which pass longitudinally across the loops, and 4 represents the Wire-fasteners.

In the sectional views it will be seen that the fastener-wire is inserted behind the linewire, which is crimped at 5 to permit it to pass and also to prevent the loop from slipping along the line-wire. The extremities of the fastener engage the sides of the loop, and

thus rigidly lock the line-wire to the loop. In order to prevent the fastener from becoming loosened or fromv being pulled out of the loop, as is often done when possible by hun- Vters or other depredators, the extremities are closely Wound about the sides of the loop at 6, thus rigidly attaching the fastener thereto, so that no strain can workthem loose.

.If'the sides of the loop are left curved, the 'fasteners may work around the loop and stand and coiled about the sides of the loop, thus utilizing an article that is always at hand for this particular purpose.V Some advantage isgained by placing the loops upon opposite sides of the stay, which tends to brace and strengthen the fence and equalize the strains-that is, if pressure were brought against Athe fence one wire would pull upon its loop and the next would pull upon the stay, thus giving the fence greater elasticity.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a fence-joint the combination with a Wire-stay, of lateral loops integral therewith, a series of line-wires crossing the said loops and crimped within the loop-circle, and means for binding said line-wires to said loops, consisting of individual wire-fasteners one for each loop, each fastener passing-through the crimp in the line-wire and having its extremities wrapped about the sides of the loop, substantially as described.

2, The combination with a looped stay, of a line-wire provided with a crimp situated within said loop, and a fastener therefor,con sisting of a wire passing through the crimp in the line-Wire, and closely Wrapped aboutA crimp and engaging the edges of the loop sides adjacent to the crimps in the line-Wire, free extremities of the Wire-tie closely Wrapped about the sides of the loop and means for preventing the Wrapped extremities from slipping longitudinally on the loop, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DANIEL W. AYLWORTH.

Vtitnesses:

WM. M. MONROE, A. ZIMMERMAN.

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