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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
NEWTON J. TATE, OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS.
WIREWORKING-TOOL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,854, dated February 12, 1901.
Application filed March 20, 1900. Serial No. 9,444. (No model,)To all whom, zt imay concerm:
Be it known that I, NEWTON J. TATE, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Weath-
erford, in the county of Parker and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Wire-
working - Tool, of which the following is a
specification
This invention relates to wireworking im-
plements, and has for it object to provide an
i improved tool of this character which is es-
pecially designed for twisting the opposite
ends of a tie-wire to a runner-wire of a fence
and also for twisting the intermediate por-
tion of the tie-wire, so as to tighten the em-
15 brace of the latter upon the fence-post. It is
furthermore designed to provide means for
supporting or bracing the tool upon the post
during the twisting operation thereof, and,
finally, to arrange the handle of the tool so
20 as to provide a convenient and effective wire-
cutter.
With these and other objects in view the
present invention consists in the combination
and arrangement of parts, as will be herein-
25 after more fully described, shown in the ac-
companying drawings,and particularly point-
ed out in the appended claims, it being un-
derstood that changes in the form, propor-
tion, size, and minor details may be made
30 within the scope of the claims without de-
parting from the spirit or sacrificing any of
the advantages of the invention.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a wireworking-tool constructed and
35 arranged in accordance with the present in-
vention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof
applied in position for twisting the interme-
diate portion of a looped tie-wire.
Corresponding parts in both figures of the
4o drawings are designated by like characters of
reference.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
1 designates the handle of the tool, which is
provided at its outer end with a suitable claw
45 2 for drawing staples from the fence-posts.
This handle is in the form of a straight flat
bar of metal, which has its inner end enlarged
into a substantially circular head 3, from
which projects outwardly a straight axially-
50 disposed cylindrical pin 4. Mounted upon
this pin is a substantially L-shaped prong 5,
which is pointed at its outer end and pro-vided at its inner end with a transverse sleeve
6 to loosely receive the pin 4, whereby the
prong is swiveled upon the handle. To hold 55
the sleeve upon the pin, the latter projects
outwardly beyond the former, and a stop-pin
7 is passed transversely through the project-
ing end of the pivot-pin, so as to bear against
the adjacent outer end of the sleeve. The 6o
latter is provided with a perforation 8, where-
by the bearing of the sleeve may be lubricated.
In the outer extremity of the pivot-pin and
beyond the stop-pin there is provided a per-
foration or eye 9 for the reception of a hook 65
or link 10, whereby the latter is loosely or
hingedly connected to the handle. Interme-
diate of the opposite ends of the handle there
is provided a perforation 11 for the reception
of one end of a wire to twist the latter upon 70
another wire, as will be hereinaf ter explained.
Pivotally connected to one side of the han-
dle and in advance of the perforation 11 is an
arm 12, the forward end of which terminates
short of the forward end of the handle and is 75
beveled, as at 13, to form a knife-blade, which
is designed to work transversely across a notch
14, formed in one edge of the handle, and
thereby form a wire-cutter, as will be readily
understood. The rear free end of this arm 8o
is provided with a yoke-shaped stop-shoulder
15, which extends inwardly toward the han-
dle, so as to receive the latter and prevent
the arm and the handle swinging past each
other, thereby forming a comparatively large 85
hand -grasp for conveniently operating the
tool.
In the operation of the tool to secure a run-
ner-wire 16 to a fence-post 17 by means of a
looped tie-wire 18 each end of the tie-wire is 90
separately received within the perforation 11
in the handle, and the tool is then turned
about the runner-wire as an axis, thus form-
ing the coils or twists 19 at opposite sides of
the post to secure the tie-wire to the runner. 95
After the tie-wire has thus been secured the
free end of the prong 5 is placed against the
side of the post as a support, and the hook
or link 10 is then engaged with an interme-
diate portion of the looped tie-wire, as best 100
shown in Fig. 2, and the handle is then turned
upon its swiveled connection with the prong
to twist the tie-wire, as at 20, and thereby
bind the same tightly upon the post, and thus
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Tate, Newton J. Wireworking-Tool., patent, February 12, 1901; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514769/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.