US2124416A - Combination fence tool - Google Patents

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y 1938. .c. A. HADLAND COMBINATION FENCE TOOL 2 Sheets-Sheei 1 Eiled July 19, 1937 July 19, 1933. cg. A. HADLAND COMBINATION FENCE TOOL Filed July 19, 1937 ZSheets-Shget 2 Patented July 19', 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT; ;OFFICE 2,124,416 v v COMBINA'HON FENCE root 1 7 Carl A. Hadland, Plainview, Application July 19, 1937, Serial No. 154 ,378 v e '-3c1ai s. c1.14o 1z3.5

This invention relates to a combi'nation fence tool, more particularly a substantially ,S-shaped metal bar adaptable for numerous uses including uses as a crow-bar, a wrecking bar, a claw bar 5 and nail puller, a wire stretcher and tightener and wire splicer. v

V Importantobjects of my invention are the provision of a combination metal tool of substantially S shape, having at one end a rounded, beveled l bifurcated .claw usable as a nail puller or as a crow-bar; having an intermediate integral rightangled portion with a tongue thereon, and having a turned-back opposite end terminating in a pick or point.

15 A further object of my invention is the provision of a combination tool in substantially the form of an S-shaped crow-bar having a straight intermediate portion and right-angled end sections integral with said intermediate portion,

20 the extreme ends being formed as a pointed bit and bifurcated claw respectively.

A further object of my invention is the provision of the aforesaid combination tool having a spaced apart tongue secured on and parallel to 25 its shank or intermediate portion providing means for gripping and stretching a barbed wire,

and also having a hole through said intermediate portion adapted to receive splicing wire or the like and whereby said tool is rotated as a crank 30 to draw two or more wires together.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my combination tool in the initial position for splicing and drawing 45 together two spaced apart wires. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same after several rotations of the tool from the position of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view of spliced wire sections after the 50 completion of the operations shown in Figs. 3

and 4.

Reference numeral I 0 designates the intermediate straight portion of the metal bar, with right-angled integral sections IIla and IIJb ex- 55 tending perpendicularly from the opposite ends to position and drive staples to hold the'wire on thereof. As indicated in the drawings, portion or bar section Illb terminates in a bifurcated claw II which is preferably formed by flattening and widening said end by forging or the like and thence bending the same slightly to form acurved 5" surface I la. Said claw orbifurcated end is usable as a nail puller, for ripping, prying and like uses. The opposite end of bar section Illa terminates in a perpendicularly extending pick, pike. point,

bit or hook I'2 which is turnedback to a position substantially parallel with intermediate section II], and'which'point has many well known uses such as ripping, prying, etc., including especially the pulling of staples. All the portions or sections II), I80, I81), II and I2 lie substantially in the right-angled bend forming the juncture of sections I8 and Illa.

As clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the bar tool is in a horizontal plane and against a post I5, a. barbed wire I6 being engaged by projecting end I4 of tongue I3, and the section Illa being braced against the post I5. When it is desired to engage a barbed wire, the tool is moved to insert the barbed wire behind tongue end I4, and thence bracing the tool against the post and thereby stretching the wire to the desired degree, whereupon the user may brace his body against the bar tool wherein the bent end IIlb rests against the hip and the user thence has both hands free the post.

An important feature of my invention is the wire splicing means which comprises the aforedescribed bar tool having an aperture I! extending through section or portion Illa thereof as shown in the drawings.

When it is desired to repair and splice two ends of a barbed wire, which are usually separated apart when broken by the tension thereof, a short piece of smooth wire I8 is doubled and loop I8a formed through loop I9a of wire I9 as shown in Fig. 3, and both the free ends I 81) and I8c of wire I8 are passed through loop 28a of wire 28 which is formed on the other wire to be joined. Thence one of the free ends of splicing wire I8 is inserted through aperture I! of bar tool I8 and said bar tool rotated as a crank to define a substantially vertical plane. This will cause the splicing wire [8 to be drawn through loop 20a to draw the loop 20a and l9a closer together, one end of splicing wire being wound about the bar section Illa as shown in Fig. 4. When the two wires have been drawn together to the desired degree the free end I8?) is bent back and twisted about the loops I8a. and l9a and thereupon the tool will be rotated in reverse direction to unwind the coiled portion of splicing wire IS; the tool then is removedby withdrawing said wire from aperture l1. Then the end I80 is bent back and wound and twisted about the splicing wire l8, about the loop 20a if desired or about loop [811 and l9a to securely hold the respective wires in tight and spliced position, such as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention herein specifically described without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention or any features thereof, and nothing herein shall be construed as limitations upon the invention, its concept or structural embodiment as to the whole or any part thereof except as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: v

I 1. In a combination tool, a substantially S- shaped bar having one endcurved and bent angularly and providing handle gripping means, and having its opposite end bent to form an angular hook, an offset tongue on the side of said bar forming a deep longitudinally extending recess therewith adapted to engage a barbed wire or the like, the intermediate portion of the bar having an aperture therethrough adapted to receive a splicing wire and permitting rotation of such wire to draw separated wire ends together.

2. A combination tool of substantially S-shape, comprising integral end sections extending in substantially opposite directions connected by an integral intermediate shank portion, one of said end sections having a transverse aperture therein, an angularly extending integral hook on the end of one of said end sections, said aperture being adapted to receive a splicing wire for connecting together a pair of spaced apart wires or the end of awire being stretched, and a gripping tongue on said shank portion adapted to engage a barb wire or the like when stretching the same.

3. A combination tool of substantially S-shape,

comprising integral end sections extending in substantially opposite directions connected by an integral intermediate shank portion, and an offset hook-like tongue secured longitudinally of and on the side of said intermediate shank portion and forming awire-gripping member therewith, one of said sections providing a gripping member for rotating said tool and adapted, when rotated, to wind a wire gripped by said hook-like tongue to draw same to means on which said tool is supported.

CARL A. HADLAND.

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