Wire Fence Tool (Patent No: 188930)

Inventor: Carson, Jay P.

Location: Magrath

Comments: N/A

Description: Jay P. Carson, Magrath, Alberta, Canada, 4th March, 1919; 6 years. Filed 13th May, 1918. Receipt No. 294, 894.

Claim.—1. In a tool a pair of pivoted members having long handle forming lever ends, and short working lever ends the short lever ends of one of said members being substantially U-shaped the short lever end of the other of said members bent to lie parallel with the legs of the U-shaped end when in a closed position, and a pair of co-acting staple pulling points formed upon said short lever ends.

3. In a tool, a pair of pivoted members having relatively long handle forming lever ends, and short working lever ends the short lever end of one of said members being substantially U-shaped and extending at right angles from the handle lever end, the short lever end of the other of said members lying parallel to the legs of the U-shaped end when in a closed position, a point projecting tangentially from the bight portion of said U-shaped member at the upper end of the inner leg of said U-shaped member, and a point formed upon the free end of the second-mentioned short lever end for co-action with said U-shaped lever end carried point for pulling a staple, the bight portion of said U-shaped end forming a fulcrum for pivotal movement of the entire tool to pull a staple.

6. In a tool, a pair of pivoted members having relatively long handle forming lever ends and short working lever ends, the short lever end of one of said members being substantially U-shaped and extending at right angles from the handle lever end the short lever end of the other of said merrrbers lying parallel to the legs of the U-shaped end when in a closed position, a point projecting tangentially from the bight portion of said U-shaped member at the upper end of the inner leg of said U-shaped member, a point formed upon the free end of the second-mentioned short lever end for co-action with said U-shaped lever end carried point for pulling a staple, the bight portion of said U-shaped end forming a fulcrum for pivotal movement of the entire tool to pull a staple, the facing edges of said short lever end being spaced near their outer free ends to form a wire receiving pocket when the tool is in a closed position, and cutting edges formed upon the facing edges of said short walking lever and inwardly of the spaced portion of the end, and a hammer head formed upon the free end of the outer leg of the U-shaped working end.

Claims allowed, 6.