Abstract The invention provides a device for connecting together the ends of two lengths of wire, such as barbed wire, or for connecting spaced parts of a single length of such wire which define a loop in the wire to thereby shorten the wire. The device is unitary and has a back part with edge flanges with long inwardly extending narrow tapered openings formed in both ends of each flange. Each wire is passed through diagonally located openings and is wedged in such openings, and the wire parts which cross at the center of the back part apply pressure on each other, assisting in maintaining them in position. In a modified embodiment the edge flanges are of different widths and the tapered openings at one end of the device are replaced by Ushaped slots.
A device for connecting the ends of two wire strands or the spaced parts of a single wire strand, comprising a unitary device having a rectangular flat back part having end and side edges, two rectangular flanges extending in the same direction from the side edges of the back part and at right angles thereto and each having end edges aligned respectively with each other and with the end edges of the back part, each of said flanges having an inwardly tapered opening therein extending inwardly from each of its end edges to receive a strand of wire.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A device for connecting the ends of two wire strands or the spaced parts of a single wire strand, comprising a unitary device having a rectangular flat back part having end and side edges, two rectangular flanges extending in the same direction from the side edges of the back part and at right angles thereto and each having end edges aligned respectively with each other and with the end edges of the back part, each of said flanges having an inwardly tapered opening therein extending inwardly from each of its end edges to receive a strand of wire.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The connecting device according to claim 1, in which each opening has a wide entrance at the end edge and a narrow inwardly tapered inner part defined by converging walls.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The connecting device according to claim 1, in which the openings in two of the aligned end edges of the flangeS are of U-shape.