Apparatus for testing tension of elongated flexible member

Handheld apparatus for checking the tension of a wire, including:

• a support having two spaced pegs rigidly secured thereto;
• a spring mounted on the support between the two pegs;
• the spring and the pegs being arranged such that a wire passing in a predetermined path over and/or under the spring and the pegs is deflected from its normal position and exerts a pressure on the spring in a predetermined direction;
• a displacement measuring device associated with the spring and adapted to measure the displacement of the spring when a wire is in said predetermined path;
• preprogrammed computing means electrically connected to the displacement measuring device and adapted to display upon a read out a reading for the tension upon the wire when the wire is in said predetermined path;
• the computing means being connectable to a fully portable electrical power source.