Wire/Chain Installing and Tensioning Device

Abstract

A wire/chain installing and tensioning device includes a wire-retaining rod, a post-engaging bracket, and a rod-receiving slot. The wire-retaining rod includes a rod body, a wire-engagement head, and a torque-receiving head. The rod-receiving slot normally traversing through the post-engaging bracket to receives the rod body. The wire-engagement head that receives and holds a wire to be tensioned is rotatably connected around a non-threaded section of the rod body. The torque-receiving head is terminally connected to a threaded section of the rod body and positioned opposite the wire-engagement head. The threaded section of the rod body is threadably engaged within the rod-receiving slot thus functioning as a linear actuator when the torque-receiving head is rotated by an external torque tool.

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