Stretcher for wires, ropes and similar flexible elements for use in fences or suchlike

A wire stretcher for stretching wires, or ropes, in particular for use in fences, or drying racks, characterized in that the wire stretcher (1) comprises a yoke (7) to be attached to a post (3), whereby the outer end portions of the yoke (7) are provided with two opposite apertures (8) and (9) wherein a rotatable stretching element (10) is disposed, which stretching element (10) is provided with a through cross-aperture (11) in which a wire to be stretched can be secured and with a threaded outer end (12) and an associated nut (13), whereby the cross-section of the threaded outer end (12) is smaller than the cross-section of the stretching element (10) itself and substantially equal to the cross-sectoon of the aperture (9) in one outer end portion of the yoke (7), so that, by tightening the nut (13), this outer end portion of the yoke (7) is gripped between the collar of the stretching element (10) and the nut (13).