US1061860A - Bale-tie buckle. - Google Patents

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,P- H MUFARLAND. BALB TIE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1o, 1911.

1,061,860. Patented My 13,1913.

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UNITED "sraTEs PALTENT OFFICE.

FRANK 'HnYs uidFAnLANn, or FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Assrenon, :BY MEsNn;

ASSIGNMENTS', To FRANTZ STANDARD BUCKLE'OO., or WEATHERFORD, TEXAS,

...To all whom t may concern LAN'o,- a. citlzen of and State of Texas,

-Buckles, of which the Beitknowin'that I, FRANK fI-lxrsMGFAR the United States, resid ingl at Fort Vorth, inthe county ofr Tarrant following is a speci.-

'nl therballtiaan'd the Objectis to provide 'rapidity and which will buckles; which. canfbe -put on with great secure the ties without.. leavingvthe ends' of the ties exposed;

Such exposed ends are .dangerous because further Objectis to provide a device 'which is simple in' constru'c-tim4 to which the 'ities are easily andvquckly attached, and in which the parts are vso arranged asv to brace jeach other mutually and"to'prevent the ties .i I- front-'slipping from `the-buckles..

With these and'otherlobjects in view the .invention consists 1n the novel construction and arrangement of 4parts.,hereinafter dei an noreflparticularly pointed out in the' claims',

it being understood that various changes in I the. form, proportions, size, and minor details l"parting from of" the structure' maybe madewithout de l the spirit or sacriticlng any of theadvantages of the invention- 'as claimed.

Reference 1s 'had to the accompanying 4 drawings which forma part of this appliy cation.4

Figurelis 'an elevation of the buckle, showing the position as used on a. bale and showing in dotted 'outline the ends Of a tie applied lto the buckle. 4o.

Fig. 2 is an edge view7 showing theends of .the tie secnred thereto, the side-to be next to the bale being [shown on ,the right side of the ligure. Fig.

is' a view of. the lower end fof the-buckle.

-PartS .are

Similarcharacters of reference areused to-indicate the. same parts throughout the :several views.

The .improved buckle is constructed of heavy wire, lpreferably circular in cross-secand of a single Vpiece of wire or ot a rod orbar. .The wire is irst lapped upon itselfwith onearm considerably longer than the other. The end 'of the lapped portion is bent' inwardly to form a guard. 1. Thetwo i Specicationof Letters Patent. Application nledllay 1Q, 1911. v Serial No. 626,200.

p have invented certain'. new vand useful Improvements 1nv Bale-Tie 4posely doubled to form and the doubled portion guard, one Aa-rm of said thevother armandv at rightlangles to said' then extended upwardly to form a :Banu-Tir:v BUCKLE Patented May 13, 1913,v

side bar. 2 and then the longer part is bentl under the other to form a tie engagingbar 3. The longer part is extended still farther and then'bent to form another tic engaging bar 4. lThe bar 4 has a. portion 5 thereof curved to effect a binding action. Willen the press or compress releases a bale, the tie will be forced tov conform to the contour of the portlon 5 and the portion et, and thepull on` the tie will be of ditierent leverages and any slipping of the tie is thus eectu'ally pre.

vented. The shorter end of the wire is contlnued and bent at right angles to form a clamping-bar 6., A The end 7 of the tie is first placedon the I bar 3 with tlLe free end'thereof brought back over' the bar 6 by which the two parts of the tie are clamped together audit is not essentialthat the tie be pressed againstl the bale to be held in place. The sidebar S serves as a guard and will prevent lateral displacement of the tie.v On the other side ofthe buckle a guard 9 is formed at the bending of the wire which will prevent lateral displacement ot the tie on `that side ofthe.

buckle. The end 10 of the tie is then placed on the bar 4. The tie can be bent .before inthe buckle, since the bar 4 has After the end 10 is located or serting itin a free end. placed on `by the guard 1 and by the guard 9 so that it cannot be displaced laterally on either side. The free end of the tie at end 10 will be forced toward one side as shown in the drawings. The end of bar 4 is bent so that the tie can be easily forced on the bar and also so that vit' the bar 4 is vforced down against the guard 1 the bent portion will serve as a hook to prevent the guard 1 from being vforced outwardly.

the guard so that the guard will vbe strengthened.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new vand desire to secure byLetters Patent, is,-

1'. A bale-tie buckle formed of a single piece of wire and having ajportion thereof' doubled upon itself to form a side guard `bar bent to forni an end wlre being bent under The wire is purthe bar 4, it will be held in place side guard to form a tie engaging4 bar and alinement with said end guard and the other i end of said wire being extended and bent parallel to said first mentioned tie engagin bar to form a Clamp to coperate with sai bar.

2. A bale-tie buckle kformed of a single pieceof Wire and having a portion thereof doubled upon itself to form a side guard barv 3. A ,bale-tie buckle formed of a single' piece of Wire and having a portion thereof doubled upon itself to form an end guard and a side guard and one arm of said Wire being formed into a loop 'at right angles to Said side guard, one side of said loop 'forming a fixed tie engaging bar and the other side thereof forming a free tie engaging bar Within the plane of said end guard, a por tion of said free tie engaging bar being curved opposite the side guardbar for binding the tie thereon and the other arm of said wire being extended and bent parallel to said vbars to form a clamp yto coperate with said fixed tie engaging bar.

4. A bale-tie'buckle formed of a single piece of wire and having a portion thereof doubled upon itself to form a side guard bar and bent to form an end guard, one arm of said wire being bent under the other and at right angles to said' side bar to form a tie engaging bar and then bent parallel to said Side bar to form the second side barand then bent substantially at right angles to said side bars and extended under said doubled portion and standing free to be engaged by a bale tie and in position to be drawn automatically against said end guard by the bale -tie and the other arm of said Wire being extended in line with said first named side bar'beyond the rst named tie engaging bar and then bent at right angles and parallel to said tie engaging bar to form a clamping bar; i

In testimony whereof I set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses, this 26th day of October 1911. n

FRANK HAYs MCFARLAND.

Witnesses:

HUGH ORGAIN., v G. U. FLORENCE. Sr.

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