US1196555A - Package-tie. - Google Patents

Description

H. J. LEE.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION men AUG-8,19H.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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H. J. LEE

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8.19I4.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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2 SHEETSSHEET 2- WM names HENRY J". LEE, 0]? SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB OF THREE-FIFTEENTHS TO HARRY J. BIRTLEY AND FOUR-FIFTEENTI-IS 'IO EZRA F. GRAY, 0F SCRANTON, PENN SYLVANIA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton in the-county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a package tie, and has for its: primary object to provide a structure of this character which generally improves the details of construction forming the subject-matter embodied in Letters Patent No. 939,040, issued to Henry J. Lee and Ezra F. Gray on or about the 2d day of November, 1909. 9

Another object of the invention is the provision of a package tie wherein the cord is free for any desirable adjustment when tying a package, the details of construction being of novel form to insure practicability and service, and which will enable the quick and easy tying of the package or its release.

A further object of the invention is the provision ofa tie of this character which is simple in construction, reliable and efficient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, com bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved tie applied for binding together a package of letters and detachably securing the same thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged partly sectional plan view of the cord receiving plate and the cord therein. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 1 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the cord receiving plate. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is an edge elevation of the device, looking at the wider end thereof. Fig. 8 is a plan View of a modified form of tie, prior to the bending of its catch. Fig. 9 is a perspective view ready for use. Fig. 10 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 11 is a plan view of a still further modification, prior to the bending of the catch. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the tie ready for use. Fig. 13 is a view thereof.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings. Referring to the drawing in detail, the package tie comprises a cord receiver formed from a body 6 made from a plate metal blank that is flattened when out into shape marginally and subsequently bent into completed form. The body 6 is gradually narrowed from one end toward the other, and at the wider end a seam 7 is formed by turning the material outwardly and inwardly against one face of the blank so as to reinforce the same at this edge.

Along each side edge of the body 6 a tubulation 8 is formed by curving the blank inwardly and downwardly, thus producing two cylindrical guideways or receivers, the function of which will be hereinafter fully described. The cylindrical receivers or guides. terminate at the wide and narrow ends of the body as shown in the drawing.

Arranged on the outer face of the body 6between the cylindrical guides or receivers 8 is a double resilient hook 9 formed with securing limbs 10 bent reversely with respect to the direction of the bills 11 of the hook, and these limbs 10 are engaged in eyes outstruck from the body 6 so that in this manner the hook 9 is fastened upon the body. The eyes 12 are arranged contigu ous to the cylindrical guides or receivers, and by reason of the convergent relation of the latter it will be impossible for the limbs 10 to work out of the eyes 12 by reason of the contracted space toward the smaller end of the body between the cylindrical guides or receivers thereon.

In connection with the device that has been described the cord 13 is employed, which is of a suitable thickness and length for effective use, the cord being trained through both of the cylindrical guides or receivers 8, while the ends of the said cord are formed with knots 1 1 which prevent the pulling of the ends through the guides or receivers during the use of the package tie.

It will be noted that by reason of training the ends of the cord 13 through the cylindrical guides or receivers a loop is formed by the cord at the larger end of the body to longitudinal sectional embrace a package of envelops for the bundling and fastening of the same together, the ends of the cord 13 being stretched and engaged between the two bills of the hook 9 for the fastening of the said ends in a manner as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

- The package tie is applied as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and by reason of the adjustability of the cord the same can be drawn tight about the package for the fastening thereof.

To release the package tie from the pack age upon which it is placed it is only necessary to detach the ends of the cord 18 from between the bills of the hook 9 and pull the looped portion formed by the cord so as to slacken it, which will permit the cord to be removed from the package.

In Figs. 8, 9 and 10 there is shown a modified form of tie wherein the cord receiver is formed from a body 5 made from plate metal, the same being provided with tubulations 16 disposed in convergent relation to each other at opposite sides of the body, which construction is similar to the construction hereinbefore set forth.

Formed at the wider end of the body 15 is an extension which is cutto form a double resilient hook 17 the same being bent upwardly and forwardly to overlie the body 15 to form the catch for the cord hereinbefore described. The cord is trained between the body 5 and the double hook 17 and between the bills of the latter to engage in a gripping bight 18 disposed medially between the bills of the said hook so that the cord will be fastened and prevented from slipping when trained about a package for the tying thereof.

In Figs. 11, 12 and 13 there is shown a slight further modification wherein the body 19 is cut toform a resilient tongue 20 medially thereof and disposed longitudinally of the same, the said tongue being further cut to form a double resilient hook 21 which is positioned relative to the body 19 on the bending of the tongue 20 in a manner as shown in Fig. 13 of the drawing so that the cord may be engaged with the hook 21 for the fastening of the same in a similar manner as hereinbefore set forth. In the modified forms of the device the double resilient hook is made integral with the body of the cord receiver, whereas in the preferred form of construction the double resilient hook is separate from the body and fastened thereon as heretofore set forth.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and manner of use of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is 1. In combination, a cord receiver of plate material having a tubulation along each side edge thereof, the said tubular portions being disposed in convergent relation with each other, eyes formed on the upper face of said plate and arranged continuous through each of the tubulations, a hook on said plate between said tubulations having the extremities thereof passing through said eyes, and adapted to engage the confronting walls of said tubulations while the hook is locked within the eye.

2. In combination, a cord receiver of plate material having a tubulation along each side edge thereof, said tubular portions being disposed in convergent relation with each other, and a hook comprising a single strip of material bent intermediate its ends to provide parallel U-shaped members, said hook being located upon said receiving plate and arranged between said tubular portions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. LEE.

Witnesses:

J. M. FABRINGER, JOHN G. ROBINSON.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. G."

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