US1259673A - Package-tie. - Google Patents

Description

A. W. ROLLlNS.-

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION map sum 1a. 1916.

1%5957. Patented Mar.19,1918.

WITNESSES 4 I P- V g? ATTORNEY ALFOBD W. ROLLINS, 0F HART, MICHIGAN.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed July 18, 1916. Serial-No. 109,927.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALronD W. RoLLiNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hart, in the county of Oceana and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package l ies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a package tie and more particularly to an improved device for securing the ends of a length of wrapping cord or twine in a manner that will tightly hold the package in compact position.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a package tie having a pair of superposed disks between which the wrapping cord is received and which are mounted in a manner that will permit resiliency to be imparted to the disks for holding them in the necessary spaced relation for tightly securing the ends of the wrapping cord.

The invention also aims to provide a package tie consisting of a plurality of disks, two of which receive the wrapping cord for snugly holding the same, while one of the disks is disposed in a position for imparting resiliency to the twine holding disks whereby the twine may be rigidly fixed in position for compactly holding the package.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the preferred embodiment and in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a package showing the device in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

A supporting disk 1 is provided, of circular formation, and an extension 2 is formed on its periphery and extends a short distance from the edge of the disk 1 and has an aperture 3 for receiving one end of the wrapping cord 4. A pair of twine scouring disks 5 and 6 are arranged in superposed relation, the upper securing disk 5 being concaved while the lower securing disk 6 is convexed. This construction permits the peripheral edges of each of the disks 5 and 6 to be spaced apart for a distance sufiicient to allow the convenient insertion of the wrapping cord between the disks. Each of the disks are provided with central apertures and a fastening rivet 7 has one end secured in the supporting disk 1 and the shank of the rivet extends through the central apertures in the disks 5 and 6. The upper end of the rivet terminates in a rivet head 8 which overlaps the concaved disk 5 thereby retaining both of the securing disks in proper position. By virtue of the resiliency of the disk, the end of the rivet 7 which is provided with a head 8 will be maintained at all times in tight engagement with the disk 5.

For slightly spacing the securing disks apart, the edge of the central aperture in the concaved disk 5 is struck downwardly for providing a small spacing flange 8 which bears upon the upper surface of the convexed disk 6 thereby holding the securing disks 5 and 6 in spaced relation. Each of the disks 5 and 6 are loosely mounted upon the rivet and they are free to rotate and also free to move upwardly and downwardly on the shank of the rivet, limited only by the rivet head and the resilient washer or expansible disk 9 which is formed of any suitable resilient material such as rubber or the like.

The end of the cord is first secured to the extension 2 and it is then wrapped around the package and a quarter of a turn is made around the disks 5 and 6 by passing the cord between the disks which will snugly and tightly hold the cord by virtue of the expansible disk 9 which bears against the convexed surface of the lower washer 6. The cord is then passed transversely around the package and again brought around the space between the securing disks as clearly shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. A tight pull on the end of the cord will tend to draw the cord between the securing disks where it will be tightly held against accidental displacement. Of course, various sizes of cord may be accommodated since, the resiliency of the disk 9 will permit the securing disks to be spaced apart for a greater distance, at the same time, the resiliency or expansiveness of the disk 9 will tend to tightly secure the cord between the disks 5 and 6.

In reduction to practice I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most eificient and practicable; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary,

I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the detalls of construction,

proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, When required, Without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A package tie comprising a pair of concaved disks each having a central opening formed therein, the marginal edge of the opening in one disk being struck downwardly to provide an annular flange having its edge in contact with the proximate surface of the adjacent disk and around the marginal edge of the central opening in the said adjacent disk, a fastening rivet extending through the said openings, a supporting disk mounted on one end of the rivet, a resilient disk interposed between the supporting disk and the proximate face of the adjacent disk, the said rivet having a head in engagement with the outer surface of the uppermost disk, the said resilient disk forcing the head of the said rivet into tight engagement With the uppermost disk.

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

ALFORD W. ROLLINS.

Witnesses:

W. 'E. ROLLINS, MARY A. RoLLINs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

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