US129186A - Improvement in bale-ties - Google Patents

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NITEIJ STATES PATENT FFICE.

IMPRovEMl-:NT In BALETlEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,186, dated July 16, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SWETT, of the county of Copiah and State of Mississipphhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Fastenings,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon inakin g part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the tie-plate when unfolded. Fig. 2 is a top-plan view ofthe tie. Fig. 3 is a top View of the tie, one end of the band bein g fastened and the other'end of the band being in the act of fastening. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line x Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to furnish a tie for fastening the ends of iron bands when the same are used around cotton-bales or bales of hay, moss, wool, or goods of any kind that shall be so constructed as not to render necessary in securing a fastening that the short ends of the loop should be next the bale, and one which at the same time shall be cheap and simple in construction and more easily and readily manipulated. To accomplish and attain these advantages-and herein lies the essence of my invention-I so construct the same that a socket-plate or clasp shall constitute the tie, instead of the slotted link, as now used. This plate is to be so formed when in condition to be furnished to the trade that on its upper and lower surfaces and at their reverse ends recesses shall be left for the insertion of the hooked ends of the band. The dimensions of the turned-over flanged plates that furnish one surface of this plate are relatively such to its opposite surface as to leave a cleft for the insertion of the band.

The construction and operation of Iny invention are as follows: Out of any suitable metal are stamped, cut, or otherwise formed strips, such as are represented in Fig. 1. These strips,

- owing to their contour, when their ends are turned or lapped over toward each other on the same side, produce such a tie or clasp as is represented in Fig. 2. A is the main section of the stamped or cut plate and furnishes the lower section or base of the finished tie,

as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. At the opposite ends of the section A are two angular projecting flanged plates, B B', so formed that when folded over so as to turn toward each other they will furnish the upper face of the tie, as illustrated in Fig. 2. To accomplish this, owing' to the recessed portion y, one of these flanges must be of such dimensions as to permit of the introduction of the entire width of the band thereunder, as represented by B in Figs. 2 and 4, the other, B', being shorter, acts as a shoulder to hold the band in place when fastened. These angular or flanged plates B B' do not extend from the main section A on a horizontal line, but project so as to leave an elbow or angular plate, each reverse end` being of an angular or tapering form, as shown at b b'.- The plate thus formed, when the flanged plates B B' are turned over in the manner described, constitutes a buckle or clasp, such as is illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. v

In operation, one end of the band or hoop D is bent over or folded against itself and fastened in the recess y, or it may be passed in straight and bent over the plate A afterward. The band is then passed around the bale, and the other end being also folded against itself is passed under the flanged plate B until it reaches the position shown in Fig. 3, when the band is pulled down, covering the opening'c formed by the plates B B', the tie being thus complete.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The base-plate A, provided with ianged elbow-plates B B', lips b b', and recess y, the said anged elbow-plates being folded over toward each other in the manner specified, to

constitute a clasp or tie substantially of the Witnesses:

WM. A. BROOKS, J ounG. GLovER.

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