US1294886A

US1294886A - Package-tie.

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Publication number: US1294886A
Application number: US22617218A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred J Downing
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-04-02
Filing date: 1918-04-02
Publication date: 1919-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1936-02-18

Description

APPUCATION FXLED APR, 219\8 A. 1. DOWNING;

PACKAGE TxE.

Patented Heb. 18, 19H).

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ALFRED J'. DOTNING, 0F TORONTO,

ONTARIO, CANADA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented lFoeb.. f8, 1949.

Application led April 2. 19418. Serial No. 226,172.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. DOWNING, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Im Jrovements in Package-Ties, of which the fol owing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices adapted for the quick tying and untying of packages and parcels, and my object is to devise a simple, cheap and eiTective tie which will not only be secure for ordinary purposes, but can be made absolutely secure for mailing purposes without the necessity of -tying mots.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter descri'bed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which` Figure l is a proved tie;

Fig. 2 a perspective view showing' the same used in tying a package;

Fig. 3 a view of the under side of the device illustrating its mode of operation; and

Fig. 4 a sectional view on an enlarged scale also illustrating the mode of operation of the device.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

1 is a disk, preferably stamped from sheet metal. This disk is in the main substantially fiat, but the edges 2 are upwardly turned to form a beveled rim. of the disk is formed a hole 3. with this hole a central recess 4 is formed in the under side of the disk by stamping up the same in the form of the segment of a sphere, an abrupt shoulder being thus formed at the edge of the recess.

The cord 5 may be of any desired length and made of any suitable material. This cord is inserted through the central opening in the disk and a knot is tied at its end to prevent it pulling through. The other end of the cord may also be knotted if desired to prevent the disk sliding ofl" at that end if not carefully handled.

I also form in the disk a slit 6 extending perspective view of my im- Concentric At the center from the rim as far as the recess 4. This slit is preferably formed with a constricted neck 7 intermediate its ends. his arrangement of the slit is advantageous for two reasons. In the first place the slit can be more neck.

The operation of the device is substantially as follows. The disk with the knot close to the upper surface of the disk is placed on top of the package and held there 'by the thumb. The cord is then passed around the parcel or package in any desired end of the cord jammed between the standing` part and the disk in Fig. 4. The package will then be securely tied for all ordinary purposes, but to render the tie safe for mailing purposes or for purposes where rough han ling is expected, it is necessary to draw the free end of the cord into the slit 6 and past the constricted neck 7.

T is device will be found of `great value in tying up bundles of letters for delivery by mail carriers, as the tying is much more quickly effected and much time thus saved. It is also valuable for commercial purposes where large numbers of parcels of the same b e tied, as the cord waste, so that not only is time saved, but the amount saved as well as the waste due to the wrappers cutting off more than they actually needed.

In this device the central recess is a very important feature, as it receives and retains the twisted parts of the cord which y to frictionally hold the end of the cord to prevent it being unwound. The function of the slit is also the same as that of the flat part of the disk and is supplemental thereto. At no time is there any normal strain on 'the cord tending to pull it through the slit or from under the disk.

lVha-t I' Claim as my invention is ln a package tie, a substantially flat sheet metal disk formed With a central hole, an

upwardly turned outwardly Haring rim and a segment-spherical dome of smalll di- Copies of this patent may be obtained forl five cents each, by addressing the mieter relatively 'to the disk forming at shallowpentral recess in the under side concentrio with the hole and meeting the under surface of the disk with an a'brupt shoulder.

lSigned at Toronto, Canada., this 18th day of March, 1918.

ALFRED J. DOWNING.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.