US129925A

US129925A - Iiviproveivient in cotton-bale ties

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Publication number: US129925A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 1889-07-30

Description

G. BRQDlE.

`Improvement vin Cotton-.Bale Ties.

10,129,925, Patentedlulyaonaiz.

TINTE l y and which is not only a subject of much an- STATES GEORGEBRODIE, OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Ietters Patent No. 129,925, dated July 30, 18'72;- antedated July 26, 1872.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRonIE, ofV i the county of J eerson and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-BaleTies, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing 'and to the letters of 4reference marked thereon, making part lof this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a topplan view. Fig. 2 is a ver.

by reissue No. 3,405 granted tome April 27,

1869, and which was a reissue of my originalA patent No. 23,291, dated March 22, 1859.

The device referred to forms the distinctive subject-matter of the first claim of said reissue, and is distinctly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 i of its accompanying drawing.

The difficulty with the bale-tie fastening referred to, and to remedy which is the object 'of my present invention, is, that the pins which form the bearings for the headsof the oblate hooks formed on the ends of the band or hoop are independent or detachable, and consequently, before the fastening is effected they are always liable to drop out of the hook;

noyance, but not unfrequently the pins are lost, which rendersit impossible to secure the band in the manner stated.

In my present improvement this objection is entirely remedied, and the means by which the same is effected constitu-te the very essence of my invention. y Instead of forming the bearing-pins for the l oblate hoolr independent or detachable, I construct them with the tie-plate or buckle, and semi-cylindrical in form,n so` that they are a permanent component part of the same. The bars in my present tie, whichy are the equivalents of the detachable pins of the reissue, are so arrangedthat they are notin the same plane with the end bars of the tie, but bear the exact relative position to the end bars that the detachable pins of the tie embraced in the first claim of my reissue do when the fastening is effected as therein embraced and covered.

The construction and operation of my induced in effecting a fasteningand two end openings or slots, a a, one of which is between each pair of bars B C, and through which openings the ends of the bands are passed after they have been looped around the bars O O. D is the ordinary metallic hoop or band, secured around the bars G O, its ends being part under said bars and over the bars B B,

as shown in Fig. 2, the security of the fastening being attained by the action of the expansive force of the bale.

The value of the tie constructed on this principle is its immense strength. After thor ough tests, practical experience has demonstrated the fact that with the same weight of metal it will withstand more pressure than any other form of tie now in use.

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

As a new article of manufacture, the buckle or tie A, provided with a center opening, A', transverse slots a a near its ends and semicylindrical bars B B and O C on its upper and lowerfaces, all constructed and relatively arranged for operation in the manner specified, in connection with the band or hoop ends D, attached and secured as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE BRODIE.

' Witnesses: v

THOMAS B. MENNsBURY, WM. LINKER.