US1360969A - Package-tie - Google Patents

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n. w. MILLSAPS.

PACKAGE TIE.

ATION FILED APR. 26. |92o.

APPLIC Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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Be it known that-I, DANIEL WV. MILLSAI-S, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in PackageTies, or which the following is a partwhereby it may be turned to one side 1n flat conditlon without twisting or bending.

The material used in the construction of this tie consists of flat elastic straps made of strips of rubber covered with and connected by a coating of-textile material.

The present invention has for its objectto improve and increase theresiliency and durability of the binder by constructing thee same mainly of resilient metallicwire in a simple and improved way.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the means whereby the metallic straps or bands are united together in such a manner as to permit the loop formed by one of said bands to be conveniently moved to a position at substantially right angles to its mate.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination-of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the" claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred 'form of the invention, it being, however, understood "that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims-may be resorted to whendesired.

In the drawings:

, rAcKAGn-rin Specification of Letters Patent, Patented NOV, 30, 1920.

Application filed April 26, 1920. Serial No. 376,836.

"Figure 1 is a plan view of, a package of letters having the improved binder applied thereto with dottedlines indicating how one of the loops may be moved to a releasing position.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the package show ing the joint in section.

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the binder removed.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved binder is formed of four separate binding members 15, 16, 17, and 18, each of said members being formed of a wire spring which is longitudinally extensible, the wire of which said spring is composed being bent intermediate the ends thereof so as to form a'plurality of V-shaped loops 19 having their apices disposed alternately in opposite directions, this structure being produced by bending the wire zigzagwise as will be readily understood. The purpose of forming the wire spring in this particular manner is to produce'an absolutely fiat formation the thickness of which does not at any point exceed the diameter of the wire while the width of the structure may be varied by forming the limbs 20 of the individual V-shaped loops of the requisite or any desired length. Each of the binding members is bent at the ends thereof so as to form an eye 21.

For the purpose of assembling the binding members in operative relation, two disks 22 are provided, each of said disks being pro vided at diametrically opposite sides thereof with apertures 23 that are engaged by the eyes 21 of the oppositely disposed binding members 15, 16. The eyes 21 of the third binding member 17 are engaged with apertures 24 in the disks 22 which are located midway between the apertures 23, the binding member 17 being thus located midway between and substantially at right anglesto the binding members 15, 16. The binding member 18 is preferably, although not necessarily, made of greater length than the remaining members, and the e es 21 of said member are slidably engage 'with arcuate slots'25 formed in the disks 22 and extending from points diametrically opposite to the apertures 24 in the direction of the apertures 23 at one side of the disks. This will enable the member 18 to be readily moved to a disengaged position as indicatedindot-i, tedlines in Fig. 1. P

VVhenthe member 18 is in the disengaged "position shown in dotted lines in Fig. a package of cards, letters'or th'e'like, may-i i be readily introduced between the' nembers v 15, 1 6, 17, the latter being of such reat resiliency that they will readily adapt t em t selves to packages of greatly varying dimensions. By restoring the member 18 to the position shown in full lines in'Fig. 1, the

said member will be placed in longitudinal alinement with the member 17 and substantially at right, angles to the members 15,16, and letters or cards composing the package will thus be securely retained in assembled relation. r

The springs entering into the construction it of this device being absolutely fiat and at no point of a thickness exceeding that of the 7 wires ofwhich they are formed, it: is obvious that the improved binder will'occupy very little space andrwill not 'at any point 7 jured byconstant'use. The invention thereproject materially beyond the sides of the package, The device being of entirely metallicvconstruction the same will be found extremelydurable and not liable to be infore provides an extremely simple, durable 3 convenience in transportation or filing asand inexpensive device for typing the assembled letters, cards and other objects for may be required. 7

to form a plurality ofI-loops,the springthus' formedbeing at no point of a thickness exceeding that of the wire; i

3.7A packagebinder embodying in its construction a'plurality of'members, each formed of a fiatlongitudinally extensible -wire CCIIStIL1CtiO11,'62LCl1 member-being provided atthe ends thereof with eyes in combination with assembling disks having openings engaged by said eyes. 7 a

. 4. A package binder embodying inits construction a plurality of; members, each formedof a flat longitudinally extensible wire construction, each member being provided at the ends thereof with eyes in combination with assembling disks having openings engaged by said eyes, the openings engaged by eyes of. oneof the members being V in the nature of arcuate slots.

In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature. 7

DANIEL Iwj MIIJLsAPs

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