US1372077A

US1372077A - Bale-tie buckle

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Publication number: US1372077A
Application number: US437209A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mcfarland Frank Hays
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-01-14
Filing date: 1921-01-14
Publication date: 1921-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 1938-03-22

Description

F. H. McFARLAND.

"BALE TIE BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1921.

Patented Mar. 22 1921.

FRANK HAYS MGFARLAND, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

BALE-TIE BU KLE.

Specification of 'a j e Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed January 14, 1921. Serial No. 437,209.

To all @071 am it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Hays MOFAR- nine, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Buckles, of which "the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bale tie buckles and more particularly to buckles for securing ties on cotton bales; and the object is to provide buckles for securing the ties on cotton bales as pressed at the gins and also buckles for high density purposes, as for securing ties on bales of cotton after they 1 have been compressed at compresses for shipping; to provide buckles which will comply with the requirements of the laws of different States in not making spiders after they have been placed on the bales. Some buckles have the effect of straining the ties so that the ends of the ties project in such manner as to injure the hands of the persons handling the cotton and also cut the bagging of other bales. One of the jects of this invention is to overcome this trouble. Another object is to provide buckles which will be made to grasp and clench the ties when strain comes on the ties, as when the pressure is released from the bales. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following dc scription and the invention will be more.

particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application. 1 r 1 t Figure 1 is a face view or front view or exterior view of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a view of the buckle as applied to a bale tie. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the. buckleand the tie applied thereto, showing the position before strain comes on the buckle.

Fig. 4 is a similarview to Fig. 1, but showing a variation. Fig. 5 is a view of the buckle shown in Fig. f as applied to a bale tie. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the same, showing the position of the parts of the buckle before strain comes 011 the tie.

Fig. 7 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but showing a variation. Fig. 8 is a view of the buckle shown in Fig. 7 as applied to a bale tie. Fig. 9 is an edge View of the same before strain comes on the tie.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

A distinguishing feature of the improved buckle is that it is made of a single piece of steel wire and another feature is that the buckle has a bent angular friction and the tie 7. The bottom tie engaging bar is composed of members 9 and 10. Continuations of the members 9 and 10 form the side bars 1 and 2 respectively. The initial part of the wire forms the bent angular friction bar and clamp member 11. The Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate the manner ofplacing the tie 7 in the buckle. The part 12 will be pressed against the cotton bale by the member 11 and the tendency will beto press the member 11 outwardly in the direction of the side bars 1 and 2 so that there will be strong friction on the tie when strain comes on the tie and the angular portions of the member 11 will pinch or clamp the tie against the band engaging member composed of parts 9 and 10. This action will have the effect of bending the edges of the tie. The tie will thusbe held against slipping on the parts of the buckle both by friction and by the bends in the tie. The part 7 of the tie will engage the top tie e11- gaging member composeclof parts 4 and 5 and the strain will cause the hooks 6 and 8 to engage the edges of the tie and bend the tie more or less so that the tie will be prevented from slipping on the parts of the buckle.

The buckle shown in Figs. 4:, 5, and 6 has the side bars 1 and 2 and the angular friction bar and clamping member 11. This form of buckle has a bottom tie engaging member 13 and a top tie engaging member 14. The sides of the buckle 1 and 2 are prevented from spreading by the

hooks

15 and 16. When strain comes on the tie, the action of the member 11 will be the same as that described above in connection with the1 form of buckle shown in Figs. 1, 2, an 3.

The form of buckle illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 has

side bars

17 and 18 which are composed of two parts of the wire forming the buckle. The bottom tie-engaging member 19 is composed of a single part of the wire, and an extension of the wire from member 19 forms a part of the side bar 18 andhas the terminal 20 bent to form part of the top tie-engaging member. This form of the buckle has the same clamping and friction members 11 as the other forms, and the'action is the same. An extension of the clamping and friction member forms a part of the side bar 17 and the terminal 21 forms a part of the top tie-engaging member. An integral portion 22 of the wire forms a part of the top tie-engaging member. The part 20 is prevented from spreading by the outer part of the side bar 18. The side bar 17, being doubled, the part 21 cannot spread because the other part of the side bar is integral with the parts 19 and 22.

The wire of the buckles above shown is shown cylindrical in form. It is apparent that wire of other forms may be used in the same manner for making the buckles. Various changes in the construction, proportions, and arrangement of the several parts, asdefined in the appended claims, can be made Without departing from my invention.

WVhat I claim is,

1. A bale tie buckle composed of a single piece of steel wire and having side bars and upper and lower tie-engaging members and a combined angular clamping and friction member projecting from the lower tie-engaging member and. converging from the apex of the angle thereof toward the lower ends of the side bars.

2. A bale tie buckle composed of a single piece of steel Wire and having side bars and upper and lower tie-engaging members and an angular'combined clamping and friction member projecting from the lower tie-en gaging member and converging from the apex of the angle thereof toward the ends of the lower tie-engaging member for griping the edges of the bale tie.

3. A bale tie buckle composed of a piece of steel wire and having side bars and upper and lower tie-engaging members and an angular clamping member projecting from the lower tie-engaging member and forming converging angles with said lower tie-engaging member for receiving the end of a bale tie and for cooperating with the lower tie-engaging member for clamping and bending the edges of the tie.

4. A bale tie buckle composed of a piece of steel wire and having side bars and upper and lower tie-engaging members and an angular loop member projecting in\\"ardl from said lower tie-engaging member and forming converging angles therewith for receiving the tie for cooperating with said lower tie-engaging member for clamping the tie and bending the edges thereof and for pressing the end of the tie against the cotton bale.

5. A bale tie buckle composed of a piece of steel wire and having side bars and upper and lower tie-engaging members an angular loop projecting from the lower tie-engaging member for cooperating with the lower tieengaging member for clamping the halo tie, and hooked members forming said upper tie-engaging member and provided with hooks for engaging the edges of the tie.

6. A bale tie buckle composed of a piece of steel wire and having side bars and upper and lower tie-engaging members. an angular loop formed of portions of said wire extending from said lower tie-engaging member and set at angle to said side bars for receiving the tie and cooperating with said lower tie-engaging member for clamping the tie and for pressing the tie against the halo.

7. A bale tie buckle composed of a piece of steel wire and having upper and lower tie-engaging members and side bars connecting said upper and lower members and a loop projecting from said lower member for receiving the end of the tie and converging from the center of the loop toward the ends of said lower member for cooperating with said lower member for clamping the tie and bending the edges thereof.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand, this 8th day of January, 1921.

FRANK HAYS MoFARLAND.