US139675A - Improvement in bale-ties - Google Patents

Description

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Bale-Ties.

NO. 139,675. PatentedJunlO,1873;

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i NI'IED STATES PATENT QFFIGE,

EDWARD P JONES, oF SHELL MouND, Mississippi.. f

IMPROVEMENT .IN BALEFTIES.V

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,675, dated J une10, 1873; application led May 24, 1573. l

vTo all 'whom it'may concern!V 'Be it known that I, EDWARD P. JONES, of

Shell Mound, in the county of Sunflower and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Uotton-Bale Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and the letters ofreference marked thereon making part of this specication, in which, is represented plan and vertical sectional viewsof different forms ofthe tie.'

The object of my invention is to stamp or otherwise manufacture a bale-tie out of a piece of metal of uniform thickness, so formed and constructed as to permit of the entireslack of the baud being taken up after the bale has been compressed, and the hook at the end of its free section then introduced and secured `without a slit being cut through the wall of vthe tie for its introduction, or cutting away any portion or portions of said Wall so as to provide dan ges to retain the hook and prevent itsl lateral slipping when the band is called upon to resist the expansive force of the bale,

thus securing in a bale-tie having a continuous uncut ywall all the advantages of the open-slot tie, and,'as hregards facility of fastening, yet greater advantages. For in my improvement,

lwithout turning the tie-plate or in any manner changing its position from that which it oci cupies after the fasteninglis effected, the hook at the free end ofthe band can be introduced in and over its bearing, and on a line exactly parallel therewith, and which, when the bale is freed from.` the compress, leaves the hook in-such position as to be drawn by a straight pull directly over its bearings, it being guided and held thereon by the walls of the tie, and without any sections of said Wall being cut 4away so as to leave flanges or projections for that purpose. I thus avoid all manipulation of 'the hook inthe slot after its introduction, "in order `to bring it over its proper bearing surface, and render unnecessary any peculiar configuration of the slot `to assist in automatically accomplishing the same result. The

'naturel of my invention consists'in forming thetie with slots separated by a tongue, the main section of which is level and extends in the same plane, or nearly so, with that of the slightly curved or turned down `so as to leave an opening between the end of the tongue and the wall ot' the tie opposite thereto j ust sui-l cient to allow of the introduction of the loop or h ook edgewise," and which, after being iiitroduced and passed'over the. tongue, is so held by the walls of the tie'as to prevent its lateralslipping, and which renders "it impos- H sible for the hook to become detached without-manipulation. If desired, the front wall Yof the tie, or the wall which acts as a clampy ing-bar for the hook, and which assists in holding the band with like security, whether y the outer section of the hook in fastening is turned down. underko'r up over the body of the band, may beslightly. bulging from the i face of the plate, and which facilitates Athe hooking of the band over the tongue when the latter extends on exactly the ysaine plane with its bearing-wall, or the wall of the tie` with whichit is connected.

The construction and operation of my invention are as follows:

The bale-tie A is constructed outol any Y suitable metal, and by any of the usual processes, is rectangular inform, and is provided,

with slots 4or openings B B', and a tongue, C. One end of the band dis passed through the slot B, and secured around its wall A', in theordinary manner, and which is generally done at the factory, and is the condition in which the bands and` ties are now generally" offered to the trade.` These slots oropenings i B B', may be of any desired form and dimen-4 sions. 'lhe upper one, B, and around the outer Wall A1 ofiwhich the permanent fastening of i the band, as it is termed, is elfected,is usually oblong, care being taken that the inner face a i of the'wall of said slot or opening is exactly parallel with the edge C1 of the tongue, and which is the bearing-,surfaceof the hook or loop d' on the free end of the band D. The

form of the other opening or slot, B',depends von theform` or outline of the tongue, or, more particularly, the shape of its inner edge 02,'

and which forms, as it were', the inner wallof Asaid slot or opening B'. The tongue C may l be of any desired form and shape, care being taken that so much of the surface of itsedge C1 as is to furnish a bearing for the hook o'r loop d of the band is parallel with the inner edge a. of the wall Al of the slot B. This tongue is connected with the wall .Az of the tie, and extends out on a line horizontal with'the planeV of its surface, or nearly so. The outer or free' shoulder or projection, b, which may be eitherright angular, as shown in Fig. k2, curved, as shown in Fig. 4, or simply angular or inclined, as shown in Fig. 5, and in connection with the protruding or angular section a on the wall furnishes a most reliable bearing for the head of the hook or loop d', and which, under certain circumstances, as will hereafter be explained, renders the so forming of the tie as to provide said shoulder b and projection a a great advantage, the front wall A4 of the tie, and under which the sections of the band D which form the hook d are passed, and which acts as a clamping-bar for the same, permitting the free end ofthe band being fastened with equal security, whether its end is hooked or looped; or its short outer section turned down in contact with the bale or up over the body of the band, as shown in Fig. 2, may be bulged or set Voi' from the plane of the plate, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and which recesses, formed f by the bulging section of the tie, greatly facilitate the passing of the hook or loop d over the tongue C, especially when said tongue projects on a true line with the surface of the plane of-the plate A.

The great advantages of this tie are found in the fact that it is entirely practical to make, as no portion of the wall or solid sections of the tie are to be cut away to provide anged bearings on the under surface to retain the hook, and no portion of its solid section or the tongue are required to be cut away to an angular or tapering edge to facilitate the introduction of the hook d', and either of which formations renders it almost impossible to stamp the tie, and, if cast, renders it valueless in consequence of the fact that, it not being of uniform thickness and the metal not being evenly distributed, its different sections would not cool alike, and a porous casting, or one having shrink-holes, would be the result; and, as is well understood, such a casting could never resist the sudden and powerful pressure of the expansive force of the bale when released from the compress. Therefore, with my improvement a tie is produced having a continuous and uncut wall, and which is. as easy to stamp or manufacture as is the arrow tie or any other well-known tie, and possesses all the advantages of any open-slot tie or a tie having its wall cleft, with an opening leading into the slot on the walls of whichthe ends of the band have their bearings, for in no tie of the class referred to can a secure fastening of Y the band with the short or outer section of its hook or loop turned over on top of the surface of the same be eiected, as in mine, and as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description, the construction and operation of my improved tie will readily be understood. The band D, with its hook secured around the wall Al of the tie, we will suppose to be in the press-box and around a portion of the bale in the usual manner during the process of pressing or compressing. When this operation is finished, the bulk of the bale having been greatly reduced, there is, of course, considerable slack in the band. This slack is all taken up, and the band is bent at any desired point, and which forms the hook d. This hook is now passed under the wall A3, and up through the opening c', into the slot B, and over the tongue C, and on a line parallel with its bearing-edge C1, and onto which the pressure of the bale will secure and fasten it, and all danger of its slipping off from the tongue laterally `is securely guarded against when the tongue extends on the same plane with its bearing-wall A2, by the wall A3 and the under shoulder c of the tongue. When the tie is so constructed that its tongue C extends at a slight angle of inclination from instead of on the same plane with the surface of its bearing-wall A2, the distance between the end of said tongue and the wall Alis increased, and the opening c is widened; therefore the head of the hook on the edge C1 of the tongue would not, in case of its lateral slipping, butt so directly against the Wall A3 as when the tongue is flat, and its release Without manipulation might be accomplished; but with the projection a and shoulder b .such a result wouldbe impossible, as when the band is once fastened its becoming unhooked without manipulation would heini,- possible. But I desire it distinctly understood that under all circumstances I propose to so construct the tie as to not only leave its side walls A2 Asparallel, but always in the same plane, and to relatively so arrange the tongue in connectiony therewith that the band when once fastened over the tongue shall be pre vented from laterally slipping oii by the straight edge ofthe wall A3 of the tie; consequently the shoulder b is provided simply as an additional security.

A tie so constructed as to leave an opening betweenthe edge C of the tongue and the under face of the wall A3 of the tie, and on a line with the bearing C1 of the tongue, and which is provided by deflecting the tongue or bulging the wall A3 of the tie. or both, I do not claim, as it would defeat` the object of my invention, and which consists in so constructing thetie that the side wall A3 shall provide a direct and positive bearing to prevent the bands slipping laterally off the tongue.

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

1. The bale-tie`A, having a continuous and uncut wall, slotsor openings B B', and the tongue C, having its outer section turned down so asto leave a shoulder or iiange'` bearing, c, and an opening, c', either VWith or without the Wall A4 being bulged, the whole being so constructed and relatively arranged that the tongue shall extend on such a plane with the side walls A2 A3 of the tie that the lateral slipping of the band 01T the tongue shall be prevented by said Walls, and Without any sections of the same being cut away so as to provide bearing-flanges for that purpose, substantially as described.

2. The bale-tie A, having slots or openings B B', and the tongue C, having shoulders or projections c b, either with or without the wall A4 being bulged, the Whole being so constructed, combined, and arrangedas to permit of the fastening and retention of the band,

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