US149949A

US149949A - Improvement in cotton-bale ties

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Publication number: US149949A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1874-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 1891-04-21

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON J. N-ELLI$, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,949, dated April2l, 1874 application filed August 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, AARON J.-NELLIs, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Bale Tie;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cotton-tie, and Fig. 2 is a series of blanks prior to being cut apart. My invention relates to an improvement in open-slotted tie-buckles; and it consists in forming them with an excess of metal at the rear or closed end of the tie-slots, for the pursuch blanks being out from the bar inparallel but diagonal lines. After the blanks are out, the slots 0, a are formed in them, the inner sides of which are parallel to the ends 12 of the blank 0. On the bearing-side a, the slots are cut so as to stand directly at right angles with the sides d. The length of this straight or hearing side of each slot is equal to the width of the band which extends around the cottonbale. or shoulder, e, is formed near the mouth of each slot. The inner or closed end of the slot is, by this means, bounded by a greater width of metal. This serves to increase the strength of the tie, as the strain is all at that point.

The method in which blanks c are cut from the bar is as follows: The bar is pushed under a diagonal cutter, and the ends sheared off.

Then it is turned over and pushed forward the length of the tie, and a blank is cut off. This operation is repeated, turning the bar each time so as to bring the side which is to be cut parallel to the last-cut side. In this way the blanks are all formed alike, with mechanical accuracy.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tie-buckle 0, having the slots at a, the bearing-sides a of the slots being at an angle to the ends b b of the buckle, to form an excess or increased Width of metal at the inner or closed ends of the slots, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I, the said AARON J. NELLIs, have hereunto set my hand.

. AARON J. NELLIS.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK STANDIsH, T. B. KERR.

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