US1500684A

US1500684A - Buckle for cotton bales

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Publication number: US1500684A
Application number: US658558A
Authority: US
Inventors: Patrick Henry Nathaniel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-08-21
Filing date: 1923-08-21
Publication date: 1924-07-08
Anticipated expiration: 1941-07-08

Description

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Application filed August 21, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY N. PATRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mineola, in the county of Wood, State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Buckle for Cotton Bales; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention; such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to cotton bale buckles or ties and has for its object to provide a device of this character, which device is formed from a single sheet of material having a plurality of members around which the ends of bands pass so that said ends will be held against slippage.

A further object is to provide a cotton bale tie formed from a rectangular piece of metal, said rectangular piece of metal being provided with a centrally disposed elongated aperture and elongated slots or recesses disposed to the side of the centrally disposed elongated aperture, the elongated aperture being provided with a passage of communication with one of the recesses, said aperture being adapted to receive bights of adjacent end of a band and the recesses forming fingers for bending the free ends of the bands for additionally preventing slippage.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the tie showing the adjacent ends of a bale band applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tie.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a bale tie, which is formed from a rectangular shaped piece of metal. The tie 1 is provided with elongated recesses 2 i extending inwardly from one side thereof and in parallel relation to each other, said recesses being of a substantial depth and of greater depth than the width of the band 3,

, the purpose of which will presently appear.

Disposed between the lrecesses 2 and in the Serial No. 658,558.

body of the tie 1 is an elongated aperture 4, which aperture is in parallel relation to the recesses 2, and has its lower end tapered as at 5 and disposed substantially in alignment 60 with the bottom of the recesses 2. A passage of communication 6 extends from the aperture to one of the recesses 2, through which passages the bight 7 of one of the bands 3 passes when the lower edge 8 is disposed in 65 10. To remove the bight 7 said bight is posi- 70 tioned so that its lower end 8 is disposed in the bottom 3 of the aperture 4, then the upper edge of the bight may be easily passed through the passage 6 and the bight discon* nected from the tie. By providing the inclined walls 5a, it will be seen that when the tie is being tightened that the bight will be kept in engagement with the inner edges of the lugs 10.

The bight of the other end of the band 3 may be placed in position through the passage 6, or placed in position by simply reaving the same through the aperture 4, then passing its end 11EL through the recess 2 so that it will be engaged by the arm 12 formed by the recess 2, which arm 12 will slightly bend Ithe band 3 and end 11a as at 13 so that the band will be additionally prevented from slipping while under strain. The end 7a of the band is engaged by the arm 14, which bonds the band 3 and end 7a as at 15, and additionally prevents slippage at this side of the tie.

From the above it will be seen that a bale l tie is provided which is particularly adapted "i to hold a band on cotton bales and the like, and one wherein slippage of the ends of the band is positively prevented by the plurality of bending points in the adjacent ends of the band.

. The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is A bundle tie formed from a single piece of metal substantially rectangularV shaped, recesses extending inwardly adjacent the ends of the plate so as to form arms in parallel relation to each other at the ends of the plate, a centrally disposed aperture in the plate and in parallel relation to recesses adjacent the ends of the plate and having a passage of communication with one of said recesses thereby forming a bight engaging arm and bight engaging .lugs spaced from In testimony whereof I have signed my each other and in parallel vrelation to the name :to this speeicatien in 'the presence of arms at the ends of the plate, one end of said two subscribing Witnesses. centrally disposed aperture being V-shaped, HENRY NATHANIEL PATRICK.

5 thereby forming means for guiding the Witnesses: bights into alinement and maintaining said J.. VANDIVER, bights in alignment. D. H. ELLIS.