US1508258A - Bundling device - Google Patents

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Sept. 9, 1924.

W. H. SIKMA BUNDLING DEVICE Filed Oct. 12 1921 F .2. .5294;- E95. g s; Egy. Q Q Q 1% Q1 a .r.. a,,w g W i W Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

WIL IAM- H. srKMA, or QAKGLEN, ILLINOIS j r BUNDLING nnvron.

Application filed October 12, 1921. Serial No. 507,292.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. SIKMA, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Oakglen, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a device for holding binders or the like used for securing stalked vegetables into bunches or bundles.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a device of the above type which will hold a maximum number of binders and yet from which the said binders may be readily and quickly removed.

Another object is to provide a device which will enable an operator to secure together a bundle or bunch of stalked vegetables after having been cut to the desired length while still gripping the bunch, the device being of such a simple construction that the operator may with his one free hand transfer the binder member from the holding means to the bunch with the least amount of effort and without disturbing the relation of the stalks to each other.

To this end my invention comprises an open ended tube of any suitable cross sectional configuration, of a size as to readily receive the end of a bunch'of stalks. This tube is preferably provided with a longitudinal groove, opening, projection, or rib which will space the binders from a portion of the tube to enable the operator to readily grasp a binder and pull the same from the tube to the bunch, when the latter is inserted in the tube. Such a tube may be rigidly fixed to a suitable support or readily detachable therefrom, as circumstances may require.

In the drawings I have illustrated several forms of devices embodying my invention which have proved satisfactory, but I do not wish the invention limited thereto, as various modifications and approximations will occur to those skilled in this art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

However, in the forms illustrated,

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a preferred form of tube with binders attached.

Figs. 2, 3, 4:, 5, 6 and 7 are sectional views of modifications of substantially circular tubes.

Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are sectional views of angular sided tubes.

Fig. 13.is aside elevation of a tube attached to a vertical post as might be used in the field. I i

Fig. 14;,is a-perspectiveyview of a'table used for the sorting of stalked vegetables with the device of this invention attached thereto.

In the various embodimentsfillustrated in these drawings I provide an open ended tube 1 which may be of any desired cross 1 sectional configuration, but of a size sufficient to insert a bunch. of stalks without mutilating those at the outer periphery of the bundle. Figs. 1 to- 7 inclusive illustrate various forms of substantially round open ended tubes. g

If desired, the circular configuration may be modified to assume that of a polyhedron, as in Figs. 8 to 12 inclusive.

It has been foundadvisable touse binders of a resilient or elastic nature, such as rubber bands, and a plurality of such binders is shown in place on the tube of Fig. 1. I have discovered that a great deal of time may be saved, and the work expedited by providing means disposed longitudinally of the tube to space the binders from a portion thereof. Such means in Figs. 1 and 12 take the form of a groove. Figs. 3, 9 and 10 show a break or slit in the tube which will allow the operator to readily grasp the individual binders and remove the same to the bunchof stalks inserted in the tube.

Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 show tubes having one or more projections or protuberances on the periphery thereof which space the binders from a portion of the tube.

The tube 1 is adapted to be mounted upon a suitable. support which may consist of a block 2 of a configuration and size tofit the end of the tube, said block being either attached to its own support or to other apparatus. I

Fig. 13 shows a stake or the like to which the tube and block are attached and is adapted to be carried into the field where the stalks are cut.

Fig. 14 shows a sorting table with the bunching tube attached thereto for convenience. y I

It is preferable to have the tube detachably connected to block 2 as with this construction, several spare tubes loaded with binders may be held in reserve to replace the empty one on the block, which saves considerable time, as otherwise the operator must replenish thetube with binders before he resumes bunching. However, if desirable, the tube may be permanently attached to its block.

WVhat I claim is:

1. A device to facilitate the bundling of stalked vegetables, including a tube having an open end, said tube be-ingrmounted upon a support including a block, the cross sectional configuration of which is similar to that of the tube.

2 A device to facilitate the bundling of stalked vegetables, including a tube having an open end, said tube being mounted upon a support and frictionally engaging the same. M

3.- A device to facilitate the bundling of stalked vegetables, comprising arigid onepiece tube having an open end and a longi tudinal irregularity interrupting its circumferential continuity.

4:. A device to facilitate the bundling of stalked vegetables, comprising a rigid onepiece tube having an open end, said tube being adapted to receive elastic binders in partial contact with its circumferential periphery, and means to space said binders from a part of its circumferential periphery.

5. A device to facilitate the bundling of stalked vegetables, comprising a tube having an open end, said tube having its edges separated along a longitudinal line, said edges being deformed.

In testimony whereof, I atfix my signature.

WILLQAM H. SlKlilA.

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