US1690865A - Method of making tie elements - Google Patents

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Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,865

H. E. KONDOLF METHOD OF MAKING s; ELEMENTS I Filed Sept. 4, 1926 I INVEPf l'j) I Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT"? oFFIcE. f

HENRY n. KONDOLF, or New YORK, N. Y. ,ASSIGNOR TO THE Lox sEAL-ooRroieArIoN,

I or BBO KLYN, NEW YORK, AooRroRATmN-or NEW. YORK. H

METHOD or MAKING TIE ELEMENTS. 7

Application filed September 4, 1926'. Serial N0. 133,630.

My present invention relates to tie elements, and has paiticularreference to a method of m'anufaetauringtie elements whose ends are provided with tips or sheaths.

tion in detail, I will premise that tags for lrr-emova'ble association with garments or merehandi'semay be desirablyprovided with My invention contemplates the production of tie elements of this general character, and more particularly, of tie elements which are designed for use with tags having inaccessible pockets for the irremovable reception of the ends "of the tie elements. For the purpose of effecting this irremovable association, the ends of the tie are advantageous- 1y provided with tips or sheaths whose nor; mal positions are trans-verse with respectto the tie, whereby the tips may be aligned with the tie during the insertion thereof. through a constricted opening, and whereby'the subse-. quent normal re-positioning of the tips w ll prevent withdrawal thereof through said opening. r U

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing tie elements of this character, and it is a particular object to provide a method wherein such tie elements may be produced ina rapid, yet 1nexpensive, and simple manner from a continuous length of tie material. More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing such tie elements by'the employment of a properly guided continuous tie and a properly guided continuous strip, ofmaterial suchas metal. A feature of the invention lies in sodirect-ing and moving the. continuous tie and stripga-nd so treating these elements during their movements, that a large number of' completed tie elements may be produced successively ina most efiicient and simple manner.-

It is another object ofthe invention to provide such a method for the manufacture of tie elements whose tips are provided with attenuated ends; tie elements of this character being advnntageously utilized with tags Before proceeding to describe my invenof the i r described because of the'increased threading facility which is prod d y the-pointed tips v A. feature of the invention lies in so treating the-continuous strip'lof tip inateriah such as metal, that-the provision ofpointed tie element tips is rendered entirely automatic.

Briefly,-'my invention contemplates, the successive positioning of spaced portions of a continuous tie in close adj acenc'e-with the end of a-continuous-strip, severingthis end from the remainderof the strip, associating the end Witl'i. the tie portion to provide a sheath, and subsequently severing the sheath so to position a portion thereof on one'tie element element. Ina preferred method of carrying out the inventlon, the continuous tie is moved and another portion thereof on another tie in a step by step mannersoas to, position the Y spaced. port-ions thereof: during the periods of rest at'a predetermined pointpand thestrip isglven a similar'step' by step jmove- I ment so'as to position the neivlytorined end theneof in close proximitywith said point.

For-the attainment of the foregoing obfleets and such other objects as may herei-nafter appear or he pointed out, I have i1lus-' tratedtone form of my invention in the accompa nying drawings infwhich 1 v n Fig. 1 is a perspective view of aeontinuo'us tie and a continuous "strip in relative positions during one phase of the'manuiacturing process; l i

Fig. 2 is a similar view during-a second phase; v v

n Fig. 3 is a view of a completed tie element. of the character which may be produced by my invention; and i Fig. 4. a fragmentary plan View of Fig. 1

showing one method of constructing the sheath-blank.

Referring for the'mom'ent toFig. 3,

it will be observed? that the tie element which my invention seehs to preduce'compr'ises a main onbody polftlon 10, which may be made of suitable flexible material, such as string, and

end portions pro' idedqwith tips 11 whose normal positions wrench-longitudinal with respect to the axis of'the tie. In the em bodiment shown, each tip consists'of a blank of sheet material rolled about the end of the tie 10 so as to-prov-ide a sheath, and each tip 11; islshown as provided with :a' pointed end 12."

By twisting the tip 11 so as to align it with the tie 10, the point 12 will be found to facilitate the passage of the tie elements through unperforated material; after the tip has passed through the material, it will assume its natural position, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and the point 12 will thereupon increase the security with which the tip is held. V

For the manufacture of tie elements of the character illustrated in Fig. 3, I have provided a method which is illustratively exemplified in various stages in Figs. 1, 2 and a. It will be observed that I have shown a continuous tie 13 leading from asource of supply (not show'nland sultably guided, as

by rollers 14 and 15, so as to cause each por tion of the tie eventually to pass a predetermined point which I have denoted by the reference numeral 16. It Willalso be observed that I have shown a continuous strip .17, leading from a source of supply (not tie 13 and the strip 17 are moved in a step by step manner, the steps of movement of the tie 13 being greater than those of the strip 17, and the movements beingso timed 'thatthe periods of rest occur at the same time. Fig. 1' may be considered to represent the relative positions of the parts during a period of rest. It will be noted that a midportion of the tie 13 is positioned in mutual adjacence to the end portion 18 of the strip 17. In accordance with my. invention this end portion is now severed from the balance of the strip 17 along a line 19. Thereupon, the severed end is associated with the adjacent tie portion, as by rolling, so as to provide a sheath 20 as shown in Fig. 2. After this sheath has been formed, the tie'and the strip are advanced, and inasmuch as the mag-.

nitude of advance of the tie is greater than that of the strip, the next period of rest will present a spaced portion of the tie in similar mutual proximity; to the newly formed end portion of the strip. For example, the relative movements may be such that the portion of the tie overlying the roller 14: in Fig. 1 may occupy the position 16 at the next period of rest, while the newly formed end of the strip, defined by the line 19, will be brought into the position occupied by the forward end of the strip in Fig.1. After this period of rest has been arrived at, the sheath .20 is severed, medially thereof, as indicated by'the dotted line 21 in Fig. 2, whereupon an independent and complete tie element 22 will have been produced. It will be noted that the rear end of the tie element 22 will carry a portion of the initial sheath 20, whereas the balance of the sheath 20 will be carried by the end of the tie 13, and will eventually be positioned upon the forward end of the tie element, subsequently to be produced. It will also be observed that the step of severance along the line 21 may be made to take place before the advance movement, i. e., immediately after the, sheath 20 has been formed. And it willalsobe observed that the steps may be repeated in a manner which will produce completed tie elements, one after another in rapid succession, each thereof carrying. a portion of one sheath at its forward end, and carrying a portion of a succeeding sheath at its rear end. The line of severance 21 18 preferably made in a perpendicularly transverse direction.

For the purpose of providing the tips with points 12, and for the'purpose of providing the tips in a manner which positions them normally as shown in Fig. 3, the cuts corresponding to the cut 19 are made along lines which are, not perpendicularly transverse. The line of severance 19 is made along the line which forms an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the strip 17 as shown most. clearly in Figure' l. Although successive. lines 19 may be made parallel to each other, so that the severed ends will constitute rhomboids, nevertheless it will be observed that this is not essential.- For example, the line 19 may be directed in a manner which will cause the severed ends to constitute a trapezoid, By the term trapezoid as used herein and in the appended claims, I refer to aquadrilateral with, one pair of opposite sides parallel and the other two sides forming non-rectilinear angles with said parallel sides. In general, reference to Fig. 2 will show that the blank of sheet ma terial must be so rolled with respect to the axis of the tie 13, that the end edges of the sheath 20 are disposed along lines forming acute angles with this axis. If the end edges of each sheath are so positioned, whether a sharpened point 12 result or not, the tips 12 will eventually position themselves substantially as in Fig. 3, i. e., non-longitudinally.

It will thus be observed that I have provided a method which is both efiicient and inexpensive, and which may be utilized along the lines illustratively exemplifiedherein for the rapid quantity production of tie elements of the character described. It. will be observed that no material is wasted, and it will also be observed that the length of tie elements and the nature oftips may be varied with great ease to meet varying requirements. It will also be obvious that many changes in the details herein described and illustrated for th ca n e of plein g he n u e 0t my invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. tended that these details be interpreted as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

I Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a method of making tie elements of the character described, the steps which comprise guiding a midportion of a continuous tie into adjacent position with respect to the end of a continuous strip, severing said end along a line forming an acne angle with the longitudinal axis of the strip and associating it with said midportion to form a sheath for the latter, and then advancing both the tie and the strip to'bring another midportion of the tie into similar adjacence with respect to the newly produced end of the strip.

2. In a method of making tie elements of the character described, the steps which comprise guiding a midportion of a Continuous tie into adjacent position with respect to the endof a continuous strip, severing said end along an oblique line to render said end trapezoidal and associating it with said midportion to form a sheath for the latter, and then advancing both the tie and the strip to bring another midportion of the tie into similar adjacence with respect to the newly produced end of the strip.

, 3. The method of making tie elements of the character described which comprises the steps of guiding. a midportion of a continuous tie into adjacent position with respect to the end of a continuous strip, severing said end along a line forming an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the strip and associating it with said midportion to form a sheath for the latter, advancing both the tie and the strip to bring another midportion of the tie into similar adjacence with respect to the newly produced end of the strip, and sevring said sheath alonga line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to position one por tion thereof at the rear end of one tie ele- It is therefore in-' ment and another portion thereof at the forward end of the tieelement subsequently to t e, and severing the sheaths to provide independent tie elements, whereby each of the latter will carry a portion of an initial sheath at each end, and whereby the angular edges of the sheaths will permit the tie element to position itself substantially transversely with respect to said sheath portions.

The method of making tie elements of the character described, which comprises rolling trapezoidal blanks of sheet material successively about spaced portions of a tie with the axis of the tie parallel to the parallel sides of the blanks to provide sheaths with attenuated ends for said portions,and cutt'ng through said sheaths to provide several engths of the tie whereof each carries a poi 1 tion of a sheath at each end. v

6. In a method of making tie elementsof the character described, the step or 'stepsof rolling a blank of sheet material about a tie in a manner which disposes the end edges of the sheath produced thereby along lines forming acute angles with the axis of the tie and severing the sheath medially thereof along a line substantially transverse to the axis of the tie. I r 7. The method of making tie elements of the character described which comprises moving a continuous tie and a continuous strip longitudinally of each thereof in a step by step manner, the steps of the tie being larger than those of the strip, severing an end of the strip to form a trapezoidal blank,

and rolling said blank about a portion of the tie with the axis of the tie'parallel to the parallel sides of the blank to form a sheath during each period of rest, and then severing the sheath and tie.

In witness whereof, I have signed this specification.

HENRY-E. KONDOLF.

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