US1735691A

US1735691A - Tying device

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Publication number: US1735691A
Application number: US266887A
Authority: US
Inventors: Morgan John Lawler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-04-03
Filing date: 1928-04-03
Publication date: 1929-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 1946-11-12

Description

Nov. 12, 192.9. J MORGAN Y 1,735,691

TYING DEVICE I Filed April 3, 1928 v .F: :5- l

llllllil NVENTOR B1111 Lawler Morgan 3 v d ATTZJRNEY WITNESSES Patented Nov. 12, 1929 JOHN LAWLER MORGAN, or CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, essronon ro anssnsnrnusrnm, a

or CAMDEN, new JEasnY I TYING DEVICE Application filed April S 1928. Serial No. 266,887.

to another department of the same plant. 7

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device by means of which a cord may be quickly secured about a package or bundle and quickly removed without cutting or untying, thus saving both time and material. 7 a

The invention consists of a block having'a bore, in which a cord may be secured, and a slot or slots, into which the free end of the cord may be passed and by which it may be held. The slot or slots may comprise bores having passages leading therefrom to a side of the block and the cord may be provided with a knot resting against the surface of the block at a point between the slots. 'An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tying device constructed according to my invention,

Figure 2 is a front View of a stack of material bound by a cord having its ends connected by one of my improved tying devices, and

Figure 8 a fragmentary bottom plan view of the stack of material and tying device shown in Figure 1. i p a "The device consists of a block 5 having a central longitudinal bore 6 flanked on either side by parallel recessed slots 7' and 8 whose recesses or bores 9 and 10 are preferably slightly larger than a cord 11 which is passed through central bore 6 and has a knot 12 of greater diameter than the central bore or' other enlargement formed inor secured to the cord should be chamfered so as to reduce one end. The entrances to

slots

7 and 8 are. preferably a snug litfor cord 11 or of slightly less width than the diameter of the cord and all corners and edges coming in contact with the wear on the cord'to a minimum. As shown in Figure 2, cord 11 may be wrapped around a stack13 of material and its free end 14: secured in

slots

7 and 8.

There are several methods of securing the free end of the cord in the block but the most convenient and rapid Way is to grasp block 5 in the left hand andend of the cord 14 in the right hand, place the cord under sufficient tension, pass it behind the block, downwardly throughslot 7, around knot 12, and upwardly through slot 8', the hand making substantially a continuous movement and the operation consuming but afraction of the time required to tie a knot.

Another manner of using the device is to pass the free end 14 upwardly throughslot 7, downwardly behind the back of block 5" and upwardly through slot 8 and is, perhaps, the best method of fastening the free end of the cord when it is desired to keep the bight of the cord under as greata tension-as is possible. The first mentioned method, however, is quicker. To remove the device, the free end is simply pulled out of the slots.

The device as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the preceding paragraphs is illustrative ofmy invention and it is to be understood may be departed from indetail' within the scope of the invention as measured by the appended claims.

I claim I I 1. A tying block having a central bore extending therethrough and a bore at each side of the central bore and parallel therewith, the block further having slots in one of its sides which form entrances to the side bores and which are of slightly less width than the diameter of the cord with which the device is to be used, the bores being slightly greater in diameter than the diameter of the cord. 1

2. A tyingblock having a series of bores throughits greatest dimension, the outer Y bores'having slots parallel and co-extensive therewith and of less Width than the diameter of'the bores and extending from one side of saidblock and communicating with said bores. V v

V In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. V I

;,.JOHN AWLER MORGAN;