US2017379A - Tie fastener - Google Patents

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`oct. 15, 1935. H wAlTE 2,017,379

TIE FASTENER Filed Feb. 7, 1954 M Lm 4 if FIG EL Flll.

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Patented Oct. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in tie fasteners, and is designed more particularly to provide a fastener for bale ties used on bales of cotton. The particularly novel 5 feature of my improved fastener is the provision of a slotted opening between the legs of a U- shaped plate, and a pair of jaws at the entrance of this opening which have outer edges so inclined as to form a convergent throat to faciliinto the fastener, and have also inner edges so inclined as to form divergent abutments to secure the inserted ends against displacement.

While I have illustrated in the drawing filed herewith and have hereinafter fully described one specific embodiment of my invention, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention limited to said specific embodiment, but refer for its scope to the claimsl appended hereto.

In the drawing:

Fig, 1 is a top plan view of my improved fastener with the looped ends of the bale tie applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the fastener, and one end of the tie in place and the other end being inserted into the fastener.

My improved fastener, as illustrated in the drawing, comprises a U-shaped plate having the cross-head portion l with the legs 2 and 3 provided with the inwardly extending jaws 4 having on their outer edges the inwardly inclined faces 5 and on their inner edges the outwardly inclined faces 6. From the foregoing description of my improved fastener, its use and operation will be obvious. While the mass to be restrained, as for instance a bale of cotton, is under compression in a press, the bale tie T is passed about the bale, its end 1 having been turned under upon tate the insertion of the looped ends of the tie itself to form the bight 8 which is passed between the jaws 4 to be received about the leg 2. When the tie T has been drawn about the bale, the end 9 is turned under upon itself to form the bight I0 which is passed between the jaws 4 to be received about the leg 3. It is to be noted that the inclined faces 5 facilitate the passage of the bights 8 and Ill between the jaws 4, and the inclined faces 6 tend to prevent accidental displacement of the bights 8 and ID from the legs 2 10 and 3 respectively. When the bale is released from the press, it expands and draws the tie T tight around the bale, and the ends 1 and 9 being turned in next to the bale are prevented from straightening out and are made fast in the fastener.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legs forming posts to receive the looped ends Vof the tie thereabout; and con- 20 vergent extensions on the ends of the legs to form retaining abutments for the loops.

v2. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legs forming posts to receive the looped ends of the tie thereabout; and an 25 inwardly projecting jaw on each leg, having an inwardly inclined face on its outer side, to form a throat having converging sides for the insertion of the looped ends.

3. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legs forming posts to receive the looped ends of the tie thereabout; and an inwardly projecting jaw o-n each leg having an outwardly inclined face on its inner side.

4. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legs forming posts to receive the looped ends of the tie thereabout; and an inwardly projecting jaw on each leg having an inwardly inclined face on its outer side and an outwardly inclined face on its inner side.

HENRY L. WAI'I'E.

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