US234943A

US234943A - Bale-tie

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Publication number: US234943A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 1897-11-30

Description

(No Model.) I

- J. G. BATTELLE.

Bale Tie.

No. 234,943. Patented 'Nov. 30, 1880.

s ill 1 :IiiElmlhl ATTORNEY UNITED STATES JOHN G. BATTELLE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'234,943, dated November 30, 1880.

Application filed September 25, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. BATTELLE, of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; 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 pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bale-ties, the object being to provide a simple and efficient band-fastening which shall be permanently fastened or secured to the end of the band; and with this end in view my invention consists, essentially, in a band provided with an opening in one end thereof and a stud or fastening having one or both heads thereof upset or elongated to permanently secure it to the band.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a stud or button constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 shows the band andbutton or stud before the latter is inserted. Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the stud or button in place. Fig. at is a view in side elevation, representing both heads of the stud or button upset and elongated. Fig. 5 is a modification.

A represents the band, and B an elongated slot or opening formed in one end thereof. 0 is a stud or button, the shank D of which is about equal in diameter to the widthof the slot B. The heads a a are of such thickness that either one may be inserted in the slot B, while they are of such length, also, that by slightly inclining one of the heads it may be inserted in said slot. After one of the heads has been inserted in the slot, as illustrated in Fig. 3, both of the heads are elongated by being upset, which operation may be accomplished in many ways and by various kinds of machinery or devices.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown each one of the heads having two depressions, c 0, formed therein, one on each side of the shank, said depressions being formed by suitable upsetting-tools operated by a powerful press,

whereby the metal composing the heads is displaced and the latter elongated on their inner edges or faces. This operation serves to increase thelength of the heads of the stud or button to such an extent that they are prevented t'rom being extracted from the slot or opening in the band.

Instead of upsetting both heads, one may be made larger than the other, the larger head being of such size and form that it cannot be pressed through the slot in the band, and the other head of such form that it may be inserted in the slot and afterward upset, as illustrated in Fig. 5. In the latter form of construction the larger head may be round, square, or any other desired form.

The studs or buttons may be made of wrought or malleable iron.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that I obtain a strong and durable fastening, which is permanently fastened to the bands and intended to be sold therewith.

The cost of securing the studs or buttons in place is very slight, as the process of upsetting may be performed in a rapid manner by a cheap grade of labor.

It is evident that many slight changes in the form and construction of the parts might be resorted to without involving a departure from the spirit or scope of my invention, and hence I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact form and construction shown and described; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters heads, the shank of the stud or button being located within the band-opening, and one or have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of both of the heads of the stud or button being September, 1880. upset to increase the length of said head or heads, and thereby permanently secure the JOHN BATTELLE' 5 stud or button to the band, substantially as Witnesses:

set forth. W. B. BATTELLE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I A. P. GOLIBART.