US241085A

US241085A - Chaeles k

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Publication number: US241085A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 1898-05-03

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C. K. STINSON. Paolfzage Fastener.

No. 241,085. Patented May 3,188l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES K. STINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD H. BAILEY, OF SAME PLAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,085, dated May 3, 1881.

Application filed January 26, 1881.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. STINsoN, a citizen of the United States,resid'iugat New York, iu the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bands for Fastening Packages, Svc., ofwhich the following is afull,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fastening-bands for packages, bundles, 85e.; and the main objects of my improvement are to provide a band having a locking or securing device which is simple in construction, quickly and easily adjusted around the package, and in which the material is greatly economized iu manufacturing such fastener.

The accompanying drawings fully illustrate my improvements.

Figure l represents my improved fasteningband applied to a package. Fig. 2 is an end view of the clamping-plate, one end of the band removed; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the clamping-plate with the band withdrawn.

a is a rectangular plate, made of tin or any other soft flexible metal.

b is a band composed of stout strong paper. To form this band the paper is cut in a strip of a width a little more than double the width of the band` desired to be made, and folded lengthwise, one edge lapping over the other to secure greater strength.

rlhe plate a is cut or stamped out from a thin sheet of tin, or other suitable metal or material, and it is provided with a longitudinal slash or cut, c, on each side, which cut extends transversely of the plate at each end toward the center, as shown at d d. It is only necessary that thc transverse cut should be deep enough to permit the rim c to be bent up, as shown in Fig. 2, sufliciently far to form an aperture through which the end of the band can bc inserted.

It will be observed that no portion ot' the plate is cut ont to form an opening to receive the band, as is generally the case, the opening being made by pressing the rim portion up or down, as it is desired to fasten the end of the baud either on the under side or on the (No model.)

upper side of theplate. The rim being pressed 5o down, the end of the band is passed over the rim e, down through the aperture thus formed, and is clamped within the plate by bending back the rim into its natural position.

When applying my device as a fasteningband for tiles of papers, 85o., I prefer to clamp one end of the bandas and in the maunerjust described, and bring the other up through the plate, and secure it on the upper or outside,

instead of ou the under side of the plate, so 6o that it is more convenient for use in enlarging vor diminishing the size ot' the band, to adapt it to a greater or less thickness of the tile. In this ease I bend the rim c down, and pass the paper band up through from the under side,

and when the rim is bent back to its normal condition the edges of the slash are brought together and the band securely clamped therein. The end ofthe band is then passed under the raised barj', which is formed by slashing 7o the plate longitudinally in the lniddle, and

bending up thc cut portion to form a bar to hold the extreme end of the band, in order to give a neat appearance to the fastener.

lt is designed to make the plate aof eitible material, such as can be easily bent with the fingers, so that thefastening-band canbe readily adjusted to packages of any size. In its construction there is a great saving of time and labor over all others previously in use, as 8o the plate a is stamped out of a solid sheet ot' luetal without waste, and thc cutting out and slashing is performed by a suitable die at one blow.

Any material may be employed for the baud 8 5 that will best serve the purpose, but stout paper has been found to be preferable for the geueral purposesfor which the fastener isdesigned.

I claim- In combination with t-he band b, the plate ai, 9o