US274044A

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Publication number: US274044A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1900-03-13

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(No Model.)

W. D. SMITH.

PACKAGE TIE. No. 274,044. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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UNITED STATES FFICE.

PATENT ONE-HALF TO OYRUS EMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,044, dated March 13, 1883.

7 Application filed January 11,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WAL'10N D. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prophetstown, in the county of Whiteside and State -quickly and easily secured, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto'annexed, Figure 1 4 representsthe end of a wrapping-sheet having one form of my improvedftying device.

'Fig.,2 is a perspective view of a bag having another form of the tying device. Fig; 3 shows an envelope having a thirdform of the fasteningdevice. Fig. 4 shows a wrapping-sheet having afourth form of the tying device. Fig. 5 shows a wrappin g-sheet equipped with a fifth form of the .tying device. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the fastener shown in Fig. 5 detached. Figs. 7,8, 9, and 10 are sectional views of the tying devices shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively; and Figs. 11 and 12' show in perspective a package and a bag secured by the tying devices shown in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively.

, The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

Myiinproved tying device consists of one or two flat or slightly-curved disks secured to the sheet, envelope, or other article to be seone end of "whichthe fastening device is secured.

of two slightly-curved or concavo-convex The device in thisinstance consists disks placed on opposite sides of the sheet, with their convex sides in contact with the "latter, and secured by means of an ordinary V eyelet, B, passing through the disks, which are denoted by O C, and the sheet. Between the outer side Df the sheet and the adjoining disk is secured a tying-cord, D. The disks O C- may be stamped or otherwise formed of thin sheet metal, or of any other material that may be deemed suitable for thepurpose, but which should be of a somewhat elastic nature, in order to hold -the tying-cord firmly when the package is tied, as will be presently described. The device just described is illustrated in Figs. 1, 7, and 11 of the drawings:

In Figs. 2, 8, and 12 the disks 0 O are secured to the fabric of a bag, E, bymeans of a rivet, F, passing through the disks and fabric. In other respects the constructionis precisely as above described.

In Figs. 3 and 9, I have substituted for the curved disks 0 0 two flat disks, Gr G, of paste- -board or like material, secured in position by an eyelet, B.

In Figs. etand 10, I have shown a single disk G, secured to the outer side of a wrappingsheet by means of an eyelet, B. y

In Figs. 5 and 6 is illustrated a single disk, H, stamped or struck up from sheet metal, and having tongues I I struck up from its body to serve as means for attaching it, as shown, to the outer side of a wrapping-sheet, bag, envelope-flap, or the like.

The operation of my invention will be at once understood from the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. The package having been made up, the tying-cord is passed around the same and made fast by wrapping it one or more times under the outer disk, around the stem or shank formed by the connecting mediuln. The elasticity of the outer disk serves to hold the cord securely.

The disk or disks may'in every case be either flat or curved, at option. I prefer, however, to make at least the outer disk slightly curved, as the tying-cord may then be more easily wrapped under it.

I would also have it understood that in the accompanying drawings only a few of the modifications of which my invention is capable have been shown. Thus, instead of the eyelet, rivet, or struck-up tongues, any other suitable oonnecting medium may be used. Likewise, in

lieu of the circular disks shown in the'several figures, disks of any other suitable shapesuch as oblong, rectangular, or pol ygonal may be used Without departing from the spirit of my invention. Whether one or two disks shall be employed will also be entirely optional with the user.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A package-tying device consisting of a disk permanently secured to the outer side of a wrapping-sheet, bag, or the like, and a tyingcord secured permanently under the said disk, as set forth.

2. A package-tying device consisting of a curved or concavo-convex' disk permanently secured to the outer side of a Wrapping-sheet,