US292443A

US292443A - William s

Info

Publication number: US292443A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 1901-01-22

Description

W. S. NEWSO'N. SHINGLE BAND.

' (No Mpdel.

Patented an. 22, 1884;

INVENTOI;

N. PETERS. Phm-Lilhcgraphen wuln'nglnn. 0.6.

UNIT D STATES PATENT fQFFICEQ WILLIAM S. NEWSON, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

'SHINGLE-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,443, dated January. 22, 1884.

Application filed October 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. NEWsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee; in the State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Shingle-Band, of which the following is aspecification.

In order that my invention may be better understood, it should be first stated that shin gle-bands have herefore-been made by connect, ing two wooden strips or bandsof the same length as the width of the bundle or bunch of shingles to be bound, which said wooden strips or bands have heretofore been connected at their ends by means of two flat sheet-iron strips, made fast to the wooden bands by having four holes punched in each sheet-iron strip near the ends, and four small nails driven through these perforations into the wooden bands to complete the shingle-band as a whole.

My invention, upon which I desire a patent, consists in substituting for the flat sheet iron strips, punched, as aforesaid, for the pur- -pose of connecting and fastening the wooden bands or strips, bands of round wire, cut of a suitable length and of a suitable size, in con nection with the wooden strips or bands, to form a shingle-band. Insteadof the four holes punched or perforated in each sheet-iron strip, and fastened by four nailsin each sheet-iron strip to' the wooden band, I turn the ends of the wire band, so as to form a hook at each end about one inch in length, and turned at about forty-five'degrees from the shaft of the wire, which ends are sharpened to a chiselpoint, so as to drive readily and also truly, and give a firm hold in the wooden band. To hold these hooks more firmly in place when driven, barbs or an equivalent are out upon the hooked ends of the wire band. These bent or hooked ends of the wire band are driven into the outer surface of the wooden bands near to their end, and then flexed or bent around the side of the bunch of shingles, and the remaining hooked end driven into the second wooden bandto complete the shingleband. To preventlthe wire band from outtingor pressing into the corner and outer end of the wooden band, the portion of the wire band next to the barbed hook is flattened Where it passes around the outer end of the wooden band, so as to afford a sufficient bearing-surface.

The construction of the said improved shingle-band is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a lateral view of my wire shingle-band. Fig. 2 shows the manner of attaching my wire shingle-band to the wooden bands, which hold the bunch of shingles in place.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

In Fig. 1, a represents the chisel-point of the wire band; I), the barbed hook, to be driven into the wooden band; 0, the flattened shank, to afford a bearing on the corner of the wooden strip or band. dis the body-or shaft of the wire band, connecting the two wooden strips or bands.

In Fig..2likeletters represent similar parts in application to the wooden strips or bands marked e.

'The object of my invention is to secure a stronger and more reliable shingle-band, simpler in construction, and put together with about one-half the labor and about two-thirds the iron.

What I claim as original, and as my invention, for which I desire to secure Letters Patcut, is Y 1. A shingle-band composed of a round wire having two inwardly-bent, barbed, and chisel-pointed ends, and a flattened surface next to said ends, substantially as and-for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the two wooden strips or bands 6 e, of the wires cl (1, provided each with the flattened surfaces 0 c, and the barbed hooks b I), having chisel-points a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WVILLIAM S. NEWSON. Witnesses:

W. L. ALLHOUSE,

W. D. ORosBY.