US298345A

US298345A - Mail-sack tag

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Publication number: US298345A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1901-05-13

Description

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S. W. BRACKETT.

MAIL SACK TAG.

No. 298,846. Patented May 13, 1884.

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MAIL-SACK TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,345, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed October 15, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEWARD NV. BRACKETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Sack Tags, of

, which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to tags for mail-sacks; and it consists in the parts which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a perspective view of the top part of a mailsack provided with my improvement. The neck of the sack in this view is provided with a circular row of openings through which a cord is tightly drawn and tied. The tag is secured to the cord by means of the double hook. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tag and hook. Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the tag and the inclosed pasteboard strip, upon which may be written the name of the post-office for which the sack is destined. Fig. 4 is a front view of the hook detached from the tag.

In the accompanying drawings like letters indicate like parts in the several views.

A is the body or back of the tag proper,.

and A A are two side flanges thereof. These flanges fold over the face of the tag, whereby side grooves are formed for the reception of the removable pasteboard strip upon which the inscription is placed.

A2 A2 are the lower ends of the flanges A A. Said lower ends are bent down to the face of the back piece, A, to prevent the pasteboard or card D from slipping out the bottoni of the tag.

B is a flange on the lower end of the back piece,A, upon which the bottom end of the card D rests. The bottom end of the tag may be closed in several ways. The bottom of the piece A may be constructed with a short projection adapted to fold under the bottom of the anged ends A2; or the iiange B may be dispensed with and the ends A2 turned in against the face of the back piece, A, thereby preventing the card D from passing through the grooves formed by the side ilanges.

C represents an opening in the back piece, 5o

E3 FP are outwardly-projecting arms on the 5 5y hooks E2. The arms E3 are bent outward to permit the hook to readily engage and straddle the cord. The two hooks lie sufficiently close to each other to snugly embrace the average cord when the device is being engaged or 6o disengaged. This arrangement serves to prevent the cord and hook from accidental disengagement.

F is a tie-cord drawn down through the openings in the neck of the sack, and F is the knot of said cord.

G represents the sack.

The hook E is preferably made of resilient metal. The name of the post-office for which the sack is intended is written upon the card 7o D. Said card should be of a exible nature, and of dimensions adapted to fit within the grooves formed by the flanges A. When the card is once in its case, or within the grooves, it cannot be displaced by any movement of the tag. The ends A2 of the side flanges (or the bottom flange, B) prevent the card from passing downward, and it cannot work out at the top, inasmuch as the ring` or loop E operates as astop for the card. rlhe card may, how- 8o ever, be drawn out of the top by hand; but it cannotbe displaced by any action or position of the tag.

In attaching the device to a cord the operation is as follows: One of the arms E3 is drawn 8 5 down over the cord to be engaged, and then the cord placed into the notch of the hook. The hook is then turned halfway around and pressed upward, admitting the cord down the inner side of the opposite hook, whereby the 9o arm on said opposite hook is raised over the cord, and the cord thereby secured by both hooks. By reversing the operation the hooks may be disengaged. It requires but an instant -to engage or disengage the hook by hand. It y is simple and certain in its operation, and will not become detached by any action of the tag. I attach importance to the fact that the loop E of the hook performs the double function the card, the upper end of said body having as an attachment for the eye c of the tag, and also prevents the card from slipping out of the tag by means of the top portion of said card abutting against the under surface of said loop.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a mail-sack tag, a body provided with side flanges turned over7 whereby side grooves are formed for the reception and retention of the card, the lower end of said body being provided with a suitable stop or bottom rest for an opening7 in combination with a hook having a loop, said loop being secured in said 15 opening, and forming` a top stop to prevent the displacement of the card7 as specified.

In testimony whereof` I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SEVARD WV. BR ACKETT.

vWitnesses:

H. H. HAYDEN, N. G. FOSTER. Y.