US76144A - James w - Google Patents

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JAMES W., BARIUM, or New ORLEANS, Louisiana.

Letters Patent No. 76,144, dated .March 31, 1868.'

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALB TES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. BARN-UM, ofthe city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisi ana, have invented a certain new and uset'irl improvement in devices for 'fastening the ends of Wire rope or Wire together, when the same is used for banding cotton or other bales; and I do hereby declaro the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being h/a'd to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, in 'which- Figure l is a perspective view of the device when detached from a band, and Figure 2a top view of the device as when in use in connection with a band, The object of my invention is to provide, in the first place, for taking up the slacl; of a band yat the time of putting it around a bale; and, in the second place, to allow of the band being taken oil` the bale without` cutting, and thus to preserve it for further uso upon another or several otherbales.

Myinventionconsists of two sections or halves of a. cylinder, placed a sur'licient distance apart te permit of the easy introduction et the ends of the Wire rope or wire, as the cese may be, between them, and which are held together by two plates at their ends. These plates extend in one direction about an inch and a half, more or less, as is clearly shown on the drawings, :1nd are each perforated with a small hole, through which la key passes to secure the fastening, when all. the slack has been taken up.

The halt` cylinders are marked A A', the plates B B', and thekey C.

In the practical application of my device to use, the operation is as follows, to Wit: The wire rope or wire that is to form a band, after being cut to a proper length and put around the bale, is connected to the device by simply inserting its ends between the cylinders A A'viu reverse or opposite directions, and th'en the device is turned or rolled over, until the slack of thev band is vtaken up, and some degree of tension is brought to bear upon the band. This being done, the key C is inserted, and the fastening is accomplished. On reaching its destination, or the place at v'which the bale is to be broken up, the bands are taken off by withdrawing the keys, or by' breaking them, without the slightest injury to the bands.

Having thus described my invention, what claim, and desire to secure byLctters Patent, as a new article of manufacture, is-

'lhe halt` cylinders A A', when placer in relation to each other, as herein described, and secured in position .by the plates B B', when the latter are perforated so as to receive the key G at one of their ends, as herein described, for the purpose set forth. i

y f JAMES W. IEARNUM.

Witnesses:

A. BARBARIN, RUrUs It. Rlronns.

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