US900746A

US900746A - Package-tie.

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Publication number: US900746A
Application number: US42633308A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert H Lageson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-04-10
Filing date: 1908-04-10
Publication date: 1908-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 1925-10-13

Description

A. H. LAGESON.

PAGKAGE TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 10, 1908.

Patented Oct. 13,1908.

ALBERT H. LAGESON, OF MABEL, MINNESOTA.

PACKAGE-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed. April 10, 1908. Serial No. 426,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. LAGESON, a citizen of the United States, residin at Mabel, in the county of Fillmore and tate of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Package-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packa e ties'of that character designed to be emp oyed for holding mail matter securely assembled while being transported through the mails.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this character which shall be capable of being readily manipulated to secure the object sought, which will positively prevent the binder from loosening or becoming disconnected, which shall protect the binder against cutting, and which shall ossess merit in point of simplicity, durabi ity, inexpensiveness of production, and practicability.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a package tie, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, and in which l1ke characters of reference indicate corres onding parts, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the package tie. Fig. 2 is a simllar view,

showing the manner inwhich the tie is employed in holding a bundle of mail matter assembled. Fig. 3 is a erspective view, on an enlarged scale and loo king in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, show'in the manner in which the binder is assemb ed with the tie when the former is secured around a bundle of letters.

The article comprises a piece of wire, of any appropriate gage, bent to form a shank consisting of two

crotches

1 and 2. One terminal of the wire is bent to form a binder engaging eye 3, and the other terminal is bent to provide a binder clamp embodying two whirls 4 and 5. As shown in Fig. 1, the eye and the whirls occupy substantially parallel planes, while the crotches are disposed at right angles to the plane of the parts.

The whirl 4 has a portion of its length disposed within the crotch 1, and its terminal projected through the whirl 5 and disposed to bear thereon, the object of this arrangement bein to brace the whirl 4 from undue yielding re atively to the whirl 5, whereby to secure the most eflective clamping or biting action between the two whirls.

The binder 6 is constructed of a length of cord or twine of any preferred character, and has one end knotted in the eye 3, as shown at 7, the other portion of the binder being adapted to engage with the crotch 2 and to be pinched in'between the two whirls, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In the use of the article, after the mail matter M has been bunched, as shown in Fig. 2, the tie is placed upon the top thereof, with the thumb of the left hand bearing upon the eye 3, and the binder is then passed around the bundle, thence through the crotch 2, and is carried to the left lon itudinally and com pletely around the bundle, thence a ain into the crotch 2, around which a comp ete turn is taken, and the binder is finally pinched into or between the two whirls, and by tightly drawing the binder into the crotch 9 formed by the whirl 5 and the overlying terminal 8 of the whirl 4, the binder will be securely clamped against any danger of working loose.

The improvements herein defined, while simple in character, will be found thoroughly efiicient in securin the objects sought, and will be entirely re iable against accidental scattering of bunched mail.

I claim:

1. A package tie comprising a piece of wire bent to form a double-crotched shank, one terminal of the wire being formed into an eye and its other terminal into a two-whirled binder clamp, the eye and clamp being disposed in substantial y parallel planes and at right angles to the shank.

2. A package tie comprising a piece of wire bent to form a double-crotched shank, one terminal of the wire being formed into an eye and its other terminal into a two-whirled binder clamp, a portion of one of the whirls being disposed within one of the crotches to brace the former against undue yielding relatively to the other whirl.

3. A package tie comprising a piece of wire bent to form a double-crotched shank, one terminal of the wire being formed into an eye and its other terminal into a two-whirled binder clamp, a portion of one of the whirls I my own, I have hereto allixed my signature being disposed ivithin one of the crotches 1 in the presence of two witnesses. With its terinina dis osed to been 113011 the other Whirl thus to brace the filSl'l-HELHIGCl l ALBERl LAGEbON' 5 Whirl against undue yielding relatively to 2 Vfitnesses:

the last-named Whirl. J. C. VVIIITE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as l A. L. TOLLEFSON.