US1229690A - Package-tying device. - Google Patents

Description

.l. J WASKOM.

PACKAGE TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1916.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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JACOB J. WASKOM, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

. PACKAGE-[DYING DEVICE.

Application filed. March 13, 1916. Serial No. 83,842.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. lVAsKoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Tying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to package tying devices, that is, to devices including a flexible member and a securing member whereby packages may be quickly and securely fastened.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the class mentioned which may be quickly operated without the necessity of threading the flexible member or cord through the securing means. A further object of my invention is to provide in a device of the class mentioned a securing device adapted for use either upon large or small packages. A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the class under consideration which may be employed for fastening bundles in which it is desired to pass the flexible member or cold in either one or two directions around the package to be secured. A further object of my inven tion is to provide in a device of the class mentioned, consisting of a flexible cord and a securing device, means in the securing device for engaging and clamping the cord throughout practically its entire circumference. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists generally in a flexible member or cord adapted to be passed around the bundle to be secured and a fastening device attached to one end of said cord comprising a plate provided at one end with a cord receiving recess and a longitudinally disposed spring pressed clamping dog adapted to engage the cord and hold the same within the recess. My invention further consists in providing a laterally disposed slot communicating with said recess whereby the cord may be readily slipped into the recess without the necessity of threading the same into the securing means. My invention further consists ina device as above mentioned in which the walls of the recess andthe end of the clamping dog are concavely formed and that of the dog serrated or grooved whereby the cord shall be firmly grasped throughout substantially its circumference. My invention further consists in a device as above specified in which the cord engaging surfaces of said re cess and said dog shall be angularly inclined longitudinally of the securing member to facilitate tightly drawing the cord without the danger of abrading the same. My invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangement of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a package fastened with a device embodying my invention in its preferred form,

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a slightly modified form of the device,

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a slightly modified form illustrating the same as applied to a sack,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the securing device upon an enlarged scale,

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same,

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of portions of the device, and

Fig. 9 is a detail view illustrating the jaw of the latch or dog.

Referring now to the drawings 1 indicates the flexible member or cord which is of suflicient length to be passed about the package to be tied and to one end of the cord 1 is secured my improved fastening device 2.

The fastening device comprises a plate 3 which at one end is broad and flat, as at 4, and at the other end'is reduced in width and provided with a cord receiving recess 5. A laterally disposed slot 6 extends inwardly from the side of the plate and communicates with the recess 5 so that the cord 1 may be readily passed into the recess without the necessity of threading the same thereinto.

Pivotally mounted upon the plate 1 is a latch or dog 7. This extends longitudinally of the plate 3 and is provided at its end with a jaw 8 adapted to cooperate with the wall of the recess 5 to securely hold the cord 1. It should be noted that the wall of the recess 5 and the jaw 8 are concavely formed so as to engage the cord 1 substan tially throughout its circumference. The wall 5 is preferably smooth whereas the j aw 8 is both longitudinally and transversely serrated as indicated at 9 to provide a frictional contact with the cord, this construe tion providing a plurality of cord engaging prongs 10. To facilitate drawing the cord or flexible member 1 tightly around the package after being passed into the recess 5, said recess is forwardly inclined as shown clearly in Figs. 4, 5 and 6; and the jaw 8 is correspondingly inclined to cooperate therewith. This inclination also causes the jaw 8 to bind securely over the jaw formed by the wall 5.

The dog 7 and the base plate 3 are provided with cotiperating ears 11 and 12 re spectively which are perforated to receive a pin 13 by means of which the dog is pivotally connected to the base plate, the cars 11 being formed integrally with the said dog intermediate the ends thereof. Interposed between the rearwardly projecting end 14 of the dog and the plate 3 is a spring 15 which normally holds the jaws in operative position. It is obvious that pressure upon the end 14: will operate the dog to release the cord from the recess 5 and also will permit of ready insertion of the cord through the slot 6. To prevent displacement of the spring the end 14 is provided on its under face with a boss 16 as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 8, which engages in the upper end of the spring and the base is provided with a recess or socket 17 to receive the lower end of the spring. To facilitate the construction of the device the cars 12 are formed upon a plate 18 which is secured to the base plate 3 as by suitable rivets 19 and the plate 18 is extended rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 7, and provided with an aperture which when the plate is in position, constitutes the socket 17 Then the device is used for such purposes as require the cord to be passed around the package in but one direction, as shown in Fig. 8, the cord is attached to the end of the plate 8 opposite to the recess 5, but if the cord is to be passed in both directions, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to attach the cord to the side of the plate 3 as shown in these figures and also in Fig. 6.

As shown in Fig. 1 the cord is first passed laterally around the package, passed under the end 5 of the securing device, then over the portion 4 of the plate 3 and around the package longitudinally, then passed through the slot 6 into the recess 5 and then drawn tightly; the dog having been raised during the insertion of the cord into the recess 5 and then released prior to drawing the cord tight. It should be noted that the forward end of the plate adjacent the recess 5 is undercut or tapered as at 20 to facilitate slipping the cord 1 thereunder after having been passed once about the package.

If preferred the plate 3 may be provided with a hook 21 formed on the side of the same opposite to the connection of the cord 1 with the plate, as shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement it is not necessary to pass the cord under the securing device but merely slip the same under the hook 21.

The operation of the device in its several forms will be clear from the above description.

I claim 1. In a package tying device, a base plate, means for securing a cord to one end thereof, said plate being provided at the opposite end with a cord receiving recess, a laterally disposed slot extending from the edge of the plate into said recess and a spring pressed dog provided with a jaw co'ciperating with the wall of said recess to clamp said cord, the wall of said recess and the face of said jaw being forwardly and upwardly inclined, and the wall of said recess being smooth and the co5perating face of the jaw being both transversely and longitudinally serrated, substantially as described.

2. In a package tying device, a cord holder comprising a base plate provided at one end with a cord receiving recess, a plate secured to said base plate and provided with integral upturned ears, a dog having a jaw cooperating with said recess and provided with ears pivotally connected to the aforementioned ears, an aperture in the last mentioned plate forming with the base plate a recess, a spring having one end seated in said recess and the other end engaging said dog, substantially as described.

3. A package tie comprising a base plate provided at one end with a cord receiving recess, said base plate being substantially thicker at the cord receiving end to provide a greater bearing surface for said cord, a plate secured to said base plate, and provided with upturned ears, a dog provided with ears pivotally connected to the afore mentioned ears, said dog having one end substantially thickened to coiiperate with said cord receiving recess, an aperture in said plate forming with said base plate a recess, a spring having one end in said recess and the other end engaging said dog, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB J. WASKOM.

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. Yos'r, EDWARD G. SLAUGHTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

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