US180910A - Improvement in locks for bale-ties - Google Patents

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D. OLMSTED.

LOCKS FOB. BALE-TIES.

No. 180,910. Patented Aug.8, 1876.

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DAVID oLns'rEn, or Misssnroms, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT iN LOCKS FOR SALE-TIES.

speci'fention forming pnrtvof Lettersiutent No. 180,910, dated August E, 1876,' application tiled 5 July 19,1876.

" To all wlm' it may concern;l y y 'A .B0 tLkHOWu that 1,-1nvm vOmirsrn'n, of i,nneapolijs, in the conntyof Hennepin and Stntegotilldiunesota., havelinvented certain 1m. i "-prove'm'entsin Locks for Bands, BalefTies, die.,

"'I'ot'"` whifeh" the following isn specilieation:

. Myin'vention consistsof s novel lock or .fnsteniug for bends for binding bundles ot' .g'grniinfcottonbales, and similar articles, as

hereinafter more fully explained.

Figure 1` isa plan or face view of the two ends of u bend made on my plan. Figs. L', 3, `4', and 5 are views of the same united as in jjnse. 1.ig.(isnlongitudinal section on the '-line ra: of Fig. 5.

. Thisuvention muy beconsidered as an im provemeut orrtliejplun ot lockingr or securing i 'iftogetherthe eudsof abend yshown; in the pnt .-ntgiantedlto ine-January 11, 1876, numbered .I ,',Qthcf'object beiug-tofsecnre a. stronger more eliijcient fnsteui g, and onev that will uch in its construcfti loclm A' A ,1., one or-rnore #shzipedtongues nl ofthe band, mid'loeking the bend ignesfof one 'end ot" the y band inthe ed byfcuttingr the Atongues in the v v Asfthes'e were runde tile tongues fvere'entirely severed atene' "eud,'\vhile in my present" piani avoid this, thusgreudering both 3 @be bend? andthe 'locking stronger, which is u great object;v The manner in' which I accomplish this isshownin the drawings.

Having 'provided n band ofthe required size,

l punch or cut in each of its endsA and B a series 0frightuugled slots or cuts, as shown in Fig. '1, thus forming,r at each cut a. tongue, c, which is severed only across one end and along one side, thus leaving its opposite end and side solidly 'attached tothe body of the bund. The ends'are tiren lapped one u pou the other, the ends of the touguescpushed through the cuts in the other piece or end, and the band pulled, so as to draw the tongues endwise agsiustV the solid metal at the end of the. slits, as represented in Figs. 2,15, 4, und 5, the arrows in Fig. .l indicating the direction in which the parts A and B are drawn after the ends of the tongues have entered the slits.

By examining Fig.6 itwill beseen that these tongues and slits euch form a double lock, for

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the reason that ivhile the tongues cof thenn- .bund are an exuct duplicate of' those in the other end, :is shown in Fig. 1. Iucutting these slits the corners ot' the tongues c ure naturally bent down or inude to protrude slightly beyond the face oi` the bund, so that when the ends of the bund are placed one upou'the other, with the slits over cach other, the points or corners of' the tongues will l slits, after which itis only necessnryto pully them tight, thus. making the lockingot'v the band a very simple und easy matter.. These slits muy be duplicated to :my desired-extent, and muy be arranged or located :it .various vpoints,.u`-i represented in the drawings. For

.instance in FigJ.: there are tu'opuirs, those of each pair being arranged opposiweaelrother transversely, While in Figs. 3 uud"4 they nrc shown arranged diugoually. This latter plan is preferable, especially where the bands are narrow, :is it leaves more ot the metal unsevered at any one point across the band.

As these tongues ure not required to be of much width in order to interlock-only two or three times the thickness of the bund-a large number oi' them muy be made iu a. baud of ngiven Width, thereby nutkinguverystrong' and secure fastening.

This fastening is equully well adapted fOr use with the paper bonds for binding grain, described in any putent hen-inbei'ore referred to, and also to nierullic builds l'or securiugeottolb bales, or indeed to bundsl for any similar use.

When made of inelul i'or cotton-billes, the slits would naturally be. formed in the bnuds before applying them tothe bales, though they muy be inode when applied, und while the bale is iu the press, by using a suitable hnnd-tool to cut the slits. lu the ense ol' pnper bauds for groin, the slit-s will pret'ernbly be cut by n suitable tool utter the bund is npplied to the bundle, though it muy be done before, in ease of hnudbinding. In using theni for binding readily enter the `1 retiene lt is obvious that the transverse portion of the slits need not be at an exact right :ingle t'o the longitudinal portions of the sinne, but may be madevinore or less inclined, :is shown -iii.l `ig.l6. l Indeed, this -pliin has the advantage of Vmaking: lthe corners of 'vt-lie tongues c poiited',vwhereby they will more reiidill enter 'tiiefslits in the other part, and, moreover, will I be more 'securely h'eld therein, being less'liable to slip outiii case the band should be accident- 'jiillyjbeut-or folded' longitudinally.

I 1 "Having tlinsvdescr-ibed' my invention, what nse of a inaehinei l. The hereindeseriit-d lock or fastening for bands, bale-ties, Sie., consisting oi' one nr more ziiigniiir slits :ind tongues e, formed iii each end of the bziiid, snbstziiitiaily :is shin'ii :uid

described.

5. A hziiid haring the angular slits and tongues e, formell by cutting or punching the slits in the solid bod)r ofthe bund zit @zich end, as set forth. Y

3. The herein-described inode or method of locking or fastening theends ot'bziiids by means of the tongues e, and the angular slits whereby the tongues ot' both parts are nitide to en gage against the solid nietal at their ends, as set forth.

DAVID OLMST-ED.

Witnesses:

HENRY WILSON, PHiNEAs PAGE OLMSTED.

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