US1144211A - Package-tie. - Google Patents

Description

E. F. KI NG.

.PACKAGE TIE.

Patented J 11110 22, 1915.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.28, I914. 1,144,21 1.

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EUGENE F. KING, OF GUILFOBD, NORTH CAROLINA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed August 28, 1914. Serial No. 859,056. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE F. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Guilford, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to package ties, and

one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a package tie withnieans for positively engaging and clamping the cord when in tied position, for preventing acc1- dental loosening or withdrawal of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a package tie having a resilient cord engaging tongue,. and a clamping sleeve adapted to be moved into locking position over'said tongue during the process of tying a package, for positively locking the tongue into engagement with the cord.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package tie of the class described,

which may quickly and easily be undone, bypulling the cord'in a single direction subsequently to the unlocking of the tongue.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a tie which will be extremelysimple, durable, eiiicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture. a 7

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which 40' tie constructed according to my invention,

showing. the first step in the operation of V fastening thesame.

, Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a Fig. 2 represents a view similar to Fig. 1 showing another step in the operation. Fig. 3 represents a view similar to Fig. '1: showing the position of the: tie upon completion of the fastening operation. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the tie in unlocked position. Fig. 5 represents, a bottom plan View of the. same.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical central longi tudinal sectional view taken through the'tie showing the same in locked position, and Fig.7 represents a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Referring-more particularly to the drawing, the tie comprises a body 5, a locking tongue 6, a clamping sleeve 7 a cord clip 8andacord9.

The body, locking tongue, and cord clip are formed of a single strip of metal bent to the proper form.

The body is in the form of a flat strip having parallel longitudinal edges 10. The said strip is doubled upon itself near one end to form a loop 11, the extreme end 12 of the strip lying flat upon the body portion 5 and being welded or otherwise suitably maintained in intimate relation therewith.

The locking tongue 6 overhangs body 5 for thegreater portion of the length thereof, said tongue being connected with the body at its opposite end from the cord clip 8, by a looped portion 13 ofi-set to one side of the body and lying parallel therewith. The tongue at its free end 14: is rounded, and

the extreme end 12 of the cord clip is provided with an arcuate notch of a curvature whereby its upper surface will lie flush with the upper surface of portion 12 of the cord clip, so that the clamping sleeve 7 may be slid from said clip along the body portion and over the locking tongue in a manner to be hereinafter set forth. Previously to the tying process the tongue, by reason of its resiliency lies above and in spaced relation to the body 5.

The under side of cord clip 8 at the loop 11, is provided with a key hole slot 15. Cord 9 at one end is knotted and the knot dropped through the enlarged portion of slot 15, and

the cord is then drawn to bring the knot adjacent the smaller end of the slot. This arrangement provides means for easily equipping the tie with the cord, and at the 7 same time prevents accidental displacement or unloosening of the cordfrom the tie.

The clamping sleeve 7 encircles the tie and when the latter is not in use, is disposed upon the cord clip adjacent the loop 11. The initial bulging of the loop adjacent the clamping sleeve provides a suflicient grip to prevent accidental slipping of the sleeve along the tie and at the same time allows of the easy manipulation of said clamping sleeve. A hook 16 is provided on the sleeve and projects toward cord clip 8. The hook comprises an inclined shank 17 anda sub v p W th' gi t ing op n g the body and locking tongue, so that the tie may be ung or sp nde in a on eni n po i i 7 to be used when desired. 7

- The operation of the device maybe briefly 7 described as follows: The tie is placedupon one side of a package l9 in the position indicated in Fig. 1;; The cord is then p sse around the package in the direction of the tie, and'is' then inserted between the tQIlgue 6 andthe body 5, and is drawn to the left and passed around the package laterally thereof, again slippedbetween the tongue and body and pulled toward the operator at an angle as indicated in Fig. 1 This pulling action draws the cord to the desired tension on all sides of the package. The left thumb of the operator is then placed upon the portion of the cord overlying the near end of the tongue as indicated at 20 and the cord is then looped about th tongue in the position shown in Fig.7 2. The left thumb is then shifted to depress the locking tongue upon the body, and the cord is passed along side the body and engaged upon hook 16 of the clamp. sleeve. A pull upon the cord towardthe operator then draws the sleeve down and over-the locking tongue, into the position shown in .Fig. 8, and the cord may then be released. By this operation it will be seen that the cord is utilized in drawing the clamp sleeve into locking position upon the tongue, during the process of fastening the tie. When it is desired to undo the package, the clamping sleeve may be engaged by one of the thumbs of the operator and shoved ofi of the locking tongue upon the cord clip. The cord may then be pulled away from the operator'm 'a "single direc tion thus disengaging all of the cord from the tie with the exception'of that portion 'initially slipped between the tongue and body. Thisaction suiliciently loosens the cord to allow of the ready removal of the tie from the package.

It will be noted that the offset parallel 1 loop 13v provides a guide for maintaining the portions'of the cord adjacent said loop,one

portion 21 lying in alinement therewith and the other portion 22 at right angles; thereto, in these relative positions when the tying By reason ofthe free end of; locking tongue 6 being rounded, abrasion or cutting a of the cord during the process of undoing the tie is prevented. The fact that the cord Although I have describedthe preferred embodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changesin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended c aims r Iclaimg- .7 a g l. A package tie comprising a flat body portion, a resilient locking tongue overlying one end of the body portion, an oif-set'loop lying in parallel relation with said body and connecting one endof the tongue with the adjacent'end of the body, acord clip at the opposite end of the body, said clip compr n of the body upon itself, a key hole slot, provided longitudinally of the loop on the side of the body; opposite said locking tongue, a cord havinga knot atone end disa loop formed by doubling one end posed in'said key hole slot, afclamping sleeve i normally positioned upon the doubled'end of the ody an ada te t he lip d er sa d. lo king tensi h n the la er is ep essed against the bo y; ,andahookpr vided on said clamping sleeve adapted to be engaged by the cord for operatingthe'slfeeve during the process of fastening the, tie.

. 2. na kase t m in a fia b y a r silient ock g ongue onne t d Wi h body and disposed over thesame atone end 7 thereof, a cord clip, formed on the. opposite 7 end of thefbo dy, a eordconnectedsaid c ip dapted to l e-passe twee the the locking tongue and body during thefproe of; fasten g t e e. a lamp n Sleeve carried by the tie adapted to be SliPPd. over the locking tongue for clamping the same against the cord,,and means carried by the clamping sleeve, and adapted to. be engaged by he rd f r op ra ing seid cl mpi ig sleeve during the process of, fastening the V 3. In apackage tie combination ofra body, a locking tongue disposed in spaced relation over the body near .one end and i adapted tohe forced into engagement. with said body, a flexible elementcarriedby the body and adapted to be wound about the package, said flexible element, adapted to. be

engaged between the, tongue andbodfi and a sleeve slidably disposed upon the body and adaptedto be operated by the flexible. ele-..

ment whereby to he slipped over said tongue for locking the same. against the body,

whereby to hold the flexible element against 7 pp ng- 1 a r y 4. A' package tie including abody, and a locking tongue, a flexible, element adapted to be engaged between the'locking tongue and body during the process of fastening the tie, and a sliding sleeve operable by the flexible element for locking said tongue said sleeve being operable by the flexible element during the process of fastening the 0 tie for locking said flexible element against the body.

EUGENE F. KING. Witnesses:

ALAN F. GARNER, SOLON C. KEMON.

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

Washington, I). G.

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