US1321368A - Fastening device - Google Patents

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' F. J. HAGE.

FASTENING DEVICE.

I APPLICA'HON FILED JULY 31. 1919.

Patiented Nov. 11, 1919.

'- STATES PATENT g V a FRANK J. RAGE, on eoLnsBoRo, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR or ON -HALF T ALBERT Q A. JOSEPH, or eoLnsBoR No 'rn cARoLINA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK nAs'rENINe nnvron. y 7 p citizen of the United States, residing at Goldsboro, in the county of Wayne and State of North Carolina, have invented new 'ancluseful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the following. is. a specification. 7 1 This invention. relates toximprovements- 10 in fastening devices and more particularly to those fasteners used to bind orgrip toit leaves. Heretofore'it has been thepracticef to bindthe .hanks or hands of tobacco leaves, as they-are harvested, by wrapping p and tying them with a tobacco leaf, which vgether a plurality of tobacco" stalks or binding or wrapper is supposed to stay I fixed all during the periodthat the todried or cured and up until the time it is;

bacco is in the hands of the-farmer, while ;it is the warehouse, while it is being "i manufactured into articles ready for sale.

"It is needless to say that such a practice 1 is exceedingly faulty, as the Wrapper of tof p bacco leaf doesnot stay fixedbut falls apart,

thus allowing the leaves comprising the hank or hand to become scattered. It very often happens that the-warehouse men are obliged to employ extra help to have the tobacco retied, thus securing to the farmer lesser amount for his product on account of this extra expense.

will bese'en, avoids these d1sadvantages and (provides a slmple, secure and inexpensive binder orffastener, which stays fixed from the time. the leaves of tobacco are first cut into finished articlesby the factoryman.

In the drawingszi I Figure l 'shows the device-secured to a hankpor hand of tobacco leaves.

l cupi ego! this patentlmay be obtained for Fig.2 is a cross section throughthe line 2 2e Fig. 1..

l Fig. 3 shows the'device before it is applied to the tobacco leaves.

The invention consists of a longitudinally J. HAGE, a.

This invention, it i '1 ing the eyes 6, e. i V V What Icclaim is: upto the-time the tobacco is manufactured strip. and fastened together.

five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. 0. 1 s

the stripe is a wire 0, passing through the holes 3, d, and being bent at each end to I Specification ofLettersPatent. Patent ed NOV. 11 1919. Application filed July e1, 1919. Serial No. 314,522.

form the eyes 6, 6. At the other end of the strip a is a wire fzpassing through the ho1esg,g. i

The bundle of tobacco leaves are gathered and the strip a is bent at the point bso as to inclose theends of the stalks as shown in v Fig. 1. The ends of the wire f are then passed through the eyes qe, e and are then brought around the back of the end of the strip aand are fastened or twisted as shown at h in Fig.1. This provides a simple de vice, capable of being attached and detached qulcklyand makes a secure fastener, so that at no'time are the leaves scattered or lost. V

The fastener or grip: may. be of any number of substances, such as compressed paper, paste board, tin, aluminum, zincor a' composition.

The modification shown in'Fig. 4:; shows g It has the main strip 71 converging'at the middle and adapted to be'bent at y'. After it is bent thedevice just as-it is stamped and before 7 I it is turned into a concave shape.

in which the tongue 70 and slot Z a-resube stituted for the wire, 7 and the wire cjh'av A longitudinally concave strip adapted tenedytogether, a wire at one endof said strip, said wirebeing formed into an eye at each end thereof and a wire atthe other end of said strip, theends of said latter wireebeing adapted to pass through the corresponding eyes at the other end of the tobebrought around the end of FRANK IH GEQ to be bent around the material to be fasthe said i the Commissioner of Patents,

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