USRE5404E - Improvement in cotton-bale ties - Google Patents

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1. H. M-,CCLINTCK- Cotton-Bale Ties.

R'eiss'ued May 13. 18731 No. 5,404.

JAMES R. MCGLINTOGK, OF MOBILE,

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF J OH BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ANDREW J.

IMPROVEMENT IN Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,

ALABAMA, FOR HIMSELF, AND AS THE LAND, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR,

NCMBER AIKEN, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

coT'roN-BALE TIES.

225, dated May 23, 1871; reissue No. 5,404, dated May 13, 1873 application led April 21, 1873.

To all whom' t may concern: t

Be it known that Letters Patent ot' the United States, No. 115,225, for Improvements in Cotton-Bale Ties were issued to JAMES R. MCCLINTOOK, for himself, and as the legal representative of JOHN OUMBEELAND, deceased, on May 23, 1871; that ANDREW J. AIKEN, of parish of Orleans and New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, is now the sole owner, by mesne assignments of said Letters Patent; and that the followin act description of the same, had to the accompanying d letters of reference marked part of this specification, in which is represented a plan view of the bale-tie.

Before I proceed to indicate the nature of this invention or describe its mechanical construction and distinctive characteristics it is proper to state that in substituting metallic bands for rope on bales of cotton, the greatest difficulty to be overcome is the making a secure tie or connection of the ends of the bands after they are put around the bale. It was thought at first that to effect this object` it would be sufficient to cut the ends of the bands in such a manner that they would interlock the one end into the other, and hence a variety of modes of cutting and forming the two ends of such bands so as to adjust and lock them together have been devised and tried; but in every instance it has been found that the bands were so weakened by the cutting that they could not withstand the strain to which they were subjected by the energy of the expansive force resulting from the elastic properties of the cotton within the bale, especially if by accident the bale received any sudden shock or concussion. Thus it fell out that Olevelands method of fastening the ends of metallic bands together, for which he applied for a patent in 1846, and those of others who followed after him with di'erent arrangements, acting on the same principle, were demonstrated to be useless for all practical purposes; and it consequently became apparent reference being rawing and the thereon making g is a full, clear, and explemental part in the nature of a buckle to secure a tie of the two ends together; and that this buckle should be of such construction as not to require any cutting' of the bands; and that it should be susceptible of being so applied in practice as to bring into use the powerful agency of the e the cotton within the'bale as a cooperative means to secure firmly the tie or lock of' the ends together, which the supplemental device in part established.

The invention of JAMEs R. MoGLINTocK and J oEN GUMBERLAND, deceased, of whom McCLINTocK was the legal representative, is a device of this kind, and its nature is of the simplest possible description, for it consists of a buckle of wrought lron that is stamped or eut from plates of proper thickness, by a single operation of a suitable tool or die, and which is provided with a central opening or slot to receive the two ends of a band and secure them by the aid of the expansive force of the cotton within the bale; but the invention will be better understood by referring to the drawing on which it is delineated, in what is deemed the simplest and best form in which it can be made.

As delineated it has an oblong external configuration with rounded ends, and an oblong central slot just wide and long enough to permit of' the easy introduction ot' the two ends of a band. The rounded ends of the buckle presenting a more symmetrical and handsome formation than any other, while at the saine time they are less liable to catch against other objects in the handling of the bale or the transportation of it from place to place, are deemed preferable to any others; but obviously the buckle might be made oblong or square, and with uncut corners, or of any other convenient external formation without at all affecting its mode of' operation. So also the central opening, marked B on the drawing, might be proportionately somewhat wider than as shown on the drawing without at all interfering with its that it would be necessary to employ a supcapacity to fulfill the object ubserved by it 5 but the sides designed to be s xpansive pressure from of the aperture of the buckle with which lthe band is connected should be parallel toeach.

other throughout, as shown on the drawing.

' In applying the device to use, a variety of modes of attaching the ends of the bands to it may be adopted; as, for example, among others the modes described in our appl-icaf tions of January 13, 1857, and September 22,

1858, the best and simplest of these modes being to bend the ends of the bands downwardly into the form of two oblate. hooks, so that when the bale is Withdrawn from the compressing machine the expansive force deveL oped by the elasticity of the cotton within it will act upon the points or ends of the same and push them up against the band, and thus effectually secure the fastening.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- The buckle A provided with a central opening or slot7 B, when the same is used for fastt ening lthe ends of metallic bands together around cotton-bales, in the manner substantially as herein described. A

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification beforetwo subscribingwitnesses.

ANDREW J. AIKEN, Assignee. JAMES It. MGCLINTOGK.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. GLOVER, v WILLIAM A. BRooKs.

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