USRE7480E - Improvement in bale-ties - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

ABRAHAM A. GOLDSMITH, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

\MPROVEMENT lN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,390, dated October 17, 1876; reissue No. 7,480, dated January 30, 1877 application filed December 16, 1876.

of the band'is carried. From this notch extends laterally inward the angular cut or slit 0, whereof the first portion, 01, is oblique, and the last part, c, is parallel with the front and rear edges of the plate. This slit for the main part bounds the tongue E, which therefore has a transverse rear edge, g, parallel with'the rear edge of the plate. At the heel of the tongue the plate extends to the rear on the level of the tongue, as shown at h.

The part F of the plate, which is divided from the tongue by the oblique out at, forms To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM A. Gun)- SMITH, of Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Bale- Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the band and tie-plate connected. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same before binding. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the plate, showing the form of the slits in front and rear. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the tie-plate and the ends of the band connected.

This invention has relation to means for securing the ends of the metallic bands used in baling cotton or hay; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the angular out or slit running from the front edge of the tie plate, the angular cross tongue formed thereby, the guard-piece, and the bar for the looped end of the band depressed below the level of the tongue; also in the novel formation of lugs bent from the material of the buckle or tie-plate, to enter corresponding perforations in the band, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a metallic band, such as is ordiis partly separated by the cut 6 from the rear of the tongue, forms the bar of the tie. Both of these portions are somewhat depressed below the level of the tongue, to enable the end of the band to be introduced. A bend, k, connects the depressed bar G with the heel extension h of the tongue.

The operation of this tie is as follows: The end B of the band is connected to the bar G of the plate, being looped around the same, riveted or otherwise fastened thereto. The free end of the band is carried around the bale, and, when the latter is compressed, bent around under the tongue I), the bend of the band passing through the slit 6, and engaging with the rear edge of said tongue. When thus connected the guard F will prevent the end of the tie from slipping off laterally, and the expansion and tension of the bale, when released from the compress, will forcibly wedge narily used in baling cotton. B indicates the together the bends of the tie in the slit e, looped end, which is designed to be attached firmly securing the same to the plate. to the tie before binding. 0 is the adjustable In order to avoid riveting the end B of the end, which is fastened to the tie after being band to the bar G of the plate, angular cuts carried around the bale. D represents the may be made in the metal at the rear edgel buckle or tie-plate, which is so constructed of the plate, forming lugs or projections 11. that the ends of the band. under the pressure when bent outward, which serve to enter perand tension of the inclosed bale, will be in forations s of the band, and may be secured, forcible contact at their bends, where they pass after passing through the same, by bending around the bars of the plate, and thus setheir ends down against the metal of the band, cured to said plate bya wedging action. The as indicated in the drawings. These front plate or buckle may be stamped in form out and rear notches of the plate are covered by of stout sheet or plate metal. It is usually the ends of the band when in use, so that they nearly square, as illustrated in the drawings. cannot be readily manipulated.

A notch, a, is made in its front edge I), which I am aware that it is not new to form an is the edge toward which the adjustable end entrance-slit in the front bar of a tieplate, or

the guard of the tie, and the portion G, which k, and guard F, separated fromsaid cross- I to depress one branch of the plate below the other for convenience in attaching the band; hence, I do not claim, broadly, such invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the bent ends of metallic hands, a slit tie-plate, substantially as described, through which the said ends are front of the plate, and joined to the depressed rear bar G, substantially as specified.

3. The tie-plate having the angular crosstongue E, partly separated by the slit-openingdat a in front, and the fastening-lugs n, out from the material of the plate in rear, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of December, 1876.

A. A. GOLDSMITH. Witnesses:

JOHN R. HERIoT, D. B. DUPONT.

the bends thereof are wedged against each other by the expansive force of the bale, substantially as specified.

2. The tie-plate D, having the angular crosstongue E, rear bar G, depressed at the bend tongue by the angular slit 0, opening at the

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