IMPROVEMENTS IN COTTON BALE TIES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COTTON BALE TIES."-A communication
from abroad by John Cooper Lee, of Blakeley, in the State of Georgia,
United States of America.
Sealed the 7th May 1867, and dated the 23rd January 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd January 1867.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COTTON BALE TIES," to be as
follows:-
This improved bale tie consists of a metallic band having one end bent so
that it may be tucked under the other part of the band; it will be firmly
secured upon the bale by the expansion or elasticity of the bale; the bent
extremity is inserted between the bale and the encircling portion or main body

page_text: of the metallic band by hand, or by means of any suitable instrument. The
operation may however easily be done by band. The plain portion of the band
is coiled completely around the bale, and the remaining portion of the
band overlaps the first coil for a portion of the length of the latter; the
bent end is tucked under the coil. The pressure of the bale forces the bent
end against the main coil of the band, and produces a binding effect, which
retains the bent extremity immovably in the position in which it may be
first adjusted; the binding action also extends to the overlapping portion of
the band.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 22nd July 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said William Edward
Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN COTTON BALE TIES," being a communication to me from abroad,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent

page_text: NOW KNOW 1, that 1, the said Wam Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
:-
This improved bale tie consists of a metallic band having one end bent in
such a way that it may be tucked under the other part of the band; it will be
firmly secured upon the bale by the expansion or elasticity of the bale; the
bent extremity is inserted between the bale and the encircling portion or
main body of the metallic band by hand, or by means of any suitable
instrument.
In the accompanying Drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cotton
bale bound with my improved ties; Fig. 2 is a detached view of one of the
ties with a loop, and Fig. 4 without a loop; Fig. 3 is a view of a piece of
hoop iron bent ready to lap around the bale.
A represents a cotton bale, and B, B, B, the bands by which it is retained
in its compressed and compact state for transportation or storage. Each of
the bands B is made of flexible sheet metal, and one end is bent as at b. The
mode of bending and applying the band is so clearly represented in the
Drawings at Fig. 3 that no extended verbal description is necessary. The
plain portion of the band B is coiled completely around the bale, and the
remaining portion of the band overlaps the first coil for a portion of the length
of the latter; the bent end b is tucked under the coil, as represented in Fig. 1.
The pressure of the bale forces the bent end b against the main coil of the
band B, and produces a binding effect which retains the bent extremity
immovably in the position in which it may be first adjusted; the binding
action also extends to the overlapping portion of the band B. This mode
of constructing and applying the band is believed to be more simple and
effective than any heretofore devised. The loop 6¹ is made as a means of
disposing of the superfluous hoop when compressing or repressing a bale, but
it forms no necessary part of the Invention which is complete without it, as
shown in Figures 2 and 4, as the extra hoop may be cut off if desired, or
tucked away without folding into a loop. If doubled into a loop 6, as seen in
Figures 1 and 2, the hook D may be used to pull on and tighten the band,
but it may be done effectively by the hand without the assistance of the loop ¹
and hook D.
Having now described the Invention of " Improvements in Cotton Bale
Ties," and having explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I

page_text: claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid, the use
of the metallic band B having the bend b at one end, and applied in the
manner and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-second day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand. eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)