IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCE
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International
Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF
COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCE," -A communication from abroad by
Joseph Wild Branch and Joseph Crookes, both of St. Louis,
Missouri United States of America. Merchants.
Scaled the 18th September 1868, and dated the 23rd March 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 23rd March 1868.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office,'
No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING
BALES OF COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCE," a communication, to be as
follows:-
The tie piece is formed of three longitudinal rails and two end rails.
The said tie piece is pierced with two apertures of sufficient size- to

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readily admit the two ends of the 'band or hoop, one of which ends is
bent or folded back over the corresponding side rail, while the other end
after being passed around the bale is inserted through the tie piece, and
lapped over the said bent or folded portion. The central rail may be of
equal thickness with the end rails, or it may be reduced in thickness to
about one-half or less than half that thickness. The lower corners of
the central rail should be formed into acute angles for the purpose of
producing sharp bends in the bands, and thereby holding them securely
on the bale. The lower side of the tie piece is made convex for the
purpose of holding the overlapped ends of the band tightly down on the
bale, and causing them to bend abruptly over the aforesaid sharp corners
of the central rail. The top side of the tie piece is made concave for
the purpose of reducing the sectional area of the metal and consequently
the weight. This mode of construction gives to the tie piece a crescent
form transversely. A tie piece constructed as above described can be
readily applied to any part of a band, no perforation of the said band
being necessary for its attachment, and consequently the whole strength
of the hoop or band is obtained. The crescent form allows the said tio
piece to be so constructed as to give the required strength with the least
amount of material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd September 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Consulting
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence, that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agrec

page_text: with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON OR
OTHER SUBSTANCE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Robert Lake, 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 performed, 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, 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 accompanying
Sheet of Drawings forming part of this Specification :--
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie piece as it appears when in
position on the bale holding the two band ends together; Figures 2 and 3
are sectional views of the tie piece alone, taken transversely through its
central part, shewing the middle rail of full thickness in Figure 2,
and of diminished thickness in Figure 3; Figure 4 is a perspective
elevation of the tie piece alone, with its central rail of diminished
thickness.
The tie piece A is formed of three longitudinal rails a, a, a, and two
end rails a, a'. The two apertures or mortises b, b, with which the tie
piece is pierced are of sufficient size to readily admit the two ends B, C,
of the band or hoop which are inserted in the manner shewn in Figure 1.
The central rail a¹ may be of equal thickness with the end rails as shewn
in Figure 2, or it may be reduced in thickness to about one-half or less
than half of that thickness as clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4. The
lower corners of the central rail should be formed into acute angles as
in Figures 2 and 3, for the purpose of producing sharp bends in the
bands B, C, and thereby holding them securely on the bale. The lower
side of the tie piece is made couvex for the purpose of holding the over-

page_text: lapped ends of the band tightly down on the bale, and causing them to
bend abruptly over the aforesaid sharp corners of the central rail a'.
The top side of the tie piece is made concave as shown for the purpose.
of reducing the sectional area of the metal, and consequently the weight.
This mode of construction gives to the tie piece a crescent form trans-
versely. A tie piece constructed as above described can be readily
applied to any part of the band, no perforation of the said band being
necessary for its attachment, and consequently the whole strength of the
said hoop or band is obtained. The crescent form allows the tie piece to
be so constructed as to give the required strength with the least amount
of material.
L Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, and shewn how the same may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I claim, the
crescent-formed tie piece A, provided with the apertures or mortises b, b,
and having its central rail a¹ formed with acute corners, and of an equal
thickness with the other parts of the tie piece or of a diminished thick-
ness, and combined with the hoop or band, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
cight.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)
Witness,
Tuo. N. PALMER,
Clerk to Messrs. Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
8, Southampton Buildings, W.C.