AN IMPROVED METALLIC BALE TIE OR BUCKLE
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Norman Stewart Walker, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
METALLIC BALE TIE OR BUCKLE."
Sealed the 29th November 1872, and dated the 31st May 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Norman Stewart
Walker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 31st May 1872.
I, NORMAN STEWART WALKER, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED METALLIC BALE TIE OR BUCKLE," to be as follows :-
A tie or buckle constructed in accordance with my. Invention is
formed of one piece of metal and has the following novel features,--
(1) a free ended tongue of the full width of one end of the band to be
secured, such tongue being depressed from the body of the metal, or
part of the continuous bar raised to leave the tongue free; and (2) a
closed slot to receive the other end of the band, the said slot being
formed independently or alongside the tongue.

page_text: The accompanying Sheet of Drawings shows two modifications of ties
or buckles constructed in accordance with my Invention, separate closed
slots and parts of a band being delineated.
a is the buckle or
Fig. 1 is a face view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation.
tie; b, depressed tongue receiving the looped end of the band 1; c, closed
slot receiving the other looped end of the band 1.
Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2. Here a is the buckle
or tie with raised niece a¹· ½ tongue with catch niece b¹· c. closed slot ·
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Norman Stewart Walker in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 30th November 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, NORMAN
STEWART WALKER, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Norman Stewart Walker, Her special
licence that I, the said Norman Stewart Walker, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Norman Stewart
Stewart Walker, 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 "AN IMPROVED METALLIC BALE TIE OR BUCKLE," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Norman Stewart Walker, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Norman Stewart Walker, do
hereby declare the nature of my 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 accom-
panying Sheet of illustrative Drawings, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say :-
A bale tie or buckle constructed in accordance with my Invention
is formed of one piece of metal, and has the following novel features,―
(first) a closed slot formed independently or alongside the tongue to
receive one looped end of the band to be secured; and (second) a free
ended tongue of the full width of the band to receive the other looped
end of the band to be secured, such tongue being depressed from the
body of the metal of the tie, or part of the continuous bar raised so as to
| leave the tongue free.
Fig. 1 is a face view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of a bale tie or
buckle with a depressed free ended tongue and independent open slot;
the ends of the band are shown.
Fig. 3 is a face view, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of a bale tie or
buckle with a raised continuous bar and independent open slot; the ends
of the band are shown.
Fig. 5 is a face view, and Fig. 6 a side elevation of a bale tie or
buckle with a depressed free ended tongue and contiguous closed slot;
the ends of the band are shown.
In Figs. 1 and 2, A is the bale tie or buckle with closed independent
slot a for receiving and securing the looped end of the band 1; b is the
depressed tongue of the width of the band 1 for receiving and securing
the looped end thereof.
In Figs. 3 and 4, A is the tie or buckle with closed slot a for one
end of the band 1; 6 is the long tongue, here formed in the same
plane as the body of A; c is the continuous bar; this is raised as shown
to allow 6 to be easily reached, and the other end of the band 1 secured.
-
In Figs. 5 and 6, A is the tie or buckle with closed slot a formed
alongside the long depressed tongue b; 1 is the band.
.

page_text: The modification described above in connection with Figs. 3 and 4
may have the closed-slot alongside the tongue.
It will be obvious that bale ties or buckles embodying my Invention
can be formed by stamping from wrought iron, steel, brass, or other
metal, and that they can also be produced by casting and annealing, or
otherwise.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and par-
ticularized the same in such manner that others will be enabled to carry
my improvements into effect, I claim,―
First. Constructing bale ties or buckles each of one piece of metal
with the independent closed slot a and depressed free ended tongue b,
for the purposes set forth, substantially as illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of
the Drawings.
Second. Constructing bale ties or buckles each of one piece of metal,
with the independent closed slot a, free ended tongue b, and raised con-
tinuous bar c, for the purposes set forth, substantially as illustrated by
Figs. 3 and 4 of the Drawings.
Third. Constructing bale ties or buckles each of one piece of metal,
with a closed slot formed alongside a free ended tongue, for the purposes
set forth, one modification being shown by Figs. 5 and 6.
In witness whereof, I, the said Norman Stewart Walker, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Thirteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.
N. S. WALKER. (L.S.)