Improvements in Bale-ties and Hoops for Binding Compressed Bales of Cotton and other Bales.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bale-ties and Hoops for Binding Compressed Bales
of Cotton and other Bales.
I JOHN SUTTON NETTLEFOLD of Castle Works Tydu near Newport in the
County of Monmouth Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
My invention has reference to the fastenings or ties by which the ends of the
hoops employed for binding compressed bales of cotton and other bales are
connected and in the hoops used with the said bale-ties.
My said invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the said
ties or fastenings and hoops.
The said fastening consists essentially of a strong square or rectangular frame
or buckle of iron of a size suitable for the reception of the turned or hook like
ends of the hoop iron. The said frame or buckle may either have a slot near one
of its angles or be continuous that is without the said slot.
Both ends of the hoop iron are doubled into a hook like form one end of the
hoop being permanently attached to the frame or buckle. That end of the hoop
which is to be permanently attached to the buckle is bent or doubled on itself at a
distance of four or five inches from its end and the free end is again doubled or
folded on itself so as to form a tongue which projects a short distance beyond the
buckle which is held in the first bend and may be secured by a rivet fixing the
folded parts in position. When the other end of the hoop is hooked to the buckle
the said turned in part bears on the said tongue and when the pressure by which
the bale was compressed is relaxed the strain put upon the hook by the expansion
of the bale cannot unbend the hook.
The free end of the hoop may be unbent in which case it is passed under the
bar of the buckle and folded back upon itself thereby forming the hook. The
danger of the opening of the hook by the expansion of the bale may be
prevented by a clip passed onto the hook but this is unnecessary in ordinary cases.
When the fastening of the hoop is effected in the way last described the tongue
referred to is not required.
When the buckle has a slot near one of its angles the hook at the free end of
the hoop is passed onto the buckle by a side motion.
Dated the 25th day of July 1891.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bale-ties and Hoops for Binding Compressed Bales
of Cotton and other Bales.
I, JOHN SUTTON NETTLEFOLD, of Castle Works, Tydu, near Newport in the
County of Monmouth, Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has reference to the fastenings or ties by which the ends of the
hoops employed for binding compressed bales of cotton and other bales are
connected and in the hoops used with the said bale-ties.
My said invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the said
ties or fastenings and hoops.
The said fastening consists essentially of a strong square or rectangular frame

page_text: or buckle of iron or other strong metal of a size suitable for the reception of the
turned or hook like ends of the hoop iron. The said frame or buckle may either
have a slot near tone of its angles or be continuous, that is, without the
said slot.
Both ends of the hoop iron are doubled into a hook like form, one end of the
hoop being permanently attached to the frame or buckle. That end of the hoop
which is to be permanently attached to the buckle is bent or doubled on itself at a
distance of four or five inches from its end and the free end is again doubled or
folded on itself so as to form a tongue which projects a short distance beyond the
buckle which is held in the first bend and may be secured by a rivet fixing the
folded parts in position. When the other end of the hoop is hooked to the buckle
the last named hooked or turned in part bears on the said tongue and when the
pressure by which the bale was compressed is relaxed the strain put upon the hook
by the expansion of the bale, cannot unbend the hook owing to the pressure of
the bale producing such friction between the hooked hoop and the tongue that they
cannot move over each other.
The free end of the hoop may be unbent, in which case it is passed under the
bar of the buckle and folded back upon itself thereby forming the hook. The
danger of the opening of the hook by the expansion of the bale may be prevented
When
by a clip passed onto the hook but this is unnecessary in ordinary cases.
the fastening of the hoop is effected in the way last described the tongue referred
to is not required.
When the buckle has a slot near one of its angles the hook at the free end of
the hoop is passed onto the buckle by a side motion.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in plan and Figure 2 in edge
view, a bale tie and the ends of the hoop connected to the said bale tie according
to my invention.
a, a, a³is the bale tie consisting of a strong square or rectangular continuous
frame or buckle of iron. To the bar a at one side of the frame or buckle, one
end of the hoop iron is hooked and permanently connected and to the opposite
bar a of the frame or buckle, the other end of the hoop iron is hooked by the
hook 6*.
In order to fix the end of the hoop iron permanently to the frame or buckle a
the said end is passed through the buckle and bent or doubled upon itself around
the bar a for a short distance so as to form the hook on that side of the buckle
which is the inner side when the bale tie is in use and the free end of the hoop is
again doubled or folded back or on itself to form a tongue which projects beyond
the buckle. The first bend or hook by which the buckle is held is marked * and
the tongue produced by the second bending of the hoop is marked b.
The bale ties having the free end of the hoop iron hooked and engaged with one
of the bars of the buckle and the other end of the hoop iron permanently secured
to the other bar of the buckle are introduced into commerce for binding
compressed bales of cotton and other bales and in using one of the said combined
bale ties and hoops for the purpose described the hook is unhooked from the
bar of the bale tic and the hoop iron passed around the compressed bale and the
said hook again hooked upon the bar a of the bale tie and under the tongue b
against which it bears. When the pressure by which the bale was compressed is
relaxed, the strain put upon the hooks 6, by the expansion of the bale cannot
unbend or open the said hooks in consequence of the pressure upon them of the
inside tongue b. That is, the compressed bale by its pressure causes such friction
between the tongue and the looks, that the latter are provented from
moving or sliding upon the former by the strain put upon them by the expansion
of the bale as will be understood by an examination of the edge view Figure 2.
The opening out of the hook is thereby very effectually prevented.
The double bent or folded parts of the hoop iron which are permanently fixed
to the bale tie may be rivetted together and the hook at the free end of the hoop
may be passed around the buckle bar by a side motion.

page_text: This modification of my invention is represented in plan in Figure 3 and edge
view in Figure 4. In the said Figures 3 and 4 the parts of the double bend or
fold, are rivetted together at & and the bale tie or buckle a, a, a³ has a
slot a at one side near one of its angles for the hook on the free end of the hoop
iron to pass through for engaging the said hook by a side motion with the bar a³ of
the buckle. This modification of hoop and bale tie is used substantially in the
manner hereinbefore described with respect to the hoop and bale tie represented in
Figures 1 and 2. The free end of the bale hoop may be formed into a hook after
the said hoop has been placed around the compressed bale. In this case the
unbent free end of the bale hoop is passed under the bar a or through the slot a
and around the said bar and folded back upon itself on the outside of the buckle,
the opening of the hook by the expansion of the bale being prevented if necessary
by a clip passed onto the hook. The tongue 6' of the permanently fixed end of the
hoop is in this case unnecessary.
Although I have described the tongue end of the hoop as permanently connected
to one end of the bale tie, when the hoop and tie are issued into commerce,
yet the said tongue end need not be permanently connected to the bale tie.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that
1 claim as my invention of "Improvements in bale-ties and hoops for binding
compressed bales of cotton and other bales"
:-
First; The combination with a bale tie consisting of a strong unslotted or
slotted buckle or frame of iron or other strong metal of a hoop connected to one
end of the buckle or frame by a hook and tongue made by a double folding of the
end of the hoop upon itself, the tongue at the double folded end extending beyond
the buckle and when in use being situated inwards or against the bale and bearing
on the hoop hooks, the compressed bale by its pressure causing such friction
between the said tongue and hooks that the latter cannot slide or move upon the
former and the unbending or opening of the hooks by the expansion of the bale
prevented substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the several
figures of the accompanying drawing.
Secondly;-The modification described in which the unbent end of the hoop is
passed under the bar of the buckle or bale tie and folded back upon itself, thereby
forming a hook, the opening out of the said hook being prevented when necessary
by a clip passed onto it as hereinbefore described.
Dated the Twelfth day of April 1892.