Improvements in Bale Fastenings or Ties and in Apparatus to be Used in Connection therewith.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 5th Nov., 1387
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar.. 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bale Fastenings or Ties and in Apparatus to be
Used in Connection therewith.
I, EDWARD HALE of Hartington Road, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster
of this invention to be as
Iron Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
follows:--
This invention is designed partly with the object of forming a bale fastener with an
unbreakable buckle. Instead of forming the buckle by stamping the same out of
plate in which latter case the plate is apt to tear at the internal corners-I form it
of stout wire on three sides, the two ends being curled round into loops, through
which passes the pin forming the fourth side. Round this pin, and round the opposite
side of the buckle, the ends of the bale band can be bent, or the two ends of the bale
tie are passed in loop form through the buckle so formed, and fixed with pins. One
of these pins, preferably lies against the projecting curled ends, and if desirable, can
be part of a wire formed in horse shoe shape, the other leg being the pin passing
through the two curled ends. I form the looped ends of the wire by means of a pair
of pincers with side projecting jaws, one jaw of which is rounded and fits very loosely,
when the jaws come together in a deep indentation or groove in the other jaw. The
loose fit is to enable the inner jaw and the hoop, when hent, to fit nicely inside the
indent. On either (preferably the larger) jaw is an adjustable guide plate or abutment
curving round and projecting beyond the jaws.
The mode of action is as follows:-
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The jaws being opened the hoop end is slid in between them till it comes against
the guard plate, the two jaws are then brought tight together, bending the hoop round
between them, the jaws are now opened and the hoop slid out sidewise with the bend

page_text: or loop fully formed. A bend being formed on the other end of the hoop or bale tie
in the same way, one loop is placed in the buckle, and the horse shoe pin inserted into
it, and into the curled ends of the buckle, the other end is then inserted through the
buckle and a pin longer than the breadth of the buckle run in so that the two ends
shall overlap the buckle, and the fastening is now formed.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bale Fastenings or Ties and in Apparatus to be
Used in Connection therewith.
I, EDWARD HALE, of Hartington Road, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Iron Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
This invention is partly designed with the object of forming a bale fastener with
an unbreakable buckle.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a plan view.
Figure 2 a side elevation and
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Figure 3 an end elevation partly in section.
Instead of forming the buckle by stamping the same out of plate, in which latter
case the plate is apt to tear at the internal corners, I form it of stout wire on three
sides A, B, C, the two ends D E being curled round into loops through which passes
the pin F forming the fourth side. The two ends G & H of the bale tie are passed in
loop form through the buckle so formed, and fixed with the pins F & J. One of
these pins J, preferably lies against the sides A & C near their curled ends, and if
desirable, can be part of a wire formed in horse shoe shape as shown in dotted lines in
Figure 3, the other leg being the pin F passing through the two curled ends. The
pin can, if desired, be soldered or welded to or formed in one with the other three
sides of the buckle, instead of being a separate piece.
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The mode of action is as follows:-
The loops being formed on the band in any convenient manner, one loop G is

page_text: placed in the buckle, and the pin F, either a single pin or combined with the other J
so as to form a horse shoe as set forth in dotted lines, is inserted into it, and into the
curled ends of the buckle, the other end H is then inserted through the buckle, and
the pin J which is longer than the breadth of the buckle is run in, so that its two ends
shall overlap the buckle, and the fastening is now formed.
In my provisional specification, I described a tool for forming the loops, 1, however,
do not now see any novelty worth claiming in it, or any special adaptability in it for
the work it was suggested to perform.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The improved fastening for bale ties, which consists of the ends of the hoop,
each bent over into a loop or hook, in combination with a pin J and a buckle formed
of the four sides A, B, C, F, in one of which sides B or F, one loop of the hoop is
hooked, while the other loop passes through the buckle and is hooked round the pin J
lying against the preferably curled sides A & C of the buckle, substantially as
described and illustrated.
2nd. The wire buckle formed substantially as and for the purposes described.