IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE HOOP FASTENINGS
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to John William Allen of the City of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster Blacksmith. for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BALE HOOP FASTENINGS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Allen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th August 1883.
JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Blacksmith "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE HOOP FASTENINGS
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My Invention relates to the fastening together of the ends of the hoop iron or
metal bands in the packing of goods and materials, and particularly to the cases
wherein means are used for securing the hoops without the operation of riveting.
I punch or form a narrow slot in or near each end of the hoop and when the two
ends are super-imposed so that the slots come together a fastener of a special form
is passed through the slots. The said fastener is formed with a groove at each end
and the metal projects slightly on one side of the groove and to a greater extent
on the other sido so as to form a finger on one side of the groove such finger being
on the right-hand side of one groove and on the left hand side of the other groove.
When the fastener is in position the ends of the slots enter these grooves and when
the hoop takes the strain one hoop bears in the groove at one end of the fastener
and the other hoop end in the groove at the other end of the fastener. The strain
has a tendency to turn the fastener and this is resisted by the said fingers which
bear against the faces of the hoop at the back and front of the joint. I form the
fastener by punching from bars or sheets of steel or iron or by other suitable
means.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John William Allen in the Patent Office on the 15th February
1884.
JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Blacksmith, "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE HOOP FASTENINGS
"
My invention relates to the fastening together of the ends of the hoop iron or
metal bands in the packing of goods or materials, and particularly to the cases
wherein means are used for securing the hoops-without the operation of riveting.
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page_text: I punch or form a slot in or near each end of the hoop and when the two ends
are superimposed so that the slots come together a fastener of a special form is
passe through the slots. The said fastener is formed with a projecting finger
which bears upon the hoop or band and resists the tendency of the fastening to
turn under the strain or I form the fastening with two fingers which project in
opposite directions,
:
In order that my invention may be fully understood I have attached hereunto a
sheet of drawings made to an enlarged scale. Referring to the said drawings
Fig 1 is a side view and Fig: 2 an end view of the fastening I employ and Fig: 3
represents the superimposed ends of the hoop in which the slots a, a, are punched.
The fastener is of an elongated form and has a projecting finger b and a head which
projects on all sides so as to form grooves or recesses at c, c,. When the slots in
the two hoop ends are brought together the finger b is passed through the slots in
the two hoops in the manner indicated to the loft hand in Fig: 4. When the hoop
is subjected to strain the hoop en is move in opposite directions as indicated by
the straight arrows in Fig: 5 and thereby tend to turn-the fastener in the direction
indicated by the curved arrows but this tendency is fully resisted by the projecting
finger which bears against the face of the hoop. In some cases I may form the
fastener with two fingers as indicated in the case of the left hand fastener in Fig: 5.
In such a case I should prefer to dispense with the head projecting at the sides.
The fastener having two fingers may be conveniently produced by punching from
sheet metal. The fastener having one finger might also be produced by punching-
and have the head or side projections formed by the aid of dies or the fastenings
of either form may be cast and annenled as in the case of malleable castings or be
pressed in dies or be formed by any suitable means.
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my said invention and the
manner in which I carry the same into practical effect I would have it to be
understood that I clain-
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First. Forming fasteners for the purpose herein set forth with a projecting finger
to resist the tendency of the fastener to turn substantially as set forth aud
indicated.
Secondly. The form of fastener substantially as indicated to the left hand in
Fig 5 of the drawings for the purpose set forth.
And lastly. The bale tie or fastening substantially as set forth and indicated.
In witness whereof I the said John William Allen have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four.
Signed, sealed, and,
delivered in the
presence of
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EDWARD K. DUTTON
41 John Dalton Street,
Manchester.
(Agent for the Patentee.)
JOHN
WINE
ATTE
ALCON