IMPROVED DEVICES FOR BINDING SHEAVES OF WHEAT OR OTHER GRAIN
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
DEVICES FOR BINDING SHEAVES OF WHEAT OR OTHER GRAIN."
A com-
munication from abroad by Samuel Johnston, of Brockport, New York, United
States of America.
Sealed the 23rd June 1876, and dated the 12th April 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1876.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVED DEVICES FOR BINDING SHEAVES OF
WHEAT OR OTHER GRAIN." A communication.
This Invention relates to. novel devices for binding sheaves of wheat and
other grain. These devices consist of a peculiarly constructed tie-piece of wood
provided with cords or strings. For binding a sheaf the free end of the cord
is passed around the sheaf and then fastened to the tie-piece by the means
herein-after described. The said tie-piece according to one form of my Invention
has the cord or string attached to one of its ends and near the other end has a
diagonal notch in one of its sides. Or it may have two of such notches on opposite
sides. Or the cord or string may be attached to the centre of said tie-piece and
the latter be formed with jaws or V-shaped recesses at the two ends of the same.
The said tie-piece is also in one form of my Invention provided with a pin formed
with an excentric head, the said pin being passed through the end of the tie-piece
with the underside of its head resting against the inside of the notch. The said
pin is provided with a spiral spring and the head is pressed against the surface of
the notch by the said spring and yields slightly to permit the cord to be passed
through the space between the side of the notch and the head of the pin, but holds
it tightly when the cord is pulled in the contrary direction.
In another modification of my Invention I use a lock or catch consisting of an
excentric or cam mounted on a pin in a notch or recess in the end of the tie-piece
and acting in a manner similar to the said excentric head to admit and hold the
end of the cord or string.
By this Invention a cheap and efficient device is obtained by which a sheaf of
wheat or other grain can be quickly bound and unbound, and which may not only
Price Bd21

page_text: be employed repeatedly for the purpose specified but may be always kept ready for
immediate use.
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 11th October
1876.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVED DEVICES FOR BINDING SHEAVES OF
WHEAT OR OTHER GRAIN." A communication from abroad by Samuel Johnston, of
Brockport, New York, United States of America.
This Invention relates to novel devices for binding sheaves of wheat and other
grain. These devices consist of a peculiarly constructed tie-piece of wood pro-
vided with cord or string. For binding a sheaf the free end of the cord is passed
around the said sheaf, and then fastened to the tie-piece by the means herein-
after described. The said tie-piece, according to one form of my Invention,
has the cord or string attached to one of its cnds, and near the other end has a
diagonal notch in one of its sides. Or it may have two of such notches on
opposite sides. Or the cord or string may be attached to the centre of the said
tie-piece, and the latter be formed with jaws or V-shaped notches at the two ends
of the same. The said device may also be provided with a lock or catch as herein-
after described.
By this Invention a cheap and efficient device is obtained by which a sheaf of
wheat or other grain can be quickly bound and unbound, and which may not only
be employed repeatedly for the purpose specified but may be always kept ready for
immediate use.
My Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1
shews a simple form of the device embodying the said Invention; and Figure 2
illustrates its use; Figures 3 and 4 show modifications in the form of the said
device;
and Figures 5, 6, and 7 show other modifications, with means for fastening
the cord by a lock or catch, as herein-after described. Like letters indicate the
same parts throughout the Drawing.
a is the said tie-piece; b is the cord; c, d, are notches in the said piece; e, e¹, f, arc
the locking appliances.
In using the device shown in Figures 1 and 2, or in Figure 3 or 4, it is obvious
that passing the cord or string b twice around the piece a through the notch
or notches & or c will suffice to keep it fastened without forming a tie or
knot.
In the construction shewn in Figures 5 and 6 the locking pin e is formed with
an excentric head pressed toward the surface a¹ of the piece a by the spring e¹; this
head yields slightly when the cord b is passed through the space between the
surface a¹ and the head of the pin in the direction of the arrow, but holds the said
cord tightly when the same is pulled in the contrary direction.
Figure 7 shows another form of lock or catch acting in a manner similar to the
said excentric head to admit and hold the end of the cord or string.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I am aware that devices somewhat similar to those above described. have been
used on blinds and for other like purposes, but such devices have not been hitherto
employed for binding sheaves, and I claim-
First. The device consisting of a tie-piece provided with a string or cord and
with a notch or notches formed in it in such a manner that the fastening of the
said device around a sheaf may be effected without tying a knot in the cord as
above specified.

page_text: Second. The modification of my Invention, consisting of the tie-piece and cord
and the lock or catch, as shewn in Figures 5 and 6, or in Figure 7, and as herein
set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
W. ROB. LAKE. (L.S.)