IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCE, AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Fassmann, of New Orleans, Louisiana,
United States of America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON
OR OTHER SUBSTANCE, AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
Sealed the 24th May 1867, and dated the 25th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Fassmann at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
March 1867.
I, HENRY FASSMANN, of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of
America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON OR
OTHER SUBSTANCE, AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE
SAME," to be as follows:-
The said Invention relates to the employment, in combination with a metal
hoop, band, or strip, of a buckle constructed with a serrated slot or aperture
through which the end of the band, after being adjusted around a bale i
passed.

page_text: The said Invention also relates to the construction of an apparatus or
machine for bending the ends of the said hoops and uniting them to the
buckles by one operation. The block or bed of the machine is formed with a
recess or groove to receive and hold the buckle while the end of the hoop is
passed through and bent over the same by a hinged bar; this bar when opened
lies horizontally level with the upper face of the block, and allows the end of
the hoop to pass over it, and when closed or turned over upon the block folds
the said end over and forms an eye or loop wherein the buckle is securely and
permanently retained. A spring over which the hoop is folded is attached by
one end to the bed in close proximity to the recess or groove, the other end
being free to allow the hoop to be removed laterally after the loop is formed.
The buckle is made of wrought or cast iron, or other suitable metal, and in
addition to the serrated aperture is constructed with a smooth eye or slot by
which the said buckle is attached to the loop formed on the end of a hoop or
band of iron. The serrated aperture is formed with teeth on both sides from
end to end of the said aperture, and when the end of the hoop or band
after being adjusted upon a bale is passed through the said aperture it
is firmly gripped and held by these teeth, and its slipping is thereby
effectually prevented; if desired these apertures may extend through one
side of the buckle to enable the hoop to be inserted laterally therein. The
bed of the apparatus or machine for bending the hoops and uniting them
to the buckles may be constructed of cast iron or other suitable metal and
of any convenient size or form. The upper surface of this bed is made
flat, and the bar or presser, which is hinged or jointed in any convenient
manner to one end of the bed, has also a corresponding flat surface; the
groove or recess for holding the buckles is formed at the most convenient
position for bending the hoop; this recess must be deep enough to allow the
eye of the buckle through which the hoop is passed to lie level with the top
surface of the bed and with the corresponding surface of the hinged bar when
the same is open or extended. The top or mouth of the recess or groove is
countersunk or chamferred to allow the hoop and buckle to sink therein when
the loop is formed, and the said recess is made deep enough to allow of this
depression. The spring is placed immediately over the recess-or groove, and
is secured at one end in the bed; the other end of the said spring projects
horizontally over the recess slightly above the mouth of the same. When in
forming loop the hinged bar is closed or folded over upon the bed its pressure
forces the spring down upon the buckle and presses the latter and the hoop
down into the countersunk mouth of the recess. A groove or hollow is
formed in the hinged bar to correspond with the mouth of the recess, and both
a

page_text: operate together when the hoop is forced by the hinged bar over the spring;
this mode of forming the loop prevents the slipping out of the buckle, and
allows the same to turn freely in the said loop.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Fassmann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
FASSMANN, of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, now of
No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Fassmann, Her special license that I, the said Henry Fassmann, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Fassmann, '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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS
FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCE, AND IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Henry Fassmann, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particu-
larly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the saine 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 Patént.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Fassmann, 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 accompanying Sheet of Drawings forming a part of
this Specification :-
The said Invention relates to the employment in combination with a hoop-
iron band or strip of a buckle constructed with a serrated slot or aperture,

page_text: This, recess must be deep enough to allow the eye 6 of the buckle through.
which the hoop B is passed to lie level with the top surface d' of the bed and
with the corresponding surface of the plate e¹ on the hinged bar e when the
same is open or extended, as shown in Figure 5. The top or mouth of the
recess or groove f.is countersund or chamfered to allow the hoop and buckle
to sink therein when the loop is formed, and the said recess is made deep
enough to allow of this depression. The spring g is placed immediately over
the recess or groove f; and is secured at one end in the bed d. The other
end g¹ of the said spring projects horizontally over the recess f slightly above
the mouth of the same, as shown in Figure 5.. In forming a loop upon the
end of a hand or hoop the hinged bar e is closed or folded over upon the
bed d, and the pressure of the said bar forces the spring 9 down upon the
buckle A, pressing the latter and the hoop B down into the countersunk
mouth of the recess f. A groove or hollow his formed in the plate e¹ on the
hinged bar e in the proper position to correspond with the mouth of the
recess f when the bar e is closed or turned over upon the bed d; by this
means the proper form is given to the loop or bent portion of the hoop or
band B, which by closing the bar e is turned over upon the spring g, as shown.
in Figure 4. By the use of my improved machine the loop is so formed on
the end of the band or hoop as to prevent the slipping out of the buckle A
therefrom, while it allows the latter to move freely in the said loop. In the
ordinary machines employed for securing the buckle or fastening to the metal
hoop or baud the end of the hoop is passed under a bar, and is lapped or bent
over the same by a movable bandle; the bent hoop is then slipped from the
said bar and taken to a table where the buckle is attached; this necessitates
the employment of an additional workman, who inserts the bent end of the
hoop into the aperture of the buckle, and closes the loop with a hammer. By
the use of my improved machine the cost of this additional labour is avoided,
and a great saving of time is effected, as the said machine bends the hoop and
adjusts and secures the buckle at one operation.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and shown how the same
may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I claim,―
First, a buckle or fastening formed with a serrated or toothed aperture,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Second, the plate A formed with the serrated and plain apertures a and b,
and attached to the metal band or hoop B, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Third, forming a groove or recess f in the bed d of the machine, for the
purposes and substantially as set forth.

page_text: Fourth, the spring 9 arranged and operating substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Fifth, forming the groove h in the handle e to correspond with the mouth
of the recess f, for the purpose described.
Sixth, the bed d with the recess f and spring g, and the handle e with
the groove h, constructed, combined, and operating substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Fassmann, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
H. FASSMANN. (L.S.)