IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER SUBSTANCE
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, WOOL, AND OTHER
SUBSTANCE
"
Sealed the 26th July 1867, and dated the 20th April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Fassmann at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th April 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER
SUBSTANCE," to be as follows:-
The said improvements consist in the combination of a hoop or band with a
buckle which has two slots or apertures, one end of the hoop being passed
through one of these apertures and lapped over the exterior bar of the same,
while the other end of the said hoop after being drawn around the bale is
introduced through the other aperture and passed under the central bar of the
buckle, which bar is provided on one or both sides with ribs or projections to
grip the end of the said hoop and prevent the slipping of the same. The

page_text: buckles are formed of wrought iron or other suitable metal, and the slots or
apertures are made of suitable size for the bands or hoops to be employed.
One of the cross bars of the buckle is by preference made round; and one end
of the band or hoop is lapped or bent over this round bar. The cross bar at the
other end of the buckle is made flat, its inner edges being left square to assist
in holding the band or hoop, whose other end after being adjusted over the
bale is drawn through the second slat or aperture. The said flat bar may be
provided with a lateral opening to facilitate the introduction of the hoop or
band. The central cross bar of the buckle is furnished on one or both sides
with projecting ribs or ridges which extend from end to end of the slots or
apertures in the buckle. These ribs are by preference made-taper towards
their outer edges, which take a firm hold upon the end of the hoop or band, and
effectually prevent the slipping of the same; if desired the buckle may be
constructed with only one of these projecting ribs.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Fassmann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th October 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 Twentieth day of April, 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 licence 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, WOOL, AND OTHER SUBSTANCE," 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 particularly describe and ascertain the nature

page_text: of the said Invention, and in what manner the same 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 Patent.
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 per-
formed, 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 improvements consist in the combination of a hoop or band with a
buckle which has two loops or apertures, one end of the hoop being passed
through one of these apertures and lapped over the exterior bar of the same,
while the other end of the said hoop after being drawn around the bale is
introduced through the other aperture and passed under the central bar of the
buckle, which bar is provided on one or both sides with ribs or projections to
grip the end of the said hoop and prevent the slipping of the same. The
buckles are formed of wrought iron or other suitable metal, and the loops or
apertures are made of suitable size for the bands or hoops to be employed.
One of the cross bars of the buckle is by preference made round, and one end
of the band or hoop is lapped or bent over this round bar. The cross bar at
the other end of the buckle is made flat, its inner edges being left square to
assist in holding the band or hoop, whose other end after being adjusted over
the bale is drawn through the second loop or aperture. The said flat bar may
be provided with a lateral opening to facilitate the introduction of the hoop or
band. The central cross bar of the buckle is furnished on one or both sides
with projecting ribs or ridges which extend from end to end of the loops
or apertures in the buckle. The ribs are by preference made taper towards
their outer edges, which take a firm hold upon the end of the hoop or band
and effectually prevent the slipping of the same; if desired the buckle may
be constructed with only one of these projecting ribs.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view of my improved buckle. Figure 2 is a section
on the line x, x, Figure 1, showing the manner of securing the hoop or
band to the said buckle; Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the method
of arranging and securing my improved tie around a bale. Like letters
indicate the same parts in each Figure.
A is the buckle which is constructed with the round and flat cross bars a
and 6 and also with the central cross bar c, which is provided with the pro-
jections or ribs d. The said cross bars are solidly united by the sides a¹ of the

page_text: buckle frame. The ribs d are preferably formed on both sides of the central
bar c as the buckle can then be turned and used on either side, but as the hoop B
is held by the ribs on one side only of the bar c the buckles may if desired
be so constructed. The opening e in the bar b is formed to admit the hoop or
band B into the loop f, and the corners 1, 2, are chamferred or bevelled, as
shown in Figure 1, to facilitate the insertion of the said hoop. The distance
from the points 1 and 2 is preferably made equal to the width of the loop for
the distance between the adjacent sides of the bars 6 and c. The edges d¹ of
the ribs & and also the edge 6 of the bar bare left rather sharp, as shown in
Figure 2, to allow them to obtain a better hold upon the band B and more
effectually prevent its slipping. In securing a bale of cotton or other substance
with my improved tie the end of the hoop B is first lapped around the bar a
and folded back under the same; the said hoop being then passed around
the bale its other end is slipped obliquely through the opening e into the loop f
the chamferred or bevelled edges 1, 2, allowing the hoop to be inserted with
much less bending than would be possible if these edges were left rectangular;
the end of the hoop is then bent over the bar 6 and passed under the ribs or
ridges d, as shown in Figure 2, the edges of the ribs d binding tightly on
the surface of the said hoop and preventing its withdrawal or slipping from
the buckle A.
Having thus fully described my said improvements, and shown how the
same may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I claim,
a buckle constructed with the bars a, b, c, with or without the opening e and
with a projecting rib or number of ribs d, and secured to the hoop or band B
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Fassmann, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
H. FASSMANN. (L.S.)