ors.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1887
Specification Accepted, 11th Nov., 1887
and other Documents or Papers.
I OSCAR SEMMES MATTHEWS of South Houston Street, Dallas in the County of
Dallas, and State of Texas United States of America, Book-keeper, 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:-
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The object of the invention is to provide a band for holding bundles or packages of
paper money, letters, and papers, and which shall be simple in construction and
convenient and effective in use.
The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter
described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which figure 1 is a perspective view showing the band applied to a
package of papers; figure 2 is a perspective view of the band, showing the manner of
securing the metallic clips thereon; and figure 3 is an enlarged view of one of the
metallic clips.
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Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
The band A, of paper or like material, is stiffened throughout a portion of its
length by means of a strip B, of pasteboard or like stiff material. The stiffened
portion forms a backing on which the amount of money contained in the package
may be written or stamped, or on which any other indorsement or information or
directions may be inscribed.
To the flexible flaps a, b of the band are secured clips C, each clip consisting of a
piece of sheet metal stamped or otherwise formed with clamping ends c, and a
tongue c', intermediate of the clamping ends. The ends c serve to clamp the clips on
the band A, while the tongues c¹ form a fastening for the band in connection with an
elastic band D. One end of the elastic band D is held to one of the clips C, by being
passed thereunder and caused to engage the tongue c¹ of said clip, as shown at the
right in figure 1. The clip C on the opposite end or flap of the band A has its
tongue c¹ bent slightly upward in order that the free end of the elastic D may be
slipped over the same to fasten the band A on the money or papers.

page_text: By reason of the elastic D, the band A will adjust itself to the size of the package
and be held tightly thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-
1. A band for packages, provided with tongues projecting towards each other, and
an elastic, whereby, when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite
directions to receive the elastic, substantially as set forth.
2. The band A, and metallic clips C, the latter being formed with the clamping
ends c and tongues c¹, in combination with an elastic D, substantially as shown and
described.
3. The band A, stiffener B, and clips C, secured to the band A and formed with
tongues c¹, in combination with an elastic D, substantially as shown and described.
4. The clip C, having clamping ends c and tongue c¹, substantially as shown and
described.
5. The herein-described band for bills, papers and the like, constructed substantially
as herein shown and described.
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