IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH CORDS FOR BINDING FODDER AND OTHER COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL
Year: 1881

page_text: · LETTERS PATENT to Jasper Wetter, of the Firm of Herbert and Company,
Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil
Engineer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH
CORDS FOR BINDING FODDER AND OTHER COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL." A com-
munication from abroad by Marie Louis Rollier, of Besançon, in the Republic
of France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jasper Wetter at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1881.
JASPER WETTER, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of Patents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
AND CONNECTED WITH CORDS FOR BINDING FODDER AND OTHER COMPRESSIBLE
MATERIAL." A communication from abroad by Marie Louis Rollier, of Besançon,
in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to the means of attaching cords for binding fodder and
other compressible material; it has for its object to render a wire or string
applicable for repeated use, and to be detachable without requiring a key.
For this purpose I provide each end of the wire or string with a loop, one of
which is permanently attached to a metallic connecting plate, while the other can
be attached to or detached from a hook forming part of said plate, and situated at
the side of the latter.
The connecting plate is prolonged beyond the lateral hook, and ends in a hook
to give room for a finger when pulling the end of the connecting piece aside for
detaching the cord.
For attaching the loose end of the cord I use a pair of pincers formed of two
arms of unequal length, and provided at the end (of each arm) with a pivoted clip
or holder.
These two clips or holders take the two loops, and approach them towards each
other sufficiently for hooking in the loose end of the cord.
An insulating plate is attached to the extremity of the longer arm of the
pincers.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Jasper Wetter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd July
1881.
JASPER WATTER, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of Patents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
AND CONNECTED WITH CORDS FOR BINDING FODDER AND OTHER COMPRESSIBLE
MATERIAL." A communication from abroad by Marie Louis Rollier, of Besançon,
in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to the means of attaching cords for binding fodder and
other compressible material; it has for its object to render a wire or string
applicable to repeated use, and to be detachable without requiring a key.
For this purpose I provide each end of the wire or string with a loop, one of
which is permanently attached to a metallic connecting plate, while the other can
be attached to or detached from a hook forming part of said plate, and situated at
the side of the latter. The connecting plate is prolonged beyond the lateral hook,
and ends in a hook to give room for a finger when pulling the end of the connecting
piece aside for detaching the cord. For attaching the loose end of the cord I use a
pair of pincers formed of two arms of unequal length, and provided at the end (of
each arm) with a pivoted slip or holder. These two clips or holders take the two
loops, and approach them towards each other sufficiently for hooking in the loose
end of the cord.
An insulating plate is attached to the extremity of the longer arm of the
pincers.
The accompanying Drawing will serve to illustrate the mode of performing the
Invention, A is a metal wire of variable thickness according to the material to be
compressed; B, B¹, are rings or loops of variable dimensions, according to the
strength of the wire; C is a metal hook of variable thickness, forming part of D,
the lever for unhooking or connecting plate; E, the point on which to press to
disengage the hook C.
The length of the lever may be varied according to the pressure to be exerted.
F is the catch or clip of the pincers; G, the pivot or turning disc of the same;
H, the insulating plate; I, the upper lever arm; and J, the lower lever arm of the
pincers. Fig. 1 shows the pincers in position when the wires have been drawn
together, and the loop B has been placed over the hook C; Fig. 2 representing the
same as Fig. 1, but in plan.
Fig. 3 represents the clips or holders of the pincers, one I grasping one end of
the wire and hook C, and the other J attached to the end of the wire to be drawn
to the hook. By pressing on the arm of the pincers in the direction of the arrow
the pincers are brought together, and the hook C can be readily placed in the loop
or ring B. Fig. 4 represents a bale with two wires or strings already fastened, and
a third in the act of being secured; and Fig. 5 represents the wires or strings finally
attached by means of the connecting plate and its hook C.
I claim the wire or string and hook for binding fodder and other compressible
material, substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jasper Wetter, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twentieth day of July, A.D. 1881.