IMPROVEMENTS IN CON- NECTING OR FASTENING THE ENDS OF IRON OR OTHER METAL BANDS SURROUNDING BALES OF COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER DRY GOODS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Heny Charles Lucy, of Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CON-
NECTING OR FASTENING THE ENDS OF IRON OR OTHER METAL BANDS
SURROUNDING BALES OF COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER DRY GOODS."-A commu-
nication from abroad by Henry Fassman, residing in the City of New
Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, one of the United States of
America.
Sealed the 31st July 1866, and dated the 1st February 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Charles Lucy
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st February, 1866.
I, HENRY CHARLES LUCY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CONNECTING OR. FASTENING THE ENDS OF IRON OR OTHER METAL BANDS
SURROUNDING BALES OF COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER DRY GOODS," to be as follows
(that is to say):
This Invention has for its object a cheap and expeditious means for
locking or connecting the ends of hoop-iron or other metal bands sur-
rounding bales of cotton, wool, and other dry goods usually packed in bales
under pressure, and consists in. the use of a peculiar button or locking
stud of cast or wrought iron or other metal, which is inserted into holes

page_text: formed through the metal band. The locking tie stud consists of a short
horizontal plate of, say, about one inch long and, say, three-eighths or half
inch wide, on one end of which is formed a shank, which on the inner
side is at a right angle to the tongue and, say, about a quarter of an inch
long. On the head of this shank stud there is a small cross head of, say,
from five-eighths to three-quarters of an inch long, which is parallel to the
tongue piece first described. The shank stud is formed a little stouter
than the tongue and cross head, and is a little rounded on the heel to allow
its entering through the holes in the metal bands; the holes in the metal
band are formed with parallel sides and rounded ends. The ends of the
bands are drawn together while the bale they surround is under pressure
in the press until a hole in each end of the band coincide with each other,
when the tongue of the stud is introduced therethrough in a transverse
direction and then pressed down until the shank of the stud is within the
two holes. When the bale is released the pressure of the bale against the
tongue of the stud keeps it in position. Any required number of holes
may be punched into the ends of the bands when cold in the ordinary
way, but it is preferred to heat the ends of the bands and form the holes
with a punch or male die, so as to form the hole without taking away any
portion of the metal, as is well understood by stampers and others, thus
allowing the metal removed in making the hole to form a thin collar round
the edge of the hole for the purpose of strength, thus to a great extent pre-
venting the weakening of the metal band, as would be the case were the metal
removed to form the hole as is the case in the ordinary mode of punching.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Charles Lucy in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st August 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, HENRY
CHARLES LUCY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Henry Charles Lucy, Her special licence that I, the
said Henry Charles Lucy, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such

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others as I, the said Henry Charles Lucy, 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 CONNECTING OR FASTENING THE ENDS OF IRON
OR OTHER METAL BANDS SURROUNDING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER DRY GOODS,"
communication to me from abroad by Henry Fassmann, residing in the
City of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, one of the United States
of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Charles Lucy, 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 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 Charles Lucy, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
This Invention has for its object a cheap and expeditious means for
locking or connecting the ends of hoop-iron or other metal bands, sur-
rounding bales of cotton, wool, and, other dry goods usually packed in
bales under pressure, and consists in the use of a peculiar button or
locking stud of cast or wrought iron or other metal, which is inserted into
holes formed through the metal band. The locking tie stud consists of a
short horizontal plate of, say, about one inch long and, say, three-eighths or
half inch wide, on one end of which is formed a shank, which on the inner
side is at a right angle to the tongue and about a quarter of an inch long..
The shank stud is formed a little stouter than the tongue and cross head,
and is a little rounded on the heel to allow its entering through holes.in
the metal band, the holes in the metal band being formed with parallel sides
and rounded ends. The ends of the band are drawn together while the
bale they surround is under pressure in the press until a hole in each end
of the band coincide with each other, when the tongue of the tie-stud.is
introduced therethrough in a transverse direction and then pressed down
until the shank of the stud is within the two holes.. When the bale is.
released the pressure of the bale against the tongue of the stud keeps it

page_text: in position. Any required number of holes may be punched into the
ends of the bands when cold in the ordinary way, but it is preferred to
heat the ends of the bands and form the holes with a punch or male die; so
as to form the hole without taking away any portion of the metal, as is well
understood by stampers and others, thus allowing the metal removed in
making the hole to form a thin collar round the edge of the hole for the
purpose of strength, thus to a great extent preventing the weakening of
the metal band, as would be the case were the metal removed to form the
hole as is the case in the ordinary mode of punching.
That the said Invention may be the more readily seen and understood I
have hereunto annexed Drawings illustrating the same, like letters and
figures marked thereon being used to denote similar parts.
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two ends of a metal band, seen
broken off, connected together by two of the improved metal locking
studs; Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the improved locking
studs detached; Figure 3 is an edge view of the two ends of a band, seen
broken off, connected together by two of the improved locking studs shown
with the points outwards; Figure 4 is a top view or plan of the same;
Figure 5 is a top view or plan of one of the improved locking studs;
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the same; Figure 7 is a front elevation, and
Figure 8 is a back elevation of the same; Figure 9 is a longitudinal
section of a portion of one of the ends of the metal bands in which the
holes through the same have been formed without cutting away the metal.
A, metal bands for surrounding the bales; B, the improved locking stud,
which consists of c a tongue, da shank, on the top of which is formed
e a cross head.
. Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the means of putting the same into practice, I wish it to
be understood that I do not confine myself to the relative proportions or
dimensions herein-before described and set forth, as it will be readily seen
that the same may be considerably varied without departing from the
Invention; but what I claim is,-
Firstly, the peculiar form and application of the locking stud and mode
of applying the same, substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein-before described and set forth.
Secondly, the forming of the holes in the ends of the metal bands to
receive the locking stud without loss of metal, substantially in the manner
aud for the purposes herein-before described and set forth.

page_text: securing together the ends of hoop-iron or other metal bands surrounding
bales of merchandise, substantially and in the manner herein-before
described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Charles Lucy, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal, this Thirty-first day of July, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
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Witness,
WILLIAM WALKER,
of 44, Castle Street,
Liverpool.
HENRY CHARLES (L.s.) LUCY.