IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS, AND IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR BINDING AND SECURING BALES OR BUNDLES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS, AND IN APPARATUS TO BE USED
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR BINDING AND SECURING BALES OR BUNDLES."
A communication from abroad by Simeon Nathan Drake, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, and Anna Belle Evans, of Cincinnati, Ohio, both in the United States
of America.
Scaled the 21st December 1877, and dated the 10th July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th July 1877.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL TIES OR BANDS, AND
IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR BINDING AND SECURING
BALES OR BUNDLES." [A communication from abroad by Simeon Nathan Drake,
of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Anna Belle Evans, of Cincinnati, Ohio, both in the
United States of America.]
This Invention relates to a bale tie or band for securing bales or bundles of any
inaterial.
The said tie is a metal band provided with slots of such form as will permit
the passage of a button employed for fastening or locking the ends of the band
together. The said button is formed with the usual neck and cross-piece. A split
washer, sufficiently large to fit loosely on the neck of the button, is placed thereon,
and prevents the escape of the cross-piece. This cross-piece of the bottom is passed
through one of the slots of the band. The split washer is placed around the neck
of the button and closed by a pair of pliers, thereby completing the tie for shipment
or use.
By the use of the said washer the button cannot become accidentally detached from
the band, while if the said band should be torn or otherwise injured, the button
can be easily removed and secured, in another slot in the same band or in another
band.

page_text: This interposed washer and the lower end or cross-piece of the button or fastening
key may be countersunk in the band, for which purpose I provide the said band
with transverse grooves, curves, or corrugations across each slot.
The said washer is countersunk in such curvature on the under side at one end of
the band, while the cross-piece of the key or button becomes countersunk in such
curvature on the under side of the other end of the band, these curvatures forming
recesses to receive the said washer and cross-piece.
Instead of using the washer for preventing the accidental removal of the button
from one end of the bale band, the same object may be accomplished by reducing
the size of the slot or slots in one end of the said bale band. This is done in cutting
the said slot or slots by allowing a portion of the metal to form a lip or tongue,
which is bent outward, and after the button is inserted in said slot, bending the
tongue back to fill a portion of the slot. This operation leaves sufficient space for
the free play of the neck of the button, while the button cannot be detached
without again bending the tongue outward. This tongue may be left loose in the
slot, or if desired, it may be welded to the band to make it firm and stationary.
In connection with this improved bale tie I use a check so constructed and
connected to the bale band that it cannot be fraudulently removed. This check is
formed at one end with a neck or contracted portion, and at the end thereof it has
a head. This head is passed through one of the slots in the bale band, and the
check is then turned to lie close against the band, the neck being equal to or less
than the width of the said slot.
The opposite end of the check is slotted at a point coincident with a slot of the
band to permit the passage of the cross-piece of the said button.
In employing a check of this form the head is passed through a slot in the band;
the check is turned and pressed against the band, the locking slot registering with
the locking slots, through which, after the bale has been compressed, the usual
button is passed.
If greater security is required the locking slot of the check may be formed at
right angles to the band slots.
The object of using this check is to identify the merchandise by means of letters,
numbers, or other devices stamped in the check, so that when the said check is
fastened as above described and becomes a part of the tie or band, the mark cannot
be changed or lost, but the owner can trace the bales to their destination.

page_text: in the bale band and the check is then turned to lie close against the band, the
neck being equal to or less than the width of the said slot.
The opposite end of the check is slotted, as at d², at a point coincident with a
slot of the band to permit the passage of the cross-piece b¹ of tbe button B.
In employing a check of this form the head, d' is passed through a slot in the
band. The said check is then turned and pressed against the band, the locking
slot d³ registering with the locking slots, through which, after the bale has been
compressed, the usual button is passed.
If greater security is required, the locking slot d² of the check may be formed at
right angles to the band slots.
The object of using this check is to identify the merchandise by means of letters,
numbers, or other devices stamped in the check, so that when the check is fastened
as above described, and so becomes a part of the tie or band, and as it were
becoming a part of the tie itself, the mark cannot be changed or lost, but the owner
can trace the bales to their destination.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
First. A bale tie or band having longitudinal slots near the ends and transverse
grooves, recesses, or corrugations crossing the said slots, and a button adapted to
enter the said grooves or recesses with or without a washer, as above set forth and
for the purpose specified.
Second. An open ring or detachable washer in combination with a slotted band
and detachable locking device, as above set forth and for the purpose specified.
Third. A bale band formed with the slot and tongue in combination with the
button, as above set forth and for the purpose specified.
Fourth. In combination with a slotted bale band and its locking device a check
held in the band and secured by the locking device, as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
W ROB. LAKE. (L.S.)