IMPROVEMENTS IN BANDS FOR BINDING OR SECURING BOXES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

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I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BANDS FOR BINDING OR SECURING
BOXES AND THE LIKE" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to wire bands for binding or securing boxes or the like,
the same being composed of twisted wire strands, having eyes or openings for the
reception of the nails, formed by outward bends of the strands.
It is essential in bands or fasteners for boxes which are provided with eyes or
openings for the reception of nails, that all the eyes or openings be in one plano;
otherwise, difficulty is experienced in applying the bands to boxes, &c. This
alignment of the eyes in bands composed of twisted strands of wire, is attained by
twisting the strands in opposite directions in the alternating sections of the bands,
between the eyes or openings, so any tendency of an uneven twist, due to one of
the strands being harder than the other, or from other causes-which would throw
the eyes out of line, in a progressive manner, in one direction, if a continuous twist
in one direction be made throughout the whole length of the band―is counteracted
by this reverse twisting of the alternate sections; for the difference between the
planes of two consecutive eyes will be very little, and as this change of plane is
reversed in each alternate eye, all of them are practically in one plane.
In the accompanying Drawings, forming part of this Specification ;
Fig. 1, represents a portion of a twisted wire band, made according to my
Invention; and,
Fig. 2, illustrates the application of such bands to a box.
To make the bands with a double twist, the strands a, and b, are twisted
together in the first section, in a right hand direction; they are then spread apart
so as to form the eye or opening c, are brought together again, and in the second

page_text: section are twisted in a left hand direction, and are then spread apart in the same
plane as before to form the eye cl; when a right band twist is again given the
strands in the next succeeding section, to the eye c², and so on throughout the
whole length of the band, alternately twisting the strands in opposite directions,
and spreading them apart in the one plane to form the eyes.
Now it will be observed that, should the eye c¹, be out of line with the eye c, by
reason of one of the strands a, or b, being harder than the other one, or from any
other cause, such variation in the planes of c, and c¹, will be very slight, as the
distance between them is small, and a similar variation will occur between c³, and c¹;
but c³ will be twisted out of line in the opposite direction to cl, and will consequently
be in the same plane with c, and the next eye in plane with c', and so on throughout
the whole length of the band; thus any variations in the qualities or properties
of the two strands will not materially affect the alignment of the eyes.
A single wire is shown used in each of the strands; it is evident that two or
more may be used, if desired, without affecting the principle of the Invention.
The manner in which the bands are to be used is shown in Figure 2, d representing
a box, a b the duplex twisted bands, and e the nails passing through the eyes c, by
which they are secured to the box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention,
and the manner in which it is applied, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is
First. A band for binding boxes composed of twisted wires, with eyes or
openings formed between the strands, the twist in the alternating sets of
sections being in opposite directions, substantially as set forth.
Second. A band composed of wire strands having a right hand twist for a short
distance, then an eye formed by outward bends of the strands, then a left
hand twist for a short distance, then another eye formed by outward bends
of the strands, and so on, substantially as set forth.
Third. In a band for binding boxes, the combination of the wires a and b,
twisted together in a right hand direction, bent outwardly to form the eye c,
and then twisted together in a left hand direction, bent outwardly in the
same plane as before to form the eye c', and then again twisted together in
a right hand direction, and so on, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of Senterber 1884
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.