CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF FASTENING OR SECURING THE METALLIC HOOPS USED IN PACKING BALES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Edmondson, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
METHOD OF FASTENING OR SECURING THE METALLIC HOOPS USED IN PACKING
BALES."
Sealed the 22nd December 1868, and dated the 15th September 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Edmondson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 15th September 1868.
I, JAMES EDMONDSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE METHOD OF FASTENING OR SECURING THE METALLIC HOOPS USED IN
PACKING BALES," to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to a method of securing the ends of such
metallic hoops or bands together as are used for packing purposes, and
consists in punching or cutting pieces partly out of each end of the
hoop so that apertures are made in the hoop, and the pieces which
come out of the apertures remain attached to the hoop and are bent
slightly outwards. These are formed in reverse directions at each end

page_text: of the hoop, so that one series of bent pieces or "claws" at one end
enters the openings at the other, and vice versa, which constitutes a
double hold or fastening or interlocking, and secures the two ends
together.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Edmondson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
EDMONDSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said James Edmondson, Her
special license that I, the said James Edmondson, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Edmondson,
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
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF FASTENING OR SECURING THE
METALLIC HOOPS USED IN PACKING BALES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said James Edmondson, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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 per-
formed, 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 James Edmondson, 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is
to say): :-

page_text: My Invention relates to a method of securing the ends of such
metallic hoops or bands together as are used for packing purposes, and
consists in punching or cutting pieces partly out of each end of the
hoop, so that apertures are made in the hoop, and the picces which
come out of the apertures remain attached to the hoop and are bent
slightly outwards. These are formed in reverse directions at each end
of the hoop so that one series of bent pieces or "claws" at one end
enters the openings at the other, and vice versa, which constitutes a
double holder or fastening or interlocking and secures the two ends
together.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Certain
Improvements in the Method of Fastening or Securing the Metallic
Hoops used in Packing Bales," I will now proceed to describe more
in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be carried into
practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and
have marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding
with those in the following explanation thereof.
In the annexed Drawing, Fig. 1 represents a plan view of one end of
a bale hoop made according to my Invention; Fig. 2 a longitudinal
section of the two ends shewing clearly the way in which the claws are
reversed, and Fig. 3 an edge view of the same when interlocked or
fastened together; Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3.
The claws a, a, are punched and bent up to the required form by any
ordinary punching press, being punched in reverse directions at the
two ends as shown clearly at Fig. 2. When these two ends are
brought together and interlocked the claws or teeth a, a, on each end
entering into the spaces b, b, from which the claws or teeth were
punched in the other (and vice versa); as. the bale expands on the
removal of the pressure the ends become firmly and securely locked
together, and if the extreme ends of the claws or teeth are struck
down with a hammer the joint is quite flat, as seen in Fig. 3, and
there are no projections to catch against anything. Two or more
teeth or claws at each end may be used as preferred, and the form of
the claws or teeth may be varied (for instance as shown at Fig. 5),
but for many reasons I consider the taper form of tooth, seen at Figs. 1
and 4, preferable.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention.

page_text: together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that
I claim as my Invention, punching claws or teeth in the two ends of
the hoops in reverse directions, and bending them slightly outwards, so
that when the ends are brought together the claws or teeth shall
mutually interlock with each other, substantially as shown in the
Drawings, and above more particularly set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Edmondson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
GEORGE DAVIES, C.E.
Office for Patents,
Manchester.
JAMES EDMONDSON. (L.S.)