IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE TIES FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER MERCHANDIZE
Year: 1872

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 WIRE TIES FOR SECURING BALES OF
COTTON AND OTHER MERCHANDIZE."-A communication from abroad by
George L. Laughland, of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of
America.
Scaled the 7th March 1873, and dated the 13th September 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th September 1872.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE TIES FOR
SECURING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER MERCHANDIZE," a communication, to be
as follows:-
The said Invention relates to a tie of very simple construction, and
which, when properly secured upon a bale, bundle, or truss of cotton,

page_text: hay, or other material, will form a safe and convenient means for
holding the same during its storage or carriage.
The said improved tie consists of a wire band with a hook fastener.
The said band has a loop at each end formed by bending back and
twisting the wire ends. Into one of the said loops I insert a double 5
hook, which when placed in the said loop is closed to prevent its escape
therefrom.
When my improved tie is to be used for securing a bale of cotton or
other material it is placed around the said bale while the same is under
compression. Then the aforesaid hook, which, as above described, is 1
secured to one end of the wire is inserted into the loop at the other end
thereof, and the bale is released from compression. By the expansion of
the cotton or other material the hook will be drawn tightly down into
the loop, and the bale will be thereby safely secured.
When the bale is to be opened the said ties may be removed without 1
destroying them by bending the hook and forcing it from the loop..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 13th March 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special licence
that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake, 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,
excrcise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

page_text: Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE TIES FOR SECURING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER
MERCHANDIZE," a communication to me from abroad by George L.
Laughland, of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of América, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Robert Lake,
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 Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, 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, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawing forming a part of this Specification:-
The said Invention relates to a wire tie of very simple construction,
and which, when properly secured upon a bale, bundle, or truss of
cotton, hay, or other material, will form a safe, economical, and con-
venient fastening for the same during its storage or carriage.
The said improved tie consists of a wire band with a hook fastener.
The said band has a loop at each end formed by bending back and
twisting the wire ends. Into one of the said loops I insert a double
hook, which when placed in the said loop is closed to provent its escapo
; therefrom.
The said improved wire tie is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing,
of which Figure 1 is a front view, and Figure 2 a side view of the
said tie.
a, a, are the two ends of the wire which is to be passed around the

page_text: will be drawn to the end of the loop, and the bale will be thereby safely
secured.
When the balo is to be opened the said ties may be removed without
destroying them by bending the hook d, and forcing it from the
loop c.
Having thus described the said Invention, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I
wish it understood that I claim, the improved wire tio for securing bales
of cotton or other merchandize as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here.
unto set my hand and scal, this Thirteenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.
Witness,
JAMES EDWARDS,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
Wч. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)