AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR TIE FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF METALLIC STRAPS APPLIED TO BALES Or COTTON AND OTHER MERCHANDISE
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Bragg Dunn, of the City of Petersburg,
in the State of Virginia, one of the United States of America,
but at present residing at No. 44, Castle Street, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR
TIE FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF METALLIC STRAPS APPLIED TO BALES Or
COTTON AND OTHER MERCHANDISE."
Sealed the 3rd July 1868, and dated the 7th January 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Bragg Dunn
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 7th January 1868.
I, JOSEPH BRAGG DUNN, of the City of Petersburg, in the State of
Virginia, one of the United States of America, but at present residing at
No. 44, Castle Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR
TIE FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF METALLIC STRAPS APPLIED TO BALES OF
COTTON AND OTHER MERCHANDIZE," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to a buckle or tie-piece for connecting the
ends of flat metallic straps surrounding bales of merchandise.

page_text: A buckle or tie according to this Invention may be constructed as
follows:-Take a piece of soft metal, say iron or steel plate of say
about No. 7 Birmingham guage and about 2 inches square, near one
side form a rectangular hole a little more than one inch long and
about one-sixteenth of an inch wide; this oblong rectangular hole
is thrown to one side about five-eighths of an inch, so as to leave
strength on that side; about half an inch in advance of this rectangular
hole cut a slit in the metal of about half an inch long and in line
with the end of the rectangular hole nearest the widest part of the
plate; then at a right angle to the last cut make a second cut a little
more than one inch long; then at a right angle thereto and parallel
with the first-described cut turn at a right angle or thereabouts, and
continue the cut for about one-sixteenth of an inch, and then carry
the cut out to the edge of the plate; then bend down the piece so
liberated until there is a sufficient opening between the tongue piece
thus formed and the face of the buckle or tie, after which it will be
necessary to harden it to prevent the curved tongue piece being bent
back by the pressure of the flat metallic bale strap, after which it is
ready for use. The perforating and bending of the portion of the
plate to form the tongue piece can be readily and cheaply accomplished
by the aid of a stamping press and suitable dies.
In applying this buckle or tie piece take a necessary flat metal
strap of say one inch wide, that may be required; pass one end
through the rectangular hole for about six or eight inches on the side
on which the curved tongue piece is; then fold it back upon itself,
place it round the bale, bring on the pressure; after which take the
loose end of the strap in the right hand and take hold of the buckle
with the other; lift it up at an angle to the face of the bale; then with
the right hand slip in the loose end of the strap into the lateral opening
so that the end is on the side where the tongue piece projects; draw
up and lay it underneath the fold of the other end. By this
arrangement by the pressure of the bale on being releived expands
and brings tension on to the band, whereby the tongue piece nips the
bands and effectually prevents the rendering or drawing thereof.
it

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said. Joseph Bragg Dunn in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 7th July 1868.
. :
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
BRAGG DUNN, of the City of Petersberg, in the State of Virginia, one
of the United States of America, but a prsent residing at No. 44,
Castle Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by, Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Joseph Bragg Dunn, Her special licence
that I, the said Joseph Bragg Dunn, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Bragg Dunn, 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 "AN IMPROVED BUCKLE OR TIX PIECE FOR
CONNECTING THE ENDS OF METALIC STRAPS APPLIED TO BALES OF COTTON AND
OTHER MERCHANDIZE," upon the condition (amongst others, that I, the
said Joseph Bragg Dunn, my executors or admisistrators, 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 Joseph Bragg Dunn, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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 my said Invention relates to a buckle or tie piece for connecting
the ends of flat metallic straps surrounding bales of merchandize..
A. buckle or tie according to this my said Invention may be con-
structed as follows:-Take a piece of soft metal, say of iron or steel
plate of say about. No. 7. Birmingham guage, and about 2 inches

page_text: square; near one side form a rectangular hole a little more than one
inch long and about one-sixteenth of an inch wide, this oblong
rectangular hole is thrown to one side about five-eights of an inch
so as to leave strength on that side. About half an inch in advance
of this rectangular hole cut a slit in the metal about half an inch long
and in line with the end of the rectangular nearest the widest part
of the plate; then at a right angle to the last cut make a second cut
a little more than one inch long; then at a right angle thereto and
parallel with the first-described cut turn at a right angle or thereabouts,
and continue the cut for about one-sixteenth of an inch, and then
carry the cut out to the edge of the plate; then bend down the piece
so liberated until there is a sufficient opening between the tongue
piece thus formed and the face of the buckle or tie, after which it will
be necessary to harden it to prevent the curved tongue piece being
bent back by the pressure of the flat metallic bale strap, after which
it is ready for use.. The perforating and bending portion of the plate
to form the tongue piece can be readily and cheaply accomplished by
the aid of a stamping press and suitable dies.
In applying this buckle or tie piece take a necessary flat metal strap
of say one inch wide, that may be required; pass one end through
the rectangular hole for about six or eight inches on the side on which
the curved tongue piece is; then fold it back upon itself, place it,
round the bale, bring on the pressure; after which take the loose end
of the strap in the right hand, take hold of the buckle with the other,
lift it up at an angle to the face of the bale, then with the right hand.
slip the loose end into the lateral opening so that the end is on the
Bide where the tongue piece projects; draw it up and lay it underneath
the fold of the other end. By this arrangement by the pressure of
the bale on being relieved expands and brings tension on the bands.
That this my said Invention may be more readily. seem and under-
stood, I have, hereunto annexed: Drawings. in illustrations of the
same.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved buckle or tie piece,
showing the position of the ends of the metallic strap; Figure 2 is
a front view, and Figure 3. a, back view of the improved tie piece;
Figure 4 illustrates. a large bale packed with my improved tie: piece.
A and B ends of the straps. held together by C; buckle plate, in the way.
that will be readily understood by reference to Figure 1.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of this my said Invention, and
the mode of useing the same, I wish it to be understood that the
dimensions of the buckle or tie piece may be considerably varied to
meet circumstances, but what I claim as my Invention is, the improved
buckle or tie piece, and mode of applying the same, substantially in
the manner and for the purposes herein-before described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Bragg Dunn, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal, this Sixth day of July, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
WILLIAM WALKER,
Of 44, Castle Street,
Liverpool.
JOSEPH BRAGG (L.S.) DUNN.