IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BAND FASTENINGS FOR SECURING COMPRESSED BALES OF WOOL, COTTON, OR OTHER MERCHANDIZE
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hingston Lindon, of No. 14, Hampden Street, in
the District Parish of Tranmere, in the County of Chester, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BAND FASTENINGS FOR SECURING
COMPRESSED BALES OF WOOL, COTTON, OR OTHER MERCHANDIZE.”
Scaled the 29th August 1871, and dated the 3rd March 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hingston Lindon at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd March 1871.
I, HINGSTON LINDON, of No. 14, Hampden Street, in the District
Parish of Tranmere, in the County of Chester, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BAND
FASTENINGS FOR SECURING COMPRESSED BALES OF WOOL, COTTON, OR OTHER
MERCHANDIZE," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
My Invention has reference to an improved method of securing iron
bands around bales of cotton or other compressed goods, whereby the said
bands are more expeditiously fastened and released under pressure than
by the various methods at present in use, and consists in forming on one

page_text: end of the band a movable button in connection with a fixed stud to
bear the principal strain, whilst the other end of the said band is to be
punched with slots or holes corresponding with the said studs, into
which the same are to take; the movable button is then turned round in
the opposite direction, and the ends of the said band firmly secured,
which in liko manner may be unlocked by simply turning the button
back, when the band will fly off by having the ends of the said studs
slightly bevelled for the purpose of facilitating the operation, the said
fixed stud to be punched out of wrought iron and firmly riveted to the
band, or cast in malleable iron or otherwise, whilst the button is
seperately formed and riveted with a swivel joint.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Hingston Lindon in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st September 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HINGSTON
LINDON, of No. 14, Hampden Street, in the District Parish of Tranmere,
in the County of Chester, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Hingston Lindon, Her special licence
that I, the said Hingston Lindon, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Hingston Lindon, 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, usc, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, tho
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METALLIC BAND FASTENINGS FOR.SECURING COMPRESSED BALES OF WOOL, COTTON,
OR OTHER MERCHandize," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Hingston Lindon, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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

page_text: bo filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar monthis next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Hingston Lindon, 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 and the Drawings therein referred to (that is to
say):
My Invention has reference to a new method of securing iron bands
around bales of cotton, wool, or other compressed goods, whereby the said
bands are expeditiously fastened or unfastened and released without
cutting or injuring the band as at present in use, and consists in forming
and employing on one end of the band a movable cast metal onc-armed
button in connection with a fixed stud to bear the principal strain,
whilst the other end of the said band is to be punched with slots or holes
corresponding to the said studs, into which the same are to take in such
manner that when desired to fix the said bands the movable button las
simply to be passed through the punched hole aforesaid (in like manner
to the fixed stud) and turned round in the opposite direction, by which
it is firmly secured or unlocked by reversing the button so that the band
may fly off by the pressure of the bale, the ends of the said fixed studs
and buttons being slightly bevelled for the purpose of facilitating the
operation.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood
and readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe the same. by aid
of the accompanying Drawings, referenco being had to the letters and
figures thereon marked (that is to say) :—
Fig. 1 represents an outside view of a metallic band, shewing my
improved fastening applied thereto; Fig. 2, edge view of the same;
Fig. 3, underneath view thereof; Fig. 4, detached cnd portions of the
band, showing the punched holes; Fig. 5, transverse vertical section
taken through the dotted line in Fig. 1; Fig. 6, side elevation of the
movable stud separately shewn; Fig. 7, top or plan view of same;
and Figs. 8, 9, and 10, corresponding views of the fixed stud. In each
Figure the same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
A, A, the metallic band for encircling the bale; B, B, punched holes
formed in the ends of the bands in which the said studs and buttons are
held; C, C, slot openings in the other end of the said band into which
the studs take for securing the band; D, D, fixed stud formed with a

page_text: projecting flange for holding the same firmly within the slot: E, E,
bearing shoulder to same; F, F, movable button moving loosely upon its
flange so as to admit of being turned round within its wedge-shaped slot
or punched hole F" for locking or unlocking the band as above described ;
G, G, projecting cars or fangs fitting into concavities G' in the sides of
the fixed stud for holding the same in its position.
In conclusion to the foregoing description I would liere briefly note
that upon my improved system the fixed stud is caused to bear the strain
of the said bands, whilst the movable button simply retains the ends of
the hoops together, but the diameter of the neck of the movable one-
armed button should be sufficiently strong to enable it to bear the strain
in the event of the fixed stud getting knocked off or otherwise lose its
hold upon the band. And I would also note that the punched hole
in which the movable button is to be placed should be about five-
sixteenths of an inch across at its widest point, and diminish to less
than a quarter of an inch when the neck or stem of the movable button
is one quarter of an inch in diameter, so that when the strain is upon
the band the movable button will slide about one-sixteenth, and allow
thereby the fixed stud to take the strain, at the same time the neck of
the button will be compressed by the contracting angular sides of the
slot opening so as to tightly fix it and prevent the same from being
accidentally turned round.
And I would again further note that the said holes or slot openings
formed in the ends of the band for the reception of the movable button
and fixed stud should be punched both together to insure greater
accuracy. And I would here also remark that the fixed stud in com-
bination with the movable button will be found more particularly
suitable for cotton when compressed to a density of thirty-five to forty
pounds per cubic foot; whilst for bales of a density not exceeding
twenty pounds, per cubic foot the movable button of itself will be
sufficient.
And I would lastly note that in order to carry out more fully tho
object of my said Invention, and enable the same to be manufactured
and employed with profit and advantage, I claim the exclusive right of
repurchasing and vending my improved bands, or otherwise disposing of
the same, as in practice may be found necessary.
Having now fully described the nature of this my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have it clearly

page_text: understood that I do not intend to confine myself to the precise details
hercin-before described, as the same might be otherwise varied without
departing from the general principle of this my said Invention; but that
which I do claim as new and of my said Invention is, the mode of
fastening and releasing the ends of metallic bands by means of movable
one armed buttons, either alone or in combination with fixed studs,
received within slot openings or punched holes in the band aforesaid, in
the manner and for the purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hingston Lindon, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.