AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING THE ENDS OF METAL BANDS USED IN PACKING COTTON BALES AND OTHER BALE GOODS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Lind, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING
THE ENDS OF METAL BANDS USED IN PACKING COTTON BALES AND OTHER BALE
GOODS."
Sealed the 15th June 1875, and dated the 6th February 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Lind at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th February 1875.
I, JAMES LIND, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING
FOR SECURING THE ENDS OF METAL BANDS USED IN PACKING COTTON BALES AND
OTHER BALE GOODS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved fastening for securing the ends
of metal bands used in packing cotton bales and other balo goods, and
consists of a detached metal stud or fastening to be used for locking the
ends of the metal bands securing bales. This detached stud or fastening
is formed with a catch or hook at one side, and a square or rectangular

page_text: head at the other. The catch'or hook is by preference tapered, and in
operation is inserted through a slot in the bale band made of shape to
suit the hook or catch.
In fastening the bands the hook or catch is passed through duplicato
slots in the ends of the bands, and the stud is then locked. The stud 5
can be unlocked by turning the same with a spanner or key which fits
on and operates the square, rectangular, or other shaped head thereof.
The advantages of a fastening constructed according to my Invention
are that by turning the stud or fastening the bales can be unbanded
without cutting the bands; and the bands therefore are fit for
The studs can also be used over and over again.
reuse.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Lind in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
LIND, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
cighth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Lind, Her special licence
that I, the said James Lind, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Lind, 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 "AN IMPROVED
FASTENING FOR SECURING THE ENDS OF METAL BANDS USED IN PACKING COTTON
BALES AND OTHER BALE GOODS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said James Lind, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said

page_text: 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 James Lind, 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:-
My Invention relates to an improved fastening for securing the ends
) of metal bands used in packing cotton bales and other bale goods, and
consists of a detached metal stud or fastening to be used for locking the
ends of the metal bands securing bales. This detached metal stud or
fastening is formed with a catch or hook at one side, and a square or
rectangular head at the other. The catch or hook is by preference
5 tapered, and in operation is inserted through a slot in the bale band
made of shape to suit the hook or catch.
The fastening may be made, forged, cast, or stamped in one piece, or
the head may be rivetted to the catch or hook.
A modification may consist of rivetting the fastening to one end of
O the bale band, in which caso I make the fastening with a collar and
shoulder to allow the same to be rivetted on the bale band, and at the
same time capable of being turned by a key or spanner.
Referring to the accompanying Drawings, on which like letters and
Figures marked thereon denote similar parts,-
5 Figure 1 illustrates a fastening constructed according to my Invention.
*Figure 2 is a modification of same with the head rivetted on.
Figure 3 is a modification of fastener adapted to be rivetted to end of
bale band.
Figure 4 illustrates the bale secured by my improved fastening.
) Figures 5 and 6, a portion of the bale band showing my improved
fastener.
Figure 7 is a key suitable for unfastening bales secured according to

page_text: Upon reference to Figure 1 it will be seen that my improved fastening
consists of a metal stud, which is formed with a metal hook or catch a,
and a square or rectangular head b.
Upon reference to Figure 2 it will be seen that the head 6 may be
rivetted to the catch or hook a, in which case I form the shank c square
to prevent the head 6 from turning.
Upon reference to Figure 3 it will be seen that the stud or fastening
is rivetted to the bale band e, the collar d serving to hold the stud in
position. The shank c is made square, and the head 6 is rivetted up to
the shoulder f. The other end of the band e¹ is passed over the hook or
catch a, as shown in the Drawings.
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In fastening the bands the hook or catch is passed through duplicate
slots in the ends of the bands, and the stud is then locked. The stud
can be unlocked by turning the same with a spanner or key which fits
on and operates the square, rectangular, or other shaped head thereof.
The advantages of a fastening constructed according to my Invention
are that by turning the stud or fastening the bales can be unbanded
without cutting the bands, and the bands therefore are fit for reuse.
The studs can also be used over and over again. Also, when using my
fasteners, as shown at Figure 3, the fasteners being secured rivetted to
one end of the band will not become detached, as happens to rivets or
studs now in use; thus damage to machinery is prevented, and the
possibility of mills being set on fire by friction caused by the loose studs
now in use is avoided.
Having now fully described my Invention, and shown how the same
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page_text: packing cotton bales and other bale goods, as shown at Figure 3 of the
accompanying Drawings, and described in the before-going Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Lind, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
JAMES (L.S.) LIND.