IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BALE TIES OR BINDERS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Jonathan Jenkins, of King William Street, in
the City of London, County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BALE TIES OR BINDERS." A com-
munication from abroad by Cyrus B. Morse, of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County,
in the State of New York, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Jonathan Jenkins
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th March 1881.
RICHARD JONATHAN JENKINS, of King William Street, in the City of London,
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
BALE TIES OR BINDERS." A communication from abroad by Cyrus B. Morse,
of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, in the State of New York, United States of
America.
The object of this Invention is to provide a method of attaching and detaching
binders, bands, or ties, whether round or flat, upon bales, whereby the binder,
band, or tie with its detachable fastening may be preserved and used as often as
desired without any expense after first cost, as well as be more readily secured
upon and removed from the bale. The device employed is simple, easily constructed
and operated, and is better and cheaper than any known contrivance for a similar.
purpose. It is intended to sustain a great strain, and with binders, bands, or ties
of strength proportionate to the size and weight of the bale will successfully
withstand any stress therefrom. The necessity for cutting or breaking the binder,
band, or tie to remove it from the bale is obviated, and a great saving is the
immediate result. These binders, bands, or ties, with such detachable fastenings,
are made in a perfect and complete condition of any suitable material before
attaching them to the bales.
It is preferred to use ordinary wire or band iron for the binder, and malleable
iron for the detachable fastening or latch which connects the two ends of the
binder around the bale, and has its bearings or connecting points in opposite sides
of the line of tension. It may be made by casting or punched from sheet metal,
[Price 6d.]

page_text: An eye in the fulcrum end of the latch is made open to admit of attachment to the
eye of one end of the binder, and when attached may be closed. The latch has a
projection underneath formed at its end nearest the fulcrum with a forked catch
to enter and hold the eye on the opposite or loose end of the binder so as to make
the fastening secure and complete. The other end of this projection nearest the
handle or lever end of the latch is made concave. The expansion of the bale and
its contents when removed from the strain of the press draws the binder tightly
into the forked catch of the latch, and the ends of the binder are thereby held
firmly and securely. The loose or handle end of the latch is formed to cover and
project over the thicker portion of the binder as wound or bent over to form the
eye, and has an opening of sufficient size for an ordinary bale hook or other suitable
device to enter so as to readily raise and detach it.
To detach this latch and remove the binder from the bale an ordinary bale hook
or other suitable device is inserted between the latch and binder, and by it the
latch is raised, the action being to draw the ends of the binder towards each other,
depressing one end and elevating the other, when the eye of the binder attached
to the forked catch on the latch will slide off by the pressure of the bale without
injury.
To make an eye or loop in the end of the wire of which the binder is composed
the wire is bent to nearly a right angle at a sufficient distance from its end to form
the eye properly. The eye is then formed around a flat pin or mandril bringing
the end of the wire behind the angle, and winding the same around the main wire,
thus making all the eyes nearly of the same size and shape the more readily to
admit of the latch being inserted in and secured to the eye, so that the latch will
be held firmly in its place by the contracting or elastic pressure of the eye on the
latch while the bale is in the press.
To make an eye or loop in flat bale bands or binders each end of the band is
turned over about one inch, and an eye or slot is then punched therein, the latch
being attached and detached in the same manner as with the round binder. The
latch for a flat binder has a flange or projection on each side to strengthen it and
protect the fastening.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Richard Jonathan Jenkins in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th September 1881.
RICHARD JONATHAN JENKINS, of King William Street, in the City of London,
5 County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
BALE TIES OR BINDERS." A communication from abroad by Cyrus B. Morse,
of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, in the State of New York, United States of
America.
The object of this Invention is to provide a method of attaching and detaching
binders, bands, or ties, whether round or flat, upon bales, whereby the binder, band,
or tie, with its detachable fastening, may be preserved and used as often as desired
without any expense after first cost, as well as be more readily secured upon and
removed from the bale. The device employed is simple, easily constructed and
operated, and is better and cheaper than any known contrivance for a similar
purpose. It is intended to sustain a great strain, and with binders, bands, or
ties of strength proportionate to the size and weight of the bale will successfully
withstand any strain therefrom. The necessity for cutting or breaking the binder,
band, or tie to remove it from the bale is obviated, and a great saving is the
immediate result. These binders, bands, or ties, with such detachable fastenings,
are made in a perfect and complete condition of any suitable material before.
attaching them to the bales.
It is preferred to use ordinary wire or band iron for the binder, and malleable
iron for the detachable fastening or latch which connects the two ends of the binder
around the bale, and has its bearings or connecting points on opposite sides of the
line of tension. It may be made by casting or punched from sheet metal. An eye
in the fulcrum end of the latch is made open to admit of attachment to the eye of
one end of the binder, and when attached may be closed. The latch has a projection
underneath formed at its end nearest the fulcrum with a forked catch to enter and
hold the eye on the opposite or loose end of the binder so as to make the fastening
secure and complete. The other end of this projection nearest the handle or lever
end of the latch is made concave. The expansion of the bale and its contents when
removed from the strain of the press draws the binder tightly into the forked
catch of the latch, and the ends of the binder are thereby held firmly and securely.
The loose handle end of the latch is formed to cover and project over the thicker
portion of the binder as wound or bent over to form the eye, and has an opening
of sufficient size for an ordinary bale hook or other suitable device to enter so as to
readily raise and detach it.
To detach the latch and remove the binder from the bale an ordinary bale hook
or other suitable device is inserted between the latch and binder, and by it the
latch is raised, the action being to draw the ends of the binder towards each other,
depressing one end and elevating the other, when the eye of the binder attached
to the forked catch on the latch will slide off by the pressure of the bale without
injury.
To make the eye or loop in the end of the wire of which the binder is composed,
the wire is bent to nearly a right angle at a sufficient distance from its end to form
the eye properly. The eye is then formed around a flat pin or mandril, bringing
the end of the wire behind the angle, and winding the same around the main wire,
thus making all the eyes nearly of the same size and shape, the more readily to
admit of the latch being inserted and secured to the eye, so that the latch will be
held firmly in its place by the contracting or elastic pressure of the eye on the
latch while the bale is in the press.
To make an eye or loop in flat bale bands or binders, each end of the band is
turned over about one inch, and an eye or slot is then punched therein, the latch
being attached and detached in the same manner as with the round binder. The
latch for a flat binder has a flange or projection on each side to strengthen it and
protect the fastening.

page_text: And in order that the said Invention may be well understood, I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, reference being made to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, like letters of reference indicating corresponding
parts in the respective Figures.
Figure 1 represents the improved fastening or latch attached to both ends of a 5
round binder as in actual operation; Figure 2 represents the fastening or latch
raised as when attaching and detaching the binder from the bale; Figuro 3
represents the eye or loop of a wire binder; Figure 4, the fastening or latch for
flat bands or binders; Figure 5 is a plan of the same shewing the eye or loop in
the flat band or binder; Figures 6 and 7 represent a wire and band iron or steel 1
binder, respectively arranged with a series of eyes or loops at convenient distances
apart, which in combination with the fastening or latch make the binder adjustable;
Figure 8 represents the tool for drawing the binder around the bale snug, and
convenient for latching; and Figure 9 is a plan of the machine used for forming
the loops upon the ends of wire binders.
These binders, bands, or ties with their improved detachable fastening or latches
are made in perfect and complete condition, adjustable or not as desired, of any
suitable size and material before attaching them to the bale.
It is preferred to use ordinary wire. or band iron or steel for the binder, and
malleable iron for the fastening or latch. The improved fastening or latch A
(Figures 1 and 2) is made by casting or punching from sheet metal, and is formed
with two eyes or bearings B and C for the ends D of the bale binder, which
bearings B and C are on opposite sides of the line of tensión, as shewn. The eye
or bearing B in which the loop E of the binder D engages may be left open, so that
the loop E may be readily inserted and withdrawn, or it may be permanently
closed.
The latch A is formed with a projection F, the lever side a of which (or that
side opposite the bearing C) is preferably made slightly concave. The elongated
or lever end G of the latch A bears against the binder D, as shewn in Figure 1,
when the strain caused by the expansion of the bale is thrown upon it, and thereby
prevents the bearings B and C from being drawn into the line with the binder D,
the result of which is that the two bearings B and C are kept on opposite sides
of the line of tension, as before mentioned, and the strain of the binder D
consequently holds the fastening or latch A securely in its place. The latch A
is applied as follows:-The loop E is placed in the bearing B, and while the bale
is under pressure the other loop El is slipped on the bearing C, and when the
pressure due to the expansion of the bale is thrown upon the binder D, the lever
end G of the latch A is drawn down upon the binder D as described. The
concave a in the projection F is for the purpose of preventing the loop E¹ from
slipping out of the bearing C before the bale is released from the press. When a
binder D¹ or D2 (as shewn in Figures 6 or 7) is used it is drawn around the bale
by the tool, shewn in Figure 8, until it fits the same satisfactorily, when the
bearing C is inserted into the proper eye or loop, as above mentioned.
To detach the fastening or latch A (Figure 1) and remove the binder D from the
bale, an ordinary bale hook or other suitable device is inserted between the latch A
and binder D at b, and the latch A. thereby raised, as seen in Figure 2. The
result of this action is to draw the ends of the binder D towards each other,
depressing one end and elevating the other, when the loop E¹ will slide off the
bearing C by the pressure of the bale without injury.
The fastening or latch A³ for a flat band or binder D³ (Figures 4 and 5) is formed
with a flange or projection c on each side for strengthening it and protecting the
fastening. It is secured to the end of the flat binder D³ by a split wire rivet d in
such a manner as not to interfere with the detaching of the latch A¹ when desired.
The hole in the latter is slightly larger than the hole in the binder D³, the better
to keep the split rivet d always in place, so as to use it over and over again.
This arrangement is inexpensive and durable, and by its use the latch A¹ is kept
in place and cannot be lost. The split rivet d yields easily to the bale hook when

page_text: required to lift the latch A' to remove the binder D³ from the bale, and with slight
modification can be easily adapted for use with the binder and latch shewn in
Figures 1 and 2.
To construct the wire binder, shewn in Figure 1, with the apparatus, shewn in
Figure 9, the wire is first cut to the required length without straightening it. To
effect this a wheel of suitable diameter is used marked off for the different lengths.
The wire is drawn around this measuring wheel from the coil and cut off
automatically with uniformity and rapidity. The open rings of wire are then
hung over a bar or wheel, so that one end of the wire can be passed into the
machine (Fig. 9) up against a stop H. The crank lever I is then moved a half
turn, this will bend the end of the wire around the flat loop pin K, and it is then
ready to be wound around the main wire behind the offset in it at the head of the
loop. To make this offset in the wire the crank lever I is brought back a quarter
of a turn to hold the wire firmly against the edge of the flat loop pin K. The
lever L with its revolving die M, which has two openings or grooves, one for
forming the offset, and the other e for winding the end around the main wire,
whereby the loop is completed, is then brought parallel with the main wire. The
lever L'has a side motion to admit of the wire entering the die M at a slight angle,
so that when it is brought parallel as described, the offset is instantly formed. The
lever L is then slightly raised to admit of the die M being turned to receive the
main wire, around which the end is wound by revolving the die M three times
towards the operator, which completes the loop. By raising the lever L the loop
is disengaged from the pin K and machine at once. Only one end of the binder
should be operated upon at one time; this will keep the wire in a circle and form
the loops flat or parallel with each other. The fastening or latch A (Fig. 1) should
then be secured to one end of the binder, and caught in the other end as if it was
around a bale, or rather forming a hoop, in which form it can be most conveniently
handled.
To make an eye or loop in flat bale bands or binders, about one inch of one end
thereof is turned over. An eye or alot is then punched, as shewn in Figure 5, and
the fastening or latch A' is attached and detached in the same manner as in
Figure 1. At the other end of the band a sufficient length is turned over to form
as many eyes or loops as it is desired to punch in that end, so as to have double
thicknesses of metal where the eyes or loops are formed. In the end having one.
eye or loop there is also punched a hole ƒ (Fig. 5) to receive the lower end g of the
lever of the binder stretcher N (Fig. 8).
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what is considered novel and original,
and therefore claimed as the Invention secured to me by the herein before in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
1. The application and use to bale ties or binders (whether round or flat) of
improved fastenings or latches in combination with the eyes or loops in the binders,
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by the
accompanying Drawings.
2. The construction and arrangement of the eyes or loops in the bale ties or
binders for the reception of the fastenings or latches, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Jonathan Jenkins, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.