AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BANDS OR HOOPS FOR BALING COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International Patent
Office," No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
FASTENING FOR BANDS OR HOOPS FOR BALING COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCES."
-A communication from abroad by George Newton Beard, of St. Louis,
Missouri, United States of America.
Sealed the 5th November 1867, and dated the 8th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th May 1867.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Con-
sulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BANDS OR HOOPS FOR BALING COTTON OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES," a communication, to be as follows:-
The said Invention relates to a metallic tie piece pierced with two mortices
for the reception of the ends of a band or hoop; one of these ends is inserted
into its mortice (previous to the application of the band to the bale), and then
doubled back under the said band and around the side rail of the tie piece
formed by the mortice perforation. After the band has been placed around
the bale the loose end of the said band is inserted in the other mortice, and
the tie piece is drawn as far on to the said loose end of the band as the.
dimensions of the bale will allow; then when the press (which has held the

page_text: bale in a compressed state while the bands were being secured in place) is
released the end of the band last inserted will by the expanding force of the
now released bale be forced into a short bend accross the lower inner corner of
the mortice through which the said end was inserted; in this manner the tie
piece is made self-adjusting, and the band not having any perforations may be
-secured_at_any_point to which the tie piece may be drawn. The upper ends
of the two mortices terminate in-a-countersunk cavity which extends from
the top face of the tie piece down into the substance of the same to the extent
of one-half to two-thirds of its entire thickness; the said mortices are formed
at an angle of about thirty degrees with the axial line of the tie piece; the
mortice perforations divide the said tie piece into three longitudinal rails; the
central rail is only about one-third or one-half the thickness of the end rail,
and owing to the divergent direction of the mortices already described the two
bottom corners of the central-rail are formed into acute angles, over one of
which the end of the band last inserted will form a sharp bend. The sectional
area of the end rails should be somewhat increased in the central part to give
strength where the same is required, while the reduction in the thickness of
the central rail reduces the weight, and consequently the cost of production.
The corners of the rails adjacent to the mortices should be rounded off some-
what to ease the bend of the band where it passes down into the mortices, and
thereby reduce the liability of the said band to rupture at that point. Both
edges of the tie piece are constructed in precisely the same shape, so that the
said tie piece may be reversed in either direction.
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
7th November 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth 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

page_text: 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,
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 BANDS OR HOOPS FOR BALING COTTON OR OTHER SUBSTANCES," 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 per-
formed, 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 William Robert Lake, do hereby declare,
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement,. reference being to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, forming a
part of this Specification:-
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The said Invention relates to a metallic tie piece pierced with two mortises
for the reception of the ends of a band or hoop. One of these ends is to be
inserted into its mortise previous to the application of the said band to the
bale, and then doubled back under the band and around the side rail of the
tie piece formed by the mortise perforation. After the band has been placed
around the bale the loose end of the said band is to be inserted in the other
mortise and the tie piece drawn as far on to, the said loose end of the band as
the dimensions of the bale will allow; then when the press (which has held
the bale in a compressed state while the bands were being secured in place)
is released, the end of the band.which was last inserted will by, the expanding
force of the now. released bale be forced into a short bend across the lower
inner corner of the mortise through which the said end was inserted; in this
manner the tie piece is made self-adjusting, and the band not having any per-.
forations may be secured. at any point to which the tie piece may be drawn.
This method of construction not only cheapens, the band by dispensing with
all perforations in it, but also increases the strength of the said baud and its
utility by rendering it applicable to any sized bale.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tie piece showing the ends

page_text: Figure 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line a, a, Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section on the line y, y, Figure 2; like letters
indicate the same parts in each of the Figures.
The tie piece A is rectangular in plan, as seen in Figure 2, and is pierced
with-two-mortises a, a, the upper ends of which terminate in a countersunk
cavity a which extends from-the-top_face of the tie piece down into the
substance of the same to the extent of one-half to two-thirds of its entire.
thickness. The mortises a, a¹, are formed at an angle of about thirty degrees
with the axial line a¹, ¹, seen in Figure 3. The perforations a, a, a, divide
the tie piece A into three longitudinal rails c, c', c²; the central rail c¹ is only
about one-third or one-half the thickness of the end rails c³, and owing to the
divergent direction of the mortises a, a, already described, the two bottom
corners of the said rail-care formed into acute angles, over one of which the
end of the band last inserted will form a sharp bend, as illustrated by the
dotted line B', Figure 3. The sectional area of the end rails should be
somewhat increased in the central part, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3,
to give the required amount of strength where the same is required, while the
reduction of the thickness of the central rail c¹ as already described reduces
the weight, and consequently the cost of production. The corners of the
rails c, c², which are adjacent to the mortises a, a', should be rounded off some-
what to ease the bend of the band where it passes down into the mortise, and
thereby reduce the liability of the said band to rupture-at that point. By
placing the mortises a, a¹, somewhat diagonally through the piece A it is
possible to make the said mortises of sufficient width to readily receive the
thickness of the band and at the same time to place the lower acute angle of
the central rail c¹ so nearly under the upper contiguous angle of the side rail
as to render the perfect locking and securing of the band by bending over
the two corners of said rails an absolute certainty. Both edges of the tie
piece are constructed in precisely the same shape, so that the said tie
piece may be reversed in either direction. The band B-is first inserted
through one of the mortises and then bent back around the contiguous
side rail of the tie piece and back under the band, thus securing the tie
to the band without any cutting, punching, or rivetting whatever, and
consequently retaining the entire strength of the band and cheapening
its production. After the band and tie have been thus united the former
is placed around the bale while it is yet under the influence of the press.
and the tie is turned up on one edge so as to readily allow the end B to
enter its mortise; the tie will then be drawn on to the loose end, of the band
so far as the dimensions of the bale will allow it to pass the end B' underlying

page_text: the end B and confined between it and the bale. When the band ends and
tie shall have been secured the press will be released, and the end B¹ will
thereby be forced by the expanding bale to make a short bend over the acute
angle of the central rail c', and the band will be perfectly and securely locked
around the bale..
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and shown how the same may be conveniently
and advantageously carried into practice, I claim the tie piece A with a
countersunk cavity a and two diverging mortises a, a', when applied to and
combined with the baling band B, B', substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
5 Witness,
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)
Thos. N. PALMER,
Clerk to Messrs. Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
8, Southampton Buildings, W.C.