AN IMPROVED CON STRUCTION OF FASTENING POR BALING BANDS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eleazar Judson Beard, of Nicholas Lane, in the
City of London, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CON
STRUCTION OF FASTENING POR BALING BANDS."-A communication from
abroad by George Newton Beard; of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United
States of America.
Sealed the 31st July 1866, and dated the 28th April 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eleazar Judson Beard at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th April 1866.
I, ELEAZAR JUDSON BEARD, of Nicholas Lane, in the City of London,,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF FASTENING FOR BALING BANDS," to be as follows:-
The chief object of this.. Invention is to facilitate the baling of cotton and
other compressed substances. To this end instead of using a detachable tie or
fastening for connecting the bands of hoop iron together as heretofore, the,
metal band or hoop iron is pierced at one end with a series of elongated holes,
and at the other it is fitted with a lock catch of a peculiar form, which is,
intended to be inserted in one or other of the elongated holes. This catch is,
rivetted to the hoop iron, and it is made with parallel sides, and of such width,
as to allow of its passing freely into the elongated hole. The catch is of
greater length than the hole into which it is to be inserted, so that it requires
to be presented at an inclination, and, when inserted, in its place the two ends

page_text: of the catch will overlap the ends of the hole, and form a secure lock fastening.
The distance between the rear end of the catch and the forward face of the
shoulder of the catch must be such relatively to the length of the hole in the
band as to allow of the catch when inclined to the proper angle being readily
withdrawn and replaced, the catch when replaced fairly overlapping both ends
of the hole, so as to prevent the possibility of the fastening being accidentally
disengaged when the band is on the bale. This is further secured by making
the forward end of the catch about double the length of the-rear end.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Eleazar Judson Beard in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 25th October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ELEAZAR
JUDSON BEARD, of Nicholas Lane, in the City of London, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Eleazar Judson Beard, Her special licence, that I, the said Eleazar
Judson Beard, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Eleazar Judson Beard, 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 CONSTRUCTION OF FASTENING FOR BALING BANDS," being a .com-.
munication to me from abroad by George Newton Beard, of St., Louis,
Missouri, in the United States of America, upon the condition (amongst
-others) that I, the said Eleaza Judson Beard, 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 Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Sea! Patent Office, within six calendar months.
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Eleazar Judson Beard, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be:

page_text: performed, to be particularly described, and ascertained in and by the following
statement,.reference being.had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and, to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) : ...
The chief object of this. Invention..is to facilitate the baling. of cotton and
other compressed substances with..hoop.iron bands. To this end instead of
using a loose or detachable tie or fastening:for connecting: the, bands of hoop
iron.together.as heretofore the metal band or hoop iron is pierced at one end
with a series of elongated holes, and at the other it is fitted with a lock catch,
which is intended to be inserted in one or other of the elongated.holes...This
catch is rivetted to the hoop iron; and, it is, made with parallel sides, and of such
width as to allow. of. its insertion into the elongated hole, which insertion is
effected by bringing the opposite ends of the bands together at an inclination
to each other. When the lock catch is inserted in its place and the strain:
put on
the band to draw the ends together is withdrawn, the two ends of the
catch will overlap the elongated hole, and form a secure lock fastening.
In the accompanying Drawing Figs. 1, 2, and 3 represent one form of
this improved construction of fastening, and Figures 4, 5, and 6 represent a
modification of the same. Fig. 1 shews in edge view the ends a, a, of the
band in the position they are required to assume in order that the catch may
be inserted in the slot made to receive it; Fig. 2 shews the fastening secured;
and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the coupled ends of the band. Rivetted to the
end a of the band is the catch b, which is made of greater length than the
slots in the end a¹ of the band for receiving the catch. The stem of this
catch, it will be seen, is not in the middle of the length of the catch, but near
the rear end thereof, and the distance between the rear end of the catch and
the forward face of the shoulder of the catch is such relatively to the length
of the slots of the band as to allow of the catch when inclined to a proper
angle with respect to the face of the slotted end of the band being readily
withdrawn from the slot or replaced. The catch when replaced fairly overlaps
both ends of the slot, so as to prevent the possibility of the fastening becoming
accidentally disengaged when the band is on the bale. This locking of the
parts together is further secured by making the forward end of the catch
about double the length of the rear end, measuring from the centre of
the stem.
The modification of fastening shewn in edge view (partly in section at
Fig. 4, and in plan view in two different positions at Figures 5 and 6), instead
of requiring the faces of the ends of the band to be brought to an angle in
order to effect the insertion or release of the catch, is coupled or uncoupled by
bringing their edges to an angle with each other, as shewn at Fig. 6. The

page_text: hook catch b, which is made with parallel sides as before, and of such width
as to allow of its passing freely into the elongated hole, is rivetted to the
band with its sides at an angle to-the edges of the band; when therefore.the
lateral pressure used to bring the ends of the band to: the position:shewn at
Fig. 6 is removed the band will by the natural spring of the metal, assisted by.
the strain of the' compressed bale, assume the position shewn at Fig. 5, at
which time the catch will overlap the edges of the slot, and securely lock the
ends of the band together.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "An Improved Con
struction of. Fastening for Baling Bands," and explained 'the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above
in part. récited Letters Patent I claim the construction of lock fastening "as
above described.
In witness whereof, I; the said Eleazar Judson Beard, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,"
:
C.-J.' WINTERSGILL,
66, Chancery Lane.
ELEAZAR J. BEARD. (L.S.)
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Printed by GEORGE EDWARD, EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,
'Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1866.
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