IMPROVED TIE FOR THE METALLIC BANDS OR HOOPS USED IN FASTENING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1871

page_text: ETTERS PATENT to Edmund Edwards, of the Firm of Edwards
and Co., 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agents and Engineers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED TIE FOR THE METALLIC BANDS OR HOOPS USED IN FASTENING
BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER SUBSTANCES." -A communication from
abroad by George Brodic, of Plum Bayou, in the County of
Jefferson, State of Arkansas, United States of America.
Sealed the 29th August 1871, and dated the 6th July 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Edwards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th July 1871.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., 22, South-
ampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agents and Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED TIE FOR THE METALLIC BANDS OR HOOPS USED IN FASTENING
BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
The nature of this Invention consists in constructing ties for cotton
or other bales by means of two parallel ribs round which the ends of.

page_text: the hoops are bent, and one of which ribs has a slot or opening in
the centre; these ribs are connected together by webs, which webs
decrease gradually in thickness from that side or rib which is closed to
that side or rib which is slotted or open; whereby the metal is so
distributed that ties of a given strength are made with a less weight
of metal.
portions of proper length
then cut out, leaving a
the opening c is formed,
Figure 1 in the accompanying Drawings is a plan of a tie constructed
according to this Invention; Figure 2 is a section of the tic applied to
the two ends of a band or hoop; Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views
shewing the tie and the band in different relations. The bars from
which the ties are to be formed are rolled throughout of the shape shewn
by Figure 2 as a cross section, having ribs a, a, as there represented
and being made thinner at the outer edges b, b. The webs in the
central portion between the beads or ribs are made a little tapering in
thickness, being thinner as they approach the side which contains the
cut or slot c. These bars are then cut into
to form the ties. The central portion d is
rounded surface next the ribs a, a, and after
the tie is ready for use. The object of forming the beads or ribs a, a,
with rounded surfaces next the opening d is to give a more gentle
curved surface around which the metallic bands are to be bent, as shewn
in Figure 2. The web portion of the metal is rolled thinner on the
side next the bead or rib in which the slot or opening c is to be formed,
in order to graduate the strength of the different parts to the relative
strain that is to bear upon them respectively, so as to make the strongest
practicable tie out of a given weight of metal. The outer edges b, b,
are made thin for a like reason, and also to allow the band to be pressed
more closely around the bead or rib, so as to hold the tie more firmly
and prevent it from turning or sliding out.
I am aware that bars from which ties were to be made have been
rolled so that a cross section should shew a uniform taper from one
edge to the other. To such construction therefore I make no claim.
I am also aware that such bars have been rolled with beads or ribs,
but having the web between such beads of uniform thickness from side
to side, and also having the outer edges made thinner, like b, b; to
none of these devices therefore do I lay claim. But what I claim as
new, is a tie for cotton bales and other analogous uses having beads

page_text: or ribs a, a, and a slot c, in combination with intervening webs which
taper towards the side in which the said slot is constructed, in the manner
and for the purpose herein-before described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Edmund Edwards in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th September 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., 22, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agonts and En-
gineers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Edmund Edwards Her special licence that I,
the said Edmund Edwards, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Edmund Edwards, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "IMPROVED TIE FOR THE METALLIC BANDS
OR HOOPS USED IN FASTENING BALES OF COTTON ANd other SubstanCES," being a
communication to me from abroad by George Brodie, of Plum Bayou,
in the County of Jefferson, State of Arkansas, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edmund Edwards,
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 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 Edmund Edwards, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, and accompanying Drawing.
The nature of this Invention consists in constructing ties for cotton
or other bales by means of two parallel ribs, round which the ends
of the hoops are bent, and one of which ribs has a slot or opening in
the centre. These ribs are connected together by webs, which webs
decrease gradually in thickness from that side or rib which is closed
to that side or rib which is slotted or open, whereby the metal is so
distributed that ties of a given strength are made with a less weight
of metal.
Figure 1 in the accompanying Drawings is a plan of a tie constructed
according to this Invention; Figure 2 is a section of the tie applied to
the two ends of a band or hoop; Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views,
shewing the tie and the band in different relations.
The bars from which the ties are to be formed are rolled throughout
of the shape shewn by Figure 2, as a cross section, having ribs A, A,
as there represented, and being made thinner at the outer edges B, B.
The webs in the central portion between the beads or ribs are made a
little tapering in thickness, being thinner as they approach the side
which contains the cut or slot C. These bars are then cut into portions
of proper length to form the ties. The central portion D is then cut
out, leaving a rounded surface next the ribs A, A, and after the
opening C is formed the tie is ready for usc. The object of forming
the beads or ribs A, A, with rounded surfaces next the opening D is to
give a more gentle curved surface, around which the metallic bands are
to be bent, as shewn in Figure 2. The web portion of the metal is
rolled thinner on the side next the bead or rib in which the slot or
opening C is to be formed, in order to graduate the strength of the
different parts to the relative strain that is to bear upon them rc-
spectively, so as to make the strongest practicable tie out of a given
weight of metal. The outer edges B, B, are made thin for a 'like
reason, and also to allow the band to be pressed more closely around
the bead or rib, so as to hold the tie more firmly, and prevent it from
turning or sliding out.
I am aware that bars from which the ties were to be made have been
rolled so that a cross section should shew a uniform taper from one edge
to the other. To such construction therefore I make no claim.

page_text: I am also aware that such bars have been rolled with beads or ribs,
but having the web between such beads of uniform thickness from side
to side, and also having the outer edges made thinner, like B, B. To
none of these devices therefore do I lay claim; but what I do claim as
new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, a tie for cotton bales and
other analogous uses having beads or ribs A, A, and a slot C, in com-
bination with intervening webs which taper towards the side in which
the said slot is constructed in the manner and for the purpose herein.
before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edmund Edwards, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.