IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR BALING BANDS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughts-
man, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR BALING
BANDS." A communication from abroad by George Newton Beard, of
St Louis in the State of Missouri United States of America.
Sealed the, 16th.July, 1867, and dated the 6th March. 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th March 1867.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON,, of the. Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
5, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for. "IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR BALING
BANDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements; in. that class of fastenings, which
depend for their security, on the strain put on the metal band to which they
are applied by the expansion of the compressed bale. The fastening: made
either of cast or wrought metal is furnished with a straight slot to receive the
hooked end of the band, and a second slot parallel thereto is provided to

page_text: receive the other end of the band. To admit of the facile insertion of the
free end of the band an inclined lateral opening is made to the second slot,
and the slot is extended at, say, the upper end, and slightly inclined inwards
to enable the band to clear the lip formed by the junction of the inclined
lateral opening with the lower end of the slot. When the free end of the
band has been inserted in the slot it is drawn down to the lower end of the
slot and brought to tension, and the edges of the slot will then bite upon the
band and hold it securely.
As a modification of this fastening the two slots are made parallel, and
that for the insertion of the free end of the band is entered at one end
longitudinally of the slot, but slightly out of line, so as to form a shoulder
which will prevent the inserted band from being accidentally displaced by a
side blow or side pressure.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, 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 Alfred Vincent Newton, Her special licence that I, the said Alfred Vincent
Newton, ny executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COUPLINGS FOR BALING BANDS," being a communication from George Newton
Beard, of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, cr 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

page_text: within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
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):-
This Invention relates to improvements in that class of fastenings which
depend for their security on the strain put on the metal bands to which they
are applied by reason of the expansion of the compressed bale within the
limits of its surrounding bands when the bale is released from pressure.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 shews in plan view an improved form
of bale coupling made according to this Invention, the ends of a metal band
being inserted in the fastening and the band brought to tension; Fig. 2 is an
edge view of the coupling; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view shewing the
mode of inserting the free end of the band into the fastening. A is the
fastening made either of cast or wrought iron; this fastening is furnished
with a straight slot a to receive the hooked end B of the wrought-iron band,
and a second slot a parallel to the slot a is provided to receive the other or
free end B of the band. To admit of the facile insertion of the free end of
the band an inclined lateral opening a' is made in the side of the fastening
leading to the second slot a¹. The slot a¹ is also extended at say the upper
end, and slightly inclined inwards to enable the band to clear the lip formed
by the junction of the inclined lateral opening a² with the lower end of the
slot a'. When a metal band applied to a compressed bale is required to be
secured the free end of the band is inserted edgewise in the slot a', and it is
then drawn down to the lower end of that slot and brought to tension.
Immediately the pressure of the hydraulic or other press is removed from the
banded bale the square edges of the slot a¹ will bite upon the band and hold
it securely, drawing at the same time the fastening into a line with the band
as shown at Figures 1 and 2.
As a modification of this coupling it is proposed to make the two slots
parallel as shewn at Fig 4. In this case, for the insertion of the free end of
the band edgewise, an opening to the slot a¹ is made at one end thereof or
longitudinally of the slot, but slightly out of line as shewn at a², a shoulder
is thus formed which will prevent the inserted band from being accidentally
displaced by a side blow or side pressure.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improvements in
Couplings for Baling Bands," as communicated to me from abroad and

page_text: explained the manner of carrying the same into effect,, I wish it to be under-
stood that under the above in .part recited Letters Patent I do not claim as
new the manufacture of buckles, fastenings, or couplings. for baling bands
with two parallel slots, but I claim: the means, above described for facilitating
the insertion of the free ends of bands into and retaining them in position in
baling band couplings.
In witness whereof, I, the said: Alfred. Vincent: Newton, have hereunto.
set my hand and seal, the 28th day of August, in the year of our
Lord. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,.
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.B.)