IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE TIES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Hamilles Murphy, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, in the United States of America, Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE TIES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Hamilles
Murphy at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 16th October 1875.
I, THOMAS HAMILLES MURPHY, of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the
United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE TIES," to be as
follows:-
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My Invention relates to that class of metal bands or hoops which are
designed for binding bales of cotton and other substances, and the
nature thereof consists in the means employed for uniting, securing,
and disengaging the ends of these bands or hoops, as hercin-after
described.

page_text: The bands are cut of any required length, and at one end oblong or
oval holes are perforated at convenient intervals for the purpose of
adapting the said bands to bales of different sizes. The opposite end of
the band is provided with a revolving key or button, the shank of which
is secured by riveting or otherwise in a manner to admit of its turning
in its socket without becoming detached from the band. The head of
this catch is of a form corresponding with that of said holes or slots in
the opposite end of the band, though somewhat smaller, to admit the
ready passage of said catch or button through the holes. The head of
the shank only projects on one side of the same. The said shank is of
sufficient length to allow the head to be easily turned when passed
through through the said holes or slots.
The bale of cotton, wool, or other substance is first compressed, and then
the band is passed around the bale, the end to which the catch or button
is secured overlaping the end containing the slots till the said catch or
button comes directly over the slots or holes. The end of the band is
forced down, the catch or button passing through the hole or slot. The
projecting portion of the head or button is then turned at an angle of
about eighty degrees with the direction of the band, thereby locking the
ends of the hoop together and confining the same securely around the
bale.
To remove the band from the bale the projecting portion of the said
head is again turned to its first position directly opposite the slots or
holes.
The novel feature of my Invention consists in providing the button
or key constructed and operated as described with a beveled or obtuse
angled heel, that is to say, the part of the button and shank which I
designate as the heel is so constructed as to form an obtuse angle with
the plane of the ends of the bands or an inclined side extending from
the point of intersection between the said shank and the inner surface
of the band to the inner side of the said button. The button is turned
with facility by a wrench inserted between the bale and the band in
such a manner as to grasp the said button.

page_text: SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor by Louisiana O.
Murphy, Administrator of Thomas Hamilles Murphy, of New
Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States of America, Manufacturer,
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th May 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUISIANA
C. MURPHY, Administrator of THOMAS HAMILLES MURPHY, of New
Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States of America, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto him, the said Thomas Hamilles Murphy,
Her special license, that he, the said Thomas Hamilles Murphy, his
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as hc, the said
Thomas Hamilles Murphy, his 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALE TIES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that he, the said Thomas Hamilles Murphy,
his executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
his, 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 sane 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 Louisiana C. Murphy, 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 thereof, reference being had to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to that class of metal bands or hoops designed

page_text: for binding bales of cotton and other substances, and the nature thereof
consists in the means employed for disengaging the ends of these bands
or hoops, as herein-after described.
In the accompanying Plate of Drawings, in which corresponding
parts are designated by similar letters, Fig. 1 is a plan of the ends of
the band or hoop next to the bale having my Invention applied thereto;
Fig. 2 illustrates the exterior of the said ends; Fig. 3 illustrates the
ends as they appear when locked by the button; Fig. 4 shows the band
when the ends thereof are unlocked; Fig. 5 shows the button.
The bands A are cut of any required length, and at one end oblong or
oval holes or slots are perforated at convenient intervals to adapt the
said bands to bales of different sizes. The opposite end of the band is
provided with a revolving key or button c, the shank D of which is
secured by rivetting or otherwise in a manner to admit of its turning in
its socket without becoming clutched from the band. The head of the
catch is of a form corresponding with that of said holes or slots B
in the opposite end of the band, though somewhat smaller, to admit the
ready passage of the catch or button c through the said holes or slots.
The said head of the catch or button only projects on one side of the
shank D, and the latter is of sufficient length to allow the head e to be
easily turned when passed through the said holes or slots.
The bale of cotton, wool, or other substances is first compressed, and
then the band is passed around the bale, the end to which the catch or
button is secured overlapping the end containing the slots B till the said
catch or button comes directly over the slots or holes. The end of the
band is forced down, the catch or button passing through the hole or
slot. The projecting portion of the head or button is then turned at an
angle of about eighty degrees with the direction of the band, thereby
locking the ends of the hoop together and confining the same securely
around the bale.
To remove the band from the bale the projecting portion of the said
head is again turned to its first position directly opposite the slots or
holes.
Having thus generally described a bale tie to which my Invention is
applied I deem it proper to state that, so far as thus described, it con-
tains no noyel features. The novel feature of my Invention consists in

page_text: providing the button or key c constructed and operated as described
with a bevilled or obtuse angled heel d, that is to say, the part of the
button and shank which I designate as the heel d is so constructed as to
form an obtuse angle with the planes of the ends of the bands or
inclined side extending from the point of intersection between said
shank and the inner surface of the band to the side of the said button
next the bale. The said button is turned with facility by a wrench
inserted between the bale and the band in such a manner as to grasp the
said button. When the button c is turned in such a manner as to
occupy a position opposite the hole B the pressure upon the band causes
the ends of the same to disengage themselves from cach other, that is
to say, the edge of the aperture B which is in contact with the heel d is
caused by the obtuse angle which the said heel forms with the planes of
the ends of the hoop to slip with facility from the said heel and thus
disengage the ends of the band.
Having thus described this Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, I claim, the use in bale ties of the button c provided
with an obtuse angled heel, the inclined side of which extends from the
point of intersection between the said button and the hoop to which it
is attached to the inner side of the button in combination with the hoop
ends, as and for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louisiana C. Murphy, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this 29th day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
sie
LOUISIANA C. MURPHY. (L.S.)
Administrator of
THOMAS HAMILLES MURPHY.