US713203A - Bale-band fastening. - Google Patents

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No. 7|3,2o3. Patented' Nov. u, |902.

n. M. CAMPBELL.

BALE BAND FASTENING.

(Application led July 24, 1902.) (No Model.)

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" ATENT DOUGLAS M. CAMPBELL, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CAMPBELL COTTON TIE BUCKLE COMPANY, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

BALB-BAND FSTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,203, dated November 1 1,- 1902. Application filed July 24,1902. Serial No. 116,866. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOUGLAS M. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Houston,in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Bale-Band Fastening, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a novel bale-band fastening of that type which includes a windro ing-key engaging the lapped ends of a baleband and a lock for retaining the windingkey against reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up f. 5 the slack in the latter.

The objects of the invention are to construct the key and lock in a manner to facilitate the attachment of the key to the band, to effect such interlocking engagement of the 2o parts as will prevent the accidental displacement of either the key or lock, and to so dispose the lock with reference to the key and band that the attachment of the key will be made easy and will prevent the slipping of z 5 the band. Subordinate to these objects are others which will appear during the course of the succeeding description of those embodiments of my invention which for the vpurpose of this disclosure are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and embraced within the scope of the, appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the ends of a bale-band connected by my improved fastenings. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the subject-matter of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a detail perspective view of the buckleplate or winding-key detached. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the lock. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing a modified form of key. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View of the key shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of still another form of key.

Like numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. A

l and 2 indicate the lapped ends of a baleband, which, as is well understood in the art, passes around a bale or other package and is designed to be drawn tight.

5o 3 indicates the buckle-plate or winding-key, which is an oblong block or plate of metal provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 4 for the reception of the lapped ends of the band. By preference the slot 4 is open-ended, so that the bifurcated end of the key maybe slipped upon the band from one side thereof and then turned by means of a suitable wind- 4ing-toolinot illustrated) to simultaneously wind the two ends of the band around the key for the purpose of taking up the slack. 6o This will be obvious by reference to Figs. l and 2, as it will be seen that the two lapped ends of the band extend through the opening or slot 4, so that when the key is rotated the band will be formed with a double loop passing around the opposite side portions or legs of the key, further turning of the latter serving to cause the widing of the band entirely around the key in a manner which will be obvious. 7o

Vhen the key has been turned sufficiently to take up the slack in the band, it is necessary, of course, to prevent reverse movement when the vwinding-tool is removed. For this reason I provide a lock 5, preferably constructed of a stout piece of wire, which is bent substantially in the form of a staplethat is to say, it comprises a pair of parallel legs Gand 7 and a cross-bar'S. The lock,

yhowever,di ffers in form from that of an or- 8o dinary staple by the angular construction of the legs, each of which has an angular end 9 or lO disposed at right angles to those portions of the legs which are connected by the cross-bar 8. Vhen the key has been turned sufficiently, the lock is presented over the band in position to straddle the saine, and the angular engaging ends 9 and l0 of its legs are passed intothe openings in the key, one leg of the lock being accommodated by the slot 9o 4 beyond one side of the band and the other leg being accommodated in a slot or opening 1l, formed in the key 3 beyond the end of the slot 4. After the Yengagement of the lock and key has been effected the band is permitted to slacken until the cross-bar S rests upon the band, as shown in Fig. l. At this point attention is called to what is deemed to be an important feature of the invention. It will be noted that the key rests upon the legs 6 roo and 7, and thus disposes the cross-bar 8 in position to retain the band flat against the side of the bale, and it will also be seen that the angular ends of the lock have interlocking engagement with the key at opposite sides of the band, so that it is impossible to remove either the key or lock in a lateral direction. The length of the lock is such that the engagement of the end 9 with the wall ot' the opening 1l will prevent the end lO of said lock from being moved outwardly through the end of the slot 4, while the withdrawal of the end 9 from the end of the opening ll will be prevented by the engagement of the end 10 with one side of the band. The key and the lock are so interlocked that not only will the band be prevented from slipping and producing slack therein, but it will also be impossible for the lock or the key to become displaced in consequence of the rough handling received by the bale. The release of the bale is effected by severing the ties in a manner well understood in the art.-

Inasmuch as the key shown in Figs. l and 3 is bifnrcated at both ends, it must be made of very strong metal in order to stand the strain. rI'herefore, While this form is preferable, it is also contemplated to employ the form of key shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this modication the key is provided with a bandreceiving slot 4 and with openings llu and l1b beyond the opposite ends of the slot 4 for the reception of the ends of the lock. In this form, as in the form heretofore described, it is impossible to Withdraw either the lock or the key in a direction transverse to the band, and the band is also held fiat against the side ofthe bale by the cross-bar 8 of the lock; but it is necessary to thread the ends of the band through the key instead of slipping the key upon the band, as in the first instance.

In Fig. 7 is shown a key or buckle plate in which the openings llc and 11d are formed as recesses offset in the end walls of the bandreceiving slot.

It will be noted that each of the illustrated forms of fastening includes a key having a band-receiving slot and openings adjacent to the opposite ends of the key for the reception of the angular ends of a lock having leg portions disposed under the key and a cross-bar connecting the leg portions and designed to hold the band flat against the side of the bale.

It is thought that from the foregoing the construction and mode of manipulation of my band-fastening will be clearly apparent; but while the illustrated embodiments of the invention are thought at this time to be preferable I do not wish to limit myself to the structural details defined, as, on the contrary, I reserve the right to effect such changes, modifications, and variations as may be fairly embraced within the scope of the protection prayed.

l. A bale-band fastening comprisingakey engaging the band, and alock having acrossbar fitted upon the band and angular legs disposed under the key with their ends eX- tending upwardly into the key at opposite sides of the band.

2. A bale-band fastening comprising a key having a plurality of openings and engaged With the band, and a lock having a cross-bar imposed upon the band and a pair of legs extended under the key, said legs having angular ends located at opposite sides of the band and extended upwardly into different openings in the key.

3. A bale-band fastening comprising akey having an open-ended slot for the reception of the band and an opening beyond the closed end of said slot, and a lock having a crossbar imposed upon the band and legs located at opposite sides of the band and engaging the slot and openingin the key, whereby the endwise withdrawal of said key is prevented.

4. A bale-band fastening comprising a key having a longitudinal open-ended slot and an opening beyond the closed end thereof, and a lock having a cross-bar to engage the band and a pair of legs disposed at opposite sides of the band, said legs having right-angular ends to respectively engage the slot and opening in the key.

5. A bale-band fastening comprising a key having its opposite ends bifurcated, and a lock having a cross-bar to engage the band beyond one edge of the key and legs extending under the key from the cross-bar, said legs having angular ends engaging the bifurcated ends of the key at opposite sides of the band.

6. A bale-band fastening, comprising a key having a plurality of openings through one of which the band is passed, and a lock having a cross-bar imposed upon the band and a pair of legs disposed substantially at right angles to the cross-bar and extending under the key, said legs having substantially right-angular ends extending upwardly into different openings in the key from those portions of the legs located thereunder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DOUGLAS M. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

J. I. WILSON, LA VAL DEANE.

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