US1190456A - Bale-tie. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. PRIDGEN.

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 9. I9I4.

1,190,456. Patented .Iu1y11,1916.

Witnesses Wwgwwlnventor "WI 1.I "l "MII" VW m w .II Q A Attorneys WILEY H. PRIDGEN, 0F CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA.

BAILE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led October 9, 1914.'. Serial No. 865,870.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, VILEY H. PRIDGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Creek, in the county of Vilarrenand State oit North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Bale-Tie, oit which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles for use in connection with bale ties, one of its objects being` to provide a simple, durable and cliicicnt buckle of this character which can be quickly assembled with the end portions of a tie and which, when reversed and clenched by any suitable means provided for that purpose, will hold the ends of the tie secured together and at the same time draw said ends toward each other so as to cause the tie to bind tightly upon the bale or bundle surrounded thereby.

vi/*ith the `foregoing and other objects in view which will appear' as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement oit parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings, the preferred 'forms of the invention have been shown.

ln said drawings:wligure 1 is a plan view oi the buckle and showing the positions o'f the end portions of a tie when assembled therewith during the first step in the operation oi fastening the ends together Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the relative positions of the parts upon the completion of the second or tightening step. Fig. 3 a plan view of the buckle and those portions oi the tie in engagement therewith aiter the parts have been clenched together, thus completing the fastening operation. F ig. .4 is a section on line A-B Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the buckle shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modiiied form of buckle with the ends of the tie in position therein, and the buckle opened out prior to the clenching operation, the position of the end portions of the tie after the buckle has been reversed, being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 7 is a section on line C-fD Fig. 6 and showing the buckle clenched upon the completion of the tying and tightening operation. Fig. 8 is a perspective view oi another form of tie buckle in posi-` tion upon the end portions of a tie. Fig. 9 is a section on line E-F Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of another forni of tie buckle. Fig. 11 is a section on line Gr-H Fig. 10.

Referring to the figures, it will be noted that the buckle shown in Figs. 1 to 5 i11- clusive is made of a single sheet of metal folded along longitudinal lines so as thus to produce parallel barrels 1 and 2 separated by a flattened loop 3, there being laterally extending curved wings e and 5 extending from the barrels 1 and 2 as shown particularly in Fig. 5. ln using this form of buckle, one end of a tie is inserted in one direction into the barrel 1 and is then bent laterally at its terminal, this end portion of the tie being shown at 6 and its bent terminal being shown at 7. The other end portion 8 of the tie is then inserted in the opposite direction into the barrel 2 and its terminal bent or oifset as shown at 9. With the parts thus assembled, the barrels 1 and 2 are gripped within a suitable tool and the buckle is bodily reversed to the position shown in Fie. 2, thus causing the end portions 6 and 8 of the tie to be looped, the end portion G assuming a position above and longitudinally oi the wing 5 while the end portion 8 assumes a position above but longitudinally of the wing 4. This operation of reversing the buckle in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1 and to the position shown in Fig. 1l, results in tightening the tie about the bale or other object surrounded thereby and as soon as the reversal of the buckle has been effected, the wings i and 5 are clenched onto the end portions 6 and 8 of the tie as shown in Figs. 3 and 4l, thus holding the parts assembled securely so that there is no danger of their becoming loose.

In Figs. G and 7 another form of buckle has been illustrated. This buckle instead of being formed with two barrels and an intermediate loop, is formed with a central upstanding loop 10 having oppositely extending wings 11 and 12. An aperture 13 is formed in one side of the loop l0 and another aperture li is formed in the other side of the loop and those portions of the loop between the apertures and the adjacent ends of the loop are contracted so that non-alinn VWith-Figs. lvto 5 inclusive.

110 Vat-20. With the tie andbuckle thus assembled, theY buckle is reversed'bodily in `the direction 'indicated bythearrow in Fig. G kso vthat the'end portion 17 vof the tie is thus brought to position above'the wing 11, while the end Vportion 19 of the tie is brought to position above the wing 12. The wings 11 andV 12 are then clenched together as shown in Fig; 7 thus completing the tying operation. Obviously, the tie will be tightened Y n in the same V'manner during this operation as y during the operation described in connection Y Another form of buckle has been illus- Y; .trated in Figs. S and 9. This buckle is likewise formed of vsheet metal and is bent to producea barrel 21, a loop 22fand a Wing 23. In using this -form of buckle, one end portion 2% of agtie'is inserted through the barrel. 21 and its 'terminal is bentbackto form-a Vhook 25, after which said hook vis Y drawnback into position over the wing 23.

The other end portion 26 of the tie is then bent lto form a hook 27, which hook is inserted intothe loop 22 while the end portion 26 rests between the barrel 21 and the ring 23. After the parts have thus been assembled, the buckle is clenched as shown in Fig. 9. In this form of the device the buckle is not Vreversed as in the other forms but merely constitutes a buckle and not a tightening means.- Y Y The 'form ofbuckle'illustrated in Figs. 10

. andll-is made of a sheet of metal having incisions cut into the sidesthereof at the center, thus to form separate tongues.V The tongues at one end are bent in opposite directions to form a barrel 28 and a wing 29,

while the tongues at the other-end are'bent in opposite directions to Iforma barrel 30 and a wing 31. The end portion S2-'of a tie is then inserted-into the barrel 28 while Y the other "endportion 32 of the tie is in Gopies of this patent may be obtained-for inem/.15e

serted in the opposite direction into the barrel 30. The buckle is then reversed so as tobring the end portions above the wings 29 and 31 whereupon the buckle is clenched as shown in Fig. 11 and the parts securely held together.

What is claimed is:-

1'. A bale tie buckle consisting of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form separate contacting parallel tie receiving barrels and a separate outstanding wing bendable along lines parallel with the barrels and toward rsaid tie receiving portions, said wing constituting tie gripping means.

2. A `bale tie buckle including a single piece of sheet metal forming parallel tie receiving barrels and clenching wings paral- 'lel with the lbarrels andVbendable relative thereto. 3. A baleftie buckle including a piece of sheet'metal bent to form parallel barrels, for

the reception of the end portions of a tie,

and outstanding wings extending longitudinally of the barrels and constituting tie engaging portions.

4. The combination with a bale tie having parallel lapping terminal portions, each having an oiiset end, of a buckle having separate barrels engaging said parallel terminal portions, said tie having portions bent 'back along the outer sides of the barrels,

andclenching wings outstanding from the barrels and bendable against said portions in the presence of two witnesses.

VILEY H. PRIDGEN.

Witnesses:

E. C. Pinon, J. WILLIE VI-Irrn.

frive cents each, by addressing the uCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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