US1129368A - Package-tie. - Google Patents

Description

W. G. SMITH.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.25, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS C0,. PHOTC-LITHO. WASHINGmN. D C,

UNTTE. I srarns narniv r -nninn WILLIAM G. SMITH, OF LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Application filed March 25, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawton, in the county of Comanche and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Package-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to package or bundle tying devices, and aims to provide a novel and improved appliance of that character.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a package or bundle tying device, of unique construction, which may be readily employed for tying or binding a bundle or package in an effective manner.

The present invention also comprehends the provision of a device of the nature indicated, which, when applied to a package or bundle, will hold the same intact, during handling and transportation, the tying device being readily applied to and removed from a package or bundle.

As a more specific object, the present invention aims to provide a holding or buckle element to which a cord or other flexible element is attached, and which is of such peculiar construction, that the cord or flexible element may be engaged therewith in a simple and effective manner, when the cord is wrapped around a package or bundle, to hold the cord or flexible element in place.

It is also within the scope of the present invention to provide a device of the (ban acter indicated, which will be comparatively simple, non-encumbering, durable, and inexpensive in construction; which may be formed of only two parts, one being readily fashioned from wire, and the other being an ordinary cord or flexible element; and which will be simple, convenient, practical, serviceable, and efiicient in its use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed 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.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 19315..

Serial No. 827,169.

Figure l is a plan View illustrating the tying device as applied to a package or bundle. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved device, a portion of the cord or flexible element being broken off.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a clasp or buckle element, which is preferably bent from a length of spring wire of suitable gage, the wire being doubled and twisted to provide a twisted shank 1 having a loop 2 at one end, and a fork 3 at the other end. Each arm of the fork 3 is provided with a series of undulations or turns 4, whereby the fork arms are flat and sinuous, the turns'or bends being disposed in a common plane with the shank 1 and its loop 2. It will be evident that the number of bends or turns 4 may be increased or decreased, according to the circumstances. The other part of the tying device comprises a cord or flexible element 5 of any suitable character, and having one end tied or fastened to the loop 2 of the wire element. The cord or flexible binding element 5 may be of any suitable length, and may readily be replaced, when worn out.

The present device may be employed for tying or binding various packages or bundles, and may be constructed in various sizes, according to the natures of the bundies or packages to be tied or bound. The device is particularly useful, however, for tying bundles of letters or mail matter, whereby the device may be repeatedly employed, so as to eliminate the waste incident to the use of the binding cord or twine as now employed in the postal service.

In applying the device to a package or bundle, the wire element is placed against one side of the package or bundle, as seen in Fig. 1, and may be conveniently held by the hand with the package or bundle. The loop 2 projects toward one end of the package or bundle, although it is manifest that the device may be applied in various positions, and the cord 5 is then wrapped around the ends of the package or bundle, and the intermediate portion of the cord is engaged over the innermost bend or turn 4. of one of the arms 3, and is then worked through the bends or turns of the undulations, as at 6. The cord is then passed around the edges of the package or bundle, and may be engaged around the shank 1 and within or through the bends of the other arm 3, as at 7, so as to hold the free portion of the cord, without the necessity of knotting or tying the same. The free portion of the cord may then be passed through the loop 2, as at 8, if desired, and tied or knotted to another portion of the cord, as at 9. It is of course evident that the cord may be applied to the sinuous arms in various manners as will suggest themselves to the operator, and to cause the cord to be held by the arms in the desired manner, to prevent the cord from loosening. It is to be observed, that when the cord 5 is looped or passed longitudinally around the ends of the bundle, and engaged to the first series of bends 4, the said bends will hold the cord tightly about the bundle, while the cord is wrapped or looped transversely around the sides of the bundle and then applied to the other series of bends t, which will hold the second looped portion of the cord in place.

The sinuous arms 3 enable the cord to be readily applied to the wire element, when the cord is being wrapped around a package or bundle, and also serve to hold the cord, to prevent its loosening. The wire element is of approximately Y-shape, with the cord or binding element 5 attached to the butt end of the shank.

The present device is an exceedingly in expensive one, there being only two parts,

which may be readily and cheaply produced.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the salient features and capabilities of the present device will be obvious to those versed in the art, without further comment being necessary, it being noted that the objects aimed at have been carried out satisfactorily by the provision of the peculiar structure herein disclosed. The present tying device may also be employed for binding trunks, suit cases or other luggage carriers, and may be employed by farmers for binding hay, shocks of corn and the like.

Having thus described the invention, wh at is claimed as new is:

A tying device including a wire element bent to provide a twisted shank having a loop at one end and a fork at the other end, the fork arms each having a series of undulations, the said shank and its loop and the fork arms all lying in a common plane, and a flexible binding element having one end attached to the said loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

VVILLIAlVI G. SMITH Witnesses E. E. SHIPLEY, C. W. GRABTREE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0.

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