US147262A - Improvement in bale-ties - Google Patents

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J. W. HEDENBERG.

Bale-Ties.

No.147 262 PatenxedFeb.1o.1874.

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JOHN w. HEDENEEEG, or OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 147,262, dated February 10, 1874; application filed May 13, 1873.

To all lwhom fit may concern. y

Beit known that I, J OEN W. HEDENBERG, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a Bale-Tie, of which the following is a specifica-tion:

The nature of the present invention consists ot' a lock-plate composed of two hooks, operating in combination to hold the ends of the stra-p-iron. One end of said strap is provided with a sliding loop, which holds the hooks together and the strap to the hooks, as herein- I after fully described and shown.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan or top side View ot my improvement in bale-ties; Fig. 2, an edge view thereof, enlarged; Fig. 3, a plan view of the sliding loop on one end of the strap-iron; Fig. 4, a detached view of the swinging hook; Fig. 5, a view of the lockplate detached from the other part-s.

A represents the principal lock-plate, which is provided with holes to receive straps D and E, and a hole at I for the short end of the strap E to pass up through, and oneside of it is eut away, as shown by lines J J f, to form a hook, J and an opening `for the strap D to be putin place, as shown in Fig. 1. B represents the smaller lock-plate, which is also provided with a hole to receive the strap E, but is a larger hole than K, to enable the plate B to turn to one side, as shown by dotted lines B l', 'and allow the strap D to be removed, as shown at D', Fig. l. It is also cut away on one side, between B and G, to forni a hook, G, similar to the hook J on plate A. C represents a sliding loop, with holes F in it to receive the end D of strap-iron and hold it in the loclplates.

The following is the method of using my improved bale-tie: The plate B is placed iiat on the plate A, so that its square hole will be over hole K, after which the end E of strapiron is put through plate B, and through hole K in plate A, and then bent back through a hole, I, in the latter plate. This fastens one end of the strap-iron, which is to be one continuous piece from endto end. This continuous piece is then placed in a cotton-press in the usual manner, and, after the bale has been pressed, the plate B is swung to one side, as shown by dotted lines B G', Fig. l, and the end D of the strap-iron is doubled under, as shown at Fig. 2, after which the bent end l) is placed over the hook J and hook G as the latter is swung back from the position shown by dotted lines G. The loop G, having before this been in the position shown in dotted line L, Fig. 1, is moved forward to its position, holding the looped end of the straps together.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The loop-plates A B, constructed as set forth, in combination with a continuous strapiron, E D, when the plate B is arranged to swing to one side, as set forth.

2. The sliding loop C, combined with the end D of the strap, and the loop-plates A B, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN XV. HEDENBERG.

XVitnesses z J. H. ELLIOTT, M. V. B. SIIEPARD.

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