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121,9SS
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
FLOYD G. BROWN, OF BREXlHAf, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,98S, dated December 19, 1871.
To all whom it may concern: end, connected by bars c c with two middle bars,
Be it known that I, FLOYD G. BRowN, of b b, on either side of slot h. Each bar a has a
Brenham, in the county of Washington and State hook, d, with slanting edge, while an arm, e, pro-
of Texas, have invented a new and Improved jects toward said hook from each bar b. Thus,
Buckle; and I do hereby declare that the follow- clefts o o are formed between the hooks d and
ing is a full, clear, and exact description there- arms e to admit of the introduction of the bale-
of, which will enable others skilled in the art to tie or band. The buckle is formed from this plate
make and use the same, reference being had to by doubling the same in line with the slot k, so
the accompanying drawing forming part of this that it will appear as in Fig. 1. One end of the
specification, in which- band B, after being bent, is fitted through the
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my aperture t, so as to be held between tihe bars b
improved buckle. Fig. 2 is a transverse section b, as saown. The band is then laid around the
of the same taken on the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. bale to be bound and all the slack of the band
3 is a face view of the plate from which my is secured, when the operator makes fast the
buckle is made. outer end of the band by doubling all the sur-
Similarlettersofreferenceindicatecorres)ond- plus of same, so that it can be hooked over the
ing parts. bars a. The slope on the hooks d facilitates the
This invention relates to a new buckle or tie application of the band over the bars a.
for holding the ends of the bands of cotton-bales; This tie will be absolutely secure and prevent
and consists in forming the same with two arms the spontaneous working loose of the band un-
or ends, both of which are doubled, and in form- der all circumstances, except by breakage.
ing thereby a hole in the tie for receiving one vT-ing thus described nmy invention, I claim
end of the band. The object of the invention is as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-
chiefly to prevent the loss of the buckle from the The bale-tie buckle herein described, consist-
band while the latter is loose, and also to facili- ing of the plate A provided with the openings f
tate the fastening of the band to the bale. g, clefts o o, and slot it, constructed and arranged
Ainthedrawingrepresentsmyimprovedbuckle to operate, substantially as specified.
or tie. It is made of sheet metal or equivalent The above specification of my invention signed
material, of the form shown in Fig. 3-that is to by me this 20th day of December, 1870.
say, it is made of rectangular form, with two FLOYD G. BROWN.
nearly-square apertures, f fg, near the ends and Witnesses:
with a transverse slot, A, in the middle. The de- JNO. CARLISLE,
vice thus formed shows two bars, a a, at each W. A. WoRrrmNOIoN. (7)
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Brown, Floyd G. Improvement in Bale-Ties., patent, December 19, 1871; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165313/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.