Improvement in Bale-Tie fastenings. Page: 2 of 2
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WATERS S. DAVIS, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIE FASTENINGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,572, dated June 2, 1874; application filed
February 7, 1874.CASE A.
To all whom it ?lay concern:
Be it known that I, WATERS S. DAVIS, of
Galveston, in the county of Galveston and
State of Texas, have invented an Improved
Bale-Tie Fasteninug, of which the following is
a specilication:
The invention consists in a peculiarly-con-
structed hook, riveted to one end of the band
or bale hoop, to engage with a loop formed in
the other end of the band, after the band is
passed around the bale, said hook having a
flat shank, of a width greater than the neck
of the hook and about equal to the width of
the band, one side of the shank being of a
tapering form, so that when the band is riv-
eted upon the shank of the hook the thick-
ness of the two combined will be less than
the thickness of the hook portion proper, the
object being to retain a great strength in the
hook and neck portion where great strain is
exerted, and at the same time lessen the strain
on the rivet-fastenings.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is
an edge view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of a
bale-hoop having my improved fastening at-
tached.
The band or hoop A is made of hoop-iron
in the usual way. To one end is riveted a
hook, B, which is made of wrought or inalle-
able cast iron, as may be preferred. The hook
has its sides flattened, and is riveted flatwise
to the band. Its opening is in a direction
corresponding with that of the edges of the
band, and its bottom is straight and at a right
angle to the length of the band. When theband is passed around the bale the hook B
engages with a loop, c, formed in the opposite
end, and the shape of the hook is such that
the point of its engagement with the loop is
in line with the point where it is riveted to
the opposite cud, so that the strain is uniform
on all parts of the hook. The hook is so
wrought as to have a large opening formed
by constructing the hook with a narrow neck
portion, a, of a thickness equal to the thick-
ness of the hook portion b, while the shank
portion d is made tapering by being drawn
out, so as to economize material and make it
assume a width equal to the width of the
band, a.ud of a thickness much less than the
neck or hook portion, the object being to se
cure and retain great strength in the said
neck and hook portions, and to have the conm-
bined thicknesses of the shank and band,
when connected together, less than the neck
or hook portions, so as to lessen the strain on
the thstening-rivets by the outward pressure
of the cotton.
What I claim as new, and desire to secure
by Letters Patent, is-
The open hook B, having the narrow neck
portion a., with its flatteued and tapering or
inclined shank portion i, and hook portion b,
constructed as herein shown, for the purpose
specified.
WATERS S. DAVIS.
Witnesses:
LHENRY T. BROWN,
MICHAEL RYAN.
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Davis, Waters S. Improvement in Bale-Tie fastenings., patent, June 2, 1874; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166969/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.