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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
ALEXANDER A. SZABO, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.
Specificatinl fori rig part of Lettere Patent No. 155,344, dated September 22, 1874; application filed
August 26, 1874.CASE B.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ALEXANDER A. SZABO,
of Houston, in the county of Harris and State
of Texas, have invented a new and Improved
Cotton-Tie; and I do hereby declare that the
following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-
tion of the same, reference being had to the
accompanying drawing forming a part of this
specification, in which-
Figures 1 and 2 exhibit my invention in
side, and Fig. 3 in end, elevation. Fig. 4 is a
longitudinal section
The invention relates to and consists in pe-
culiar means for tying the ends of balo-wires,
the same being hereinafter fully described, and
pointed out in the claim.
A represents the bale wire or band, whose
ends a I pass, respectively, through the trans-
verse holes b b of block B, and then bend them
forward and down into grooves b'. The ends
a may then, if preferred, be twisted around
the body of wire, while the strain will bring
the parts a' a' also in the groove b.
Fig. 2 exhibits a modification, which is made
reversible by extending the grooves b' through
the whole length of block. Both ends maybe
passed through a single enlarged hole upon
the same principle, but it is not considered as
being so desirable.Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a modification, where.
in the ends a a are passed through two trans-
verse longitudinally-aligned holes, c c, down
into the grooves, and then, if desired, twisted
about the body A.
This tie has been found, on experiment,
never to slip, and yet to be readily and quickly
applicable to the bale.
I am aware that fastening the ends of a
bale-tie wire by means of an intermediate
block is old; but the wire or band iu that case
is either passed along a longitudinal groove
and turned back into a hole, or each end is
passed through a longitudinal hole in block
and then wrapped around the body of wire.
What I claim is-
The combination, with block B, having two
transverse holes, b, and grooves b', of the wire
A, having ends a a passed through said holes,
and then bent down as well as forward into
the grooves, as and for the purpose specified.
The above specification of my invention
signed by me this 22d day of August, 1874.
ALX. A. SZABO.
WTitnesses:
SOLON C. ICEiON,
CHiA. A. PETTIT.
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Szabo, Alexander A. Cotton - Bale Ties, patent, September 22, 1874; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167000/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.