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U-NTE_ STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM C. RAGSDALE, OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS.
BALE-BAND BUCKLE.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 19, 1916.
Application filed December 7, 1915. Serial No. 65,488.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WnImM C. RAGSDALE,
a citizen of the United States, and a resident
of Weatherford, in the county of Parker and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Improvement in Bale-Band Buckles, of
which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to buckles and more
particularly to bale band buckles made from
10 a single piece of bar material such as wire
for securely fastening the ends of a bale
band and has for an object .to provide a
buckle which can be applied with great
rapidity, can be cheaply and easily manu-
15 factured, and will give the greatest strength
possible .with the amount of material used.
With these and other objects in view my
invention consists in certain novel features
of construction, arrangement and combina-
20 tion of parts as will be hereinafter described
and pointed out in the claims, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my
25 device to be applied to a bale, Fig. 2 is a
similar view showing the device as applied,
Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of
Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a face view of the buckle,
Fig. 5 is a rear view of the same, Fig.6 is a
30 vertical edge view of the buckle, and Figs.
7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are perspective views of
various modified forms.
In carrying out my invention the buckle
is made of a single piece of steel wire made
35 in general loop form and consisting of one
rigid cross bar 10, side bars 11 which con-
verge downwardly as at 12 and are then bent
to extend horizontally in opposite directions
across the width of the loop, one member 13
40 lying above the other and the lower cross bar
13 being bent or offset so that the bottom
cross bars will be disposed in approximately
parallel planes. These members 13 are then
bent upwardly as at 14 such a distance as
45 may be found best suited for the purpose,
then extend inwardly as at 15 toward each
other horizontally and the ends then bent
forwardly and downwardly at an angle to
form the terminal lugs or spurs 16. The
50 members 14 will lie closely against the. side
bars 11.
In Fig. 9 the side bars 21 do not converge
downwardly but are bent abruptly at a
right angle as at 22 and then extend hori-
55 zontally across each other in intersecting
vertical planes forming laterally movablebottom or lower cross bars 23 and then bent
at their outer ends forming short side bars
24, then bent inwardly toward each other
and toward the center of the loop and then 60
extending forwardly at an angle leaving a
space between the crossed lower bars and the
lower ends of the terminal lugs or spurs 25
to permit passage of one end- of the bale
band. 65
In Fig. 7 is illustrated another form of
buckle comprising a rigid cross bar 30, side
bars 31 bent inwardly toward each other
forming lower side bars 32 and looped or
twisted together at their meeting points 33, 70
then bent upwardly again lying alongside
the inwardly bent portion 32, then inwardly
at 35 toward each other and toward the
center of the loop and then forwardly to
form the terminal lugs or spurs 36. As 7
shown in this figure in dotted lines the por-
tion of the band 2 will pass between the
downwardly converging side bars and the
terminal lugs or spurs 36, the other end of
the band being fastened as before to the said 80
bar 30.
In Fig. 8 another form of buckle is illus-
trated wherein the cross bar 40 is rigid and
has the depending side bars 41 at its ends,
the side bars being bent at 42 to form in- 85
wardly projecting lower cross bars 43, which
are looped or twisted together at about the
horizontal center of the buckle and then bent
outwardly to the side bars 41, then upwardly
alongside of said side bars to form the '90
members 44, then inwardly toward each
other and toward the center of the loop, and
then forwardly and downwardly at an angle
to form the lugs or spurs 46.
In Fig. 10 the loop is substantially the 95
same form as that shown in Fig. 1 with the
exception that the lower cross bars 50 inter-
sect at an angle and there is no converging
of the side bars.
In Fig. 11 the loop of the buckle comprises 100
rigid cross bars 60, side bars 61 which are
turned inwardly at their lower ends and ex-
tend across each other at substantially a
right angle to the side bars, the ends then
bent upwardly and inwardly to correspond 105
to the converging portions of the side bars
in Fig. 4, and the terminals bent forwardly
and downwardly to form the locking lugs
or spurs 64.'
In applying my improved buckle, the 110
buckle is held as shown in Fig. 1, one end of
the bale band being permanently attached to1,209,496.
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Ragsdale, William C. Bale Band Buckle, patent, December 19, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859871/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.