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SEYMOUR ROGERS, OF PITTSBRG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO IJUMAN ROGERS, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. 64,255, dated April 30, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR ROGERS, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, and Sta-te of Pennsylvania., have invented a new and useful Improvement in I-Ioop-Fastenings for' Cotton, Hay, or other Bales; andldo. hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the edge of the hoop.

Figure 2 is a face view of the loop, withits rigid arm.

Figure 3 is an inner face view of the folded end of the hoop, showing the slot for the rigid arm of the loop.

Figure 4 is an outer face view of one half the hoop, including the fastened ends; and Y Figure 5 is an inner face view of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts of each.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a loop for fastening hoops, and in an improved mode of attaching it to one end of a metallic hoop, and of connecting it with the other end.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The strap end a of a hoop, b, made in the ordinary form, and of the ordinary material, I construct yeither with transverse corrugations, or with transverse ridges onv its outer face, and parallel to each other. The loop `c I make usually7 with a rigid arm, c', and make it so that itsiinner length shall be equal to or a little in excess of the width ofthe hoop, and of suiiicientrdcpth, after being attached to the folded end d, and when standingat .right angles to the hoop, or its tangent at that point, to admit freely the corrugated or ridged strap-end (t. To

attach the loop c to the hoop b, I usually pass theend of the hoop through the loop c, and fold it back on the lower side of the loop, as at d, making a hole or slotfe, iu the hoop end thus folded, for the rigid arm c to passv through'and play in. This folding I usually do in such a way that the folded end d shall project past the loop c and its arm c a sucient distance, so that when the loop c catches on a corrugation or ridge on the outer face of the strap-end a, as represented in the drawings, the folded end a; will press against one or more of the next' inner corrugations, or against the inner face of the hoop. The hoop b, with the fastenings above described, being thus constructed, and fastened around a bale of hay, cotton, rags, or other compressible material, the'outward pressure of the bale against the rigid arm c-the. latter acting as a leverholds the upper side of the loop tightly to the corrugated or ridged outer surface of the strap-end a, which position, however, the loop c naturallyv takes, even-when the rigid arm e is dispensed with. The attachment thus made is secure against danger of slipping or derangement, and is easily adjusted and used.

It not unfrequeutly happens that bales of hay, cotton, or other compressible material, are packed 'together for shipment or .other purposes, in large quantities, or under a heavy mass of other freight, in which case the l bales are often still more .tightly'compresserh Such a compression, with the device above described, would result in the corrugated ory ridged strap-end a being driven still further through the loop c, thus tightening the hoop 6,.

while the instant the pressure from without is relaxed, the outward pressure of the bale on the rigid arm e would press the upper side of the loop c down on the corrugated or ridged outer face of the strap-end a, and prevent vnot only the entire looseningvof the hoop, but also the least degree of increased slacknes's. lBut Ido not restrict myself to the use of the loop c, when made with the rigid arm c', since without that arm it is still lserviceable as a device for fastening metallic hoops, when used in connection with a corrugated or ridged strapend, a.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The loop e, with. the rigid arm c', when constructed substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

2. .The loop c, either with or without the rigid arm c', in combination with the corrugated or ridgcd strapend a, of a. metallic hoop, constructed substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

3. 'Ihe rigid arm c of a. loope, in combination with the slot e, and the folded end d of a metallic hoop,v

constructed substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

' In testimony whereof I, the said SEYMOUR, ROGERS, haire hereunto set my hands-1n presence of- SEYMOUR ROGERS.

Witnesses:

ALLAN G. BAKEWELL,

Lewis A. JANEs.

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