Clamping band for wooden railway sleepers

Claim 1

A CLAMPING STRUCTURE FOR AN OBJECT, SUCH AS A WOODEN RAILROAD TIE, COMPRISING: A CLAMPING BAND SNUGLY ENCIRCLING SAID OBJECT, SAID BAND HAVING TWO OVERLAPPED PARTS WHICH ARE SECURED TOGETHER, ONE OF SAID PARTS BEING REMOTE FROM OBJECT AND HAVING A SERIES OF SPACED-APART SLOTS THERETHROUGH SEPARATED BY WEB PORTIONS, THE OTHER BAND PART BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID OBJECT AND SAID ONE BAND PART AND HAVING A SERIES OF SPACED-APART, SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL LOCKING NOSES PROJECTING TOWARD SAID ONE BAND PART AND INCLINED AT SIMILAR ANGLES TOWARD ONE END OF SAID OTHER BAND PART, SAID OTHER BAND PART ALSO HAVING A SECURING NOSE PROJECTING TOWARD SAID ONE BAND PART AND INCLINED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID LOCKING NOSES, SAID SECURING NOSE BEING LONGER THAN SAID OTHER NOSES, SAID NOSES BEING STAMPED OUT OF SAID OTHER BAND PART SO THAT OPENINGS ARE FORMED IN SAID OTHER BAND PART BELOW SAID NOSES AND SAID OPENINGS ARE SEPARATED BY FURTHER WEB PORTIONS, SAID NOSES PROJECTING THROUGH SAID SLOTS AND THE FREE END PORTIONS THEREOF BEING BENT BACK TOWARD SAID OTHER BAND PART SO THAT THEY EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID ONE BAND PART AND OVERLIE AND SNUGLY ENGAGE THE WEB PORTIONS OF SAID ONE BAND, PART THE ADJACENT EDGES OF THE WEB PORTIONS OF SAID ONE BAND PARTS BEARING TIGHTLY AGAINST ALL THE NOSES BETWEEN THE ENDS THEREOF SO THAT THE BAND PARTS ARE HELD AGAINST LATERAL SHIFTING AND AGAINST RELATIVE VERTICAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER.