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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7238259 | Methods of seaming A papermaker's fabric and a method of forming a papermaker's fabric, for installation in a papermaking machine. The papermaker's fabric having a plurality of cross-machine, a plurality of machine directional yarns, and a plurality of heat shrunk joints connecting en... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7201173 | Dental floss holder A dental floss holder includes a main body, a retractable member movably mounted on a first end of the main body, a rotation member rotatably mounted in the main body and having a first end engaged with the retractable member to move the retractable member axially r... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7077263 | Belt fastener assembly A belt fastener assembly for fastening belt ends together comprises: first and second retention plates receiving and retaining substantially abutting belt ends between the plates, and defining a plurality of bolt holes. A plurality of threaded bolts each extend thro... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6820309 | Belt fasteners A belt fastener (10) includes a pair of operative first and second plates (12 and 14) having apertures (16) which are configured to be arranged in register with each other in an operative connecting condition as shown wherein the plates (... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6370739 | Screwed conveyor belt fastener The fastener (1, 2, 3) comprises for the screwing of screws, dimplings (5, 5') set in a fixation plate (2) of the fastener. The dimplings (5, 5') are attached to the fixation plate (2) in which they are made only on one part of their circumference, two re... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6345925 | Bolt for conveyor belt fastener A fastener is provided for splicing end portions of conveyor belts together with the fastener having a bolt with a pilot or lead-in portion that provides improved threading of a nut thereto and makes installation of the fasteners on the belt ends faster a... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6170128 | Connector for conveyor belts This invention relates to a connection for two ends (2,4) of a conveyor belt (1), comprising connection elements (6) which are attached by means of fixing elements (7) to the conveyor belt ends (2, 3). A covering (17), which covers the connection elements... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5964018 | Belt repair system and method A belt repair system and method is used to repair a broken belt, such as a rive belt. The belt repair system includes one or more belt couplers having first and second body portions with belt engaging members. The body portions of each belt coupler extend ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5531012 | System and method for riveting clips to conveyor-belt ends A clip-mounting machine secure a clip by at least one rivet to a belt end. The clip has front and back legs each formed with a throughgoing hole and adapted to embrace the belt end with each leg engaging the respective belt face and a U-shaped bight inter... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5341545 | Belt fastening arrangement A fastening arrangement is provided to interconnect the opposite ends of a elt or the like, and includes a plurality of individual belt fasteners arranged side-by-side across the width of the belt ends. The belt fasteners include mounting portions which ar... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5236079 | Belt fastener arrangement A fastener arrangement is provided for interconnecting the opposite ends of conveyor belts and the like, and includes a plurality of upper and lower plates arranged in a predetermined side-by-side relationship, and having interior faces shaped to abut bot... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5136832 | Draper belt An improved, removable beater belt for a harvesting machine is disclosed. The improved belt comprises a carcass formed of a pliant material having a pair of free ends, each free end having a plurality of dovetail segments separated by a series of dovetail... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5097944 | Seal providing a tight joint between two sections of a conveyor belt and a coupling device fitted with said seal A seal fitted between two sections of a conveyor belt is constituted by a member of resilient material having a generally U-shaped cross-section which can be placed astride the end portion of a belt section to be assembled, beneath the belt-fasteners of t... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4861322 | Emergency drive (fan) belt Apparatus and method for effecting temporary, emergency repairs of an engine when a drive belt breaks and repairs must be made under adverse conditions. Either a linear belt segment or a conventional endless belt may be utilized for the emergency repair. ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4815587 | Fastener for harvester belts A pair of harvester belts have ends joined to form an endless loop by hinged belt fasteners of identical shape. Parallel rods span the endless belts and one of the parallel rods has ends inserted into interleaved loops on adjacent belt fasteners to form a... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4653156 | Convector for conveyor belting A fastener for conveyor belting has a plurality of fastener elements form a strip adapted to join the ends of the of conveyor belting with the aid of a coupling rod. Each strips forms one half of the fastener and its parallel connecting elements have leg... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4642081 | Adjustable drive belt A flexible drive belt for coupling at least two pulleys such as those found on a motor vehicle engine. The belt is manually installable without adjusting the distance between the pulleys and is particularly useful for temporary or emergency installation i... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4617716 | Method of joining edges of two elongated webs In a process for continuously pulling a web of tows of carbonizable material under tension through an oxidizing oven, the web is introduced into the oxidizing oven by initially feeding a leader in the form of a web of heat-resistant cloth through the oven... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4558492 | Belt fastener A belt fastener of non-metallic composition for use, in particular, with conveyor belts used in conjunction with metal detectors, the belt fastener including one or more top plates having bolt receiving apertures; one or more bottom plates with bolt recei... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4336021 | Emergency belting and kit An endless belt assembly, such as an emergency fan belt, is disclosed including a belt of elastomeric material having internal cavities in the ends, and a unique coupling means fastening the ends of the belt together, including a central shank, and at lea... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4279606 | Emergency replacement pulley belt for automobiles or the like A pulley belt for emergency replacement of a ruptured auto fan or water pump pulley belt in which the pulley belt ends are firmly interconnected to form a closed loop thereof by using wedge blocks to engage an external length of cable molded integral duri... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4227424 | Universal drive belt A universal drive belt includes a hollow flexible tubing which may be cut to proper length and a fastener for joining together the ends thereof. The fastener includes a medial portion in the shape of a helically wound coiled spring with a hooked head form... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4212094 | Belt fasteners A plurality of belt fasteners are joined together by intermediate bridging portions which may break off and leave the adjacent belt fastener edges spaced from each other by the width of the bridging portions when the belt is in use. The preferred fastener... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4207776 | Adjustable emergency fan belt An adjustable emergency fan belt is provided which substitutes in an emergency as a fan belt. The emergency fan belt has a plurality of belt links that may be used in any combination with a main belt to produce a belt of various lengths. Installation of t... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4112570 | Apparatus for forming a joint for wire cloth A joint for wire cloth in which free loop portions at adjacent edges to be joined penetrate edges of an opposed wire cloth and are held open so that a locking wire penetrates through the loops; a method of joining the loops which includes holding loops of... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4075740 | Wire cloth joint and a method and means for making the same A joint for wire cloth in which free loop portions at adjacent edges to be joined penetrate edges of an opposed wire cloth and are held open so that a locking wire penetrates through the loops; a method of joining the loops which includes holding loops of... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4058022 | Mobius drive belt fastener A mobius drive belt and mobius drive belt fastener are disclosed in which a drive belt of a polygonal or curvelinear cross section is joined to itself at the butt ends to form a drive belt having one continuous driving or belt engaging surface. The drive ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4023671 | Connection for the ends of supporting straps of an endless bar belt conveyor A connection for the ends of the supporting straps of an endless bar belt conveyor, especially for agricultural machines, the bars of which are connected to the supporting straps by connecting members such as rivets and screws. Within the region of the tw... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4017946 | Lock screw for rigging connector or the like A pair of companion hardware parts are connected together by a screw in order to close a link for webbing components of a drag chute or the like. One of the parts provides a threaded hole for the screw and the other of the parts provides a recess for acco... | 04/19/1977 |
