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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316388 | Connector and webbing arrangement A webbing connector comprises first and second inter-engageable components (44, 46) and connecting means (58) co-operable with the components (44, 46) to secure the components (44, 46) to one another. The connecting means may comprise a c... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7260924 | Seam pintle for paper making fabric A pintle for joining the ends of a pin-seamable paper machine fabric wherein the pintle comprises a braided sheath of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene yarn and optionally is filled with polyamide monofilament or polyethylene yarn. The pintle is configured... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246538 | Centering device for longitudinal elements and a resetting device for motor vehicles A centering device for elongated elements consisting of a fixed position-retaining part (13) which includes a concave guiding surface (16), and a mobile position-retaining part (12) arranged on the elongated element, or vice versa. The mobile po... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7220340 | Paper machine clothing and method for its manufacture The invention concerns a porous paper machine clothing (1) for dewatering a paper web in a paper machine, having a yarn layer made up of at least one ply (2) of longitudinal yarns (3) and at least one ply (4) of transverse yarns (5, 6,... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7140487 | Conveyor belt and a method of making same A conveyor belt comprises one or more elongate pieces of material joined together to form an endless belt. The or each joint extends across the belt at an angle non-perpendicular to the direction of intended travel of the belt. Adjoining ends of the belt are connect... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6978885 | Hinge conveyor chain A hinge conveyor chain includes at least two links, each of the links include a pin engaging surface for engaging a pin hingedly coupling the at least two links together. A pin hingedly coupling the at least two links includes an outwardly facing surface slidably en... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966435 | Oriented polymer hinge pins in modular plastic conveyor belts A modular plastic conveyor belt hingedly interconnected by hinge pins made of a highly oriented polymer material. The hinge pins are preferably extruded from a material including a highly oriented polymer, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, or nylon. Alternative m... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6896124 | Belt connector and method A connector for conveyor belts and the like includes a plurality of connection elements disposed in a side-by-side relationship to extend across the end edge of an associated belt. Each of the connection elements includes outwardly disposed shank portions with free ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6687961 | Hinge pin connector A hinge pin connector (20) is provided. The hinge pin connector includes a first load bearing component (32) having a perimeter and a second load bearing component (36) disposed around the first load bearing component. The hinge pin connector also include... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6643899 | Spiral for interconnecting ends of endless belt segments A spiral for interconnecting ends of endless belt segments with terminal fabric loops using a pintle. The spiral comprises a series of loops having inverted U-shaped loop portions extending in a transverse direction of the spiral. The loop portions have l... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6627045 | Seam for a corrugator belt A corrugator belt for a corrugator machine has a base joined into endless from by means of a clipper seam. The base has a first end and a second end, and a first side and a second side. A strip of compressible material wraps around each of the first and s... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6374462 | Fastener for junction points of conveyor belts The fastener comprises curved incorporated claws (4) serving to fix it to one end of a conveyor belt. The lower fixation plate of the fastener comprises curved raised edges (6) intended to make the points of the claws (4) enter under the small bars of por... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6353976 | Expandable seamed felt pintle An expandable monofilament pintle, either solid or hollow, that is inserted in a channel formed by a plurality of intermeshed loops at the ends of a papermaking fabric is expanded by means of exposure to either chemicals, high temperature, or some other f... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6328079 | Seam for a belt for recirculation in machines, and method for the manufacture The invention is a seam for joining opposed ends of a belt for recirculation in machines. The seam comprises a reinforcing wire and at least two elongated coupling elements, each of which extends in the transverse belt direction. Each of the coupling elem... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6212739 | Expandable pintle wires A pintle wire (10) for insertion through interdigitating end loops of a belt fabric or of a spiral connector, is disclosed which is expandable after insertion into the seam, for example by way of a sheath (12) which includes a thermally activated expandin... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6196378 | Conveyor belt connector and method A conveyor belt connector and method includes a plurality of connecting elements mounted on opposite ends of an associated conveyor belt or the like. A plurality of connector fastening elements are received through the connecting elements and the conveyor... | 03/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6085897 | Conveyor-belt clip and method of mounting same A connector for a flat belt having an end with front and back faces has a U-section end clip having front and back legs adapted to embrace the belt end against the respective faces thereof and a bight portion interconnecting outer ends of the legs. Each l... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6053308 | Rivet-hinged belt fastener with teeth A hinged fastener for splicing transverse ends of conveyor belts together with the belt fastener having teeth that are bent from one of the fastener plates for piercing and sinking into the belt to increase the holding power of the fastener. In the prefer... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5915422 | Machine clothing having a seam, and spiral for use in such a seam An improvement (20) for producing an enhanced seam on a machine clothing for a paper or cellulose machine, especially, but not exclusively, when using flat filament yarns (26) in the machine direction of the clothing is shown. The seam has two preformed y... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5890266 | Connecting pin for belt fasteners and the like A unique connecting pin is provided for splicing or lacing up conveyor belt egments. The connecting pin has multiple core pieces of defined lengths, aligned within the interior of a casing element. The casing element is constructed from a relatively soft m... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5884369 | Coupling pin for belt connector A pair of similar U-section clips each have a pair of legs secured to a respective belt end and a plurality of spaced knuckles that are interleaved to form a transversely extending passage. A coupling rod extending through the passage and interconnecting ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5881863 | Conveyor belt and lacing system therefor A belt lacing is provided for conveyor belts of the type used in installans with a trough zone, where the conveyor belt is supported on both sides curved towards the top. The conveyor belt ends are joined together with a hinge joint or lacing, which is e... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5772551 | Dual flexible bite connector A connector having dual parallel biting edges at each end of the connector for locking a portion of belting ends into the connector. The height of the biting edges and a centering ring is larger than the transverse dimension of the cylindrical body of the... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5701638 | Belt connector A connector for securing together two belt ends has a pair of similar U-section clips each having a pair of legs secured to the respective belt end and a plurality of spaced knuckles. The knuckles are interleaved to form a transversely extending passage, ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5669114 | Conveyor belt jointing device The joining device is constituted by U-shaped staples fixed to the ends of the conveyor belt. The staples (1) comprise in their concave part a ring (3) of a wear resisting material the wear being due to the friction, and which has also good slipping prope... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5638582 | Belt fastener with pre-set staples A combination of a belt fastener having upper and lower plates joined by arcuate hinge loops and staples preassembled in apertures formed in the upper plates is provided with the staples cooperating with the plates to capture an end of a belt between the ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5553359 | Fastener for conveyor belts A unique fastener is provided for conveyor belts and the like, and includes body element with a U-shaped cross section, containing at least one generally semicircular coupling eyelet, and a fastening leg with an entrance slot for at least one fastening pi... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5514438 | Papermakers fabric A papermakers fabric comprises a felt made up of a base cloth and a batt of fibres needled to the base cloth. The papermakers fabric is woven from machine direction yarns and cross machine direction yarns. The machine direction yarns form a series of loop... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5467867 | Splice assemblies for connecting belt ends A splice assembly is provided for connecting together a pair of belt ends by splice members having elongated tensile members such as cables or straps in a manner which allows for troughing of the belt across its width at the connected belt ends. End membe... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5415913 | Method of splicing round baler belts A method of splicing a belt in a round baler having a bale forming chamber defined by at least one elongated belt having opposing ends spliced together to form a continuous band. The splice includes a first and a second series of similar side-by-side loop... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5405669 | Seam for fabrics Joints for industrial fabrics are made such that the end edge of each part of the fabric is formed with projecting loops (5), which are formed by bending the warp threads of each part backwards, the return parts of these threads being woven into the fabri... | 04/11/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5327823 | Splice for round baler belts A round baler having a bale forming chamber including one or more transversely mounted rolls and at least one elongated belt having opposing ends spliced together to form a continuous band. The splice includes a first and a second series of similar side-b... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5182933 | Method of producing devices for interconnecting conveyor or similar belts This method relates to the production of connectors each embodied by a row of substantially U-shaped clips formed in their curved part with a row of regularly spaced-apart apertures which separate the hinge elements from one another. The following metal d... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5157812 | Plastic belt fastener and method and apparatus therefor Disclosed is an integral one piece plastic fastener for securing belt ends together. The fastener has upper and lower plastic plates clasped to a belt end with integral, hollow rivets projecting from the upper plate through openings in the bottom plate an... | 10/27/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5095590 | Conveyor-belt clip and apparatus for applying same Each belt connector or each clip is substantially so U-shaped as to be engaged with both sides of the corresponding edge of a conveyor belt (T) in order there to be secured by means of a U-shaped fixing staple or cramp of metal wire, whose arms are presse... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5079807 | Shaped pintle wire for paper machine clothing This disclosure shows a novel shaped pintle wire for papermachine clothing. The intended use of the pintle wire is to close a pin seam by joining the loops formed by the machine-direction yarns at each end of an open-ended papermachine fabric. The present... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5048675 | Belt connection for conveyor belts A belt connection for conveyor belts, especially for a conveyor belt made of heavy textile fabric and used in an apparatus for manufacturing corrugated paper or cardboard, is provided wherein each one of two belt ends to be connected, at a face thereof, i... | 09/17/1991 |
