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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082646 | Apparatus and system for installing rivets in belt fasteners A system for splicing a conveyor belt with belt fasteners is disclosed. A base assembly aligns the belt, belt fasteners and rivet holes thereof with swage structures for securing the rivets. A guide assembly has a rigid guide block with cylindrical pilot holes, and ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8028391 | Belt lacing apparatus A belt lacer uses a power drive carriage for clinching hook or C-shaped belt lacing elements to a belt end. Optionally, the carriage may be driven in a manual mode or a power mode. A detachable power drive such as from an electric drill may be used for the power mod... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7818858 | Power applicator system for conveyor belt fasteners A system for applying belt fasteners to belt ends is disclosed. The system includes a power tool apparatus and a guiding apparatus. The guide apparatus includes a guide block having guide bores in which attachment members, e.g., rivets, are held in position relative... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7568269 | Power tool and method for connecting fasteners to belts A power operated belt splicing system is provided. In one form, staples are driven through a belt and clinched in a final set using a power driven tool and a force applying member having multiple drive punches. A lower force applying end on a punch preferably has a ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7493682 | Apparatus and system for installing rivets in belt fasteners A system for splicing a conveyor belt with belt fasteners is disclosed. A base assembly aligns the belt, belt fasteners and rivet holes thereof with swage structures for securing the rivets. A guide assembly has a rigid guide block with cylindrical pilot holes, and ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 6739038 | Portable belt lacer A portable belt lacer fastens to an associated belt end a plurality of side-by-side connectors of the type having opposing shanks interconnected by central eye loops with staples that extend through the opposing shanks and the associated belt end. The belt lacer inc... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6658712 | Belt lacer A belt lacer for connectors of the type having a plurality of wire hooks arranged in a side-by-side relationship includes a base element, and a holding member supported on the base element, and configured to receive and retain therein the belt connectors.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6609406 | Tool and method for reorienting a flange A tool for reorienting a flange is disclosed. The tool reorients the flange from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation and comprises a support member that further comprises a guide member; and a shoe maintained in a desired orienta... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6311393 | Assembly for attaching fasteners to a belt An assembly for attaching U-shaped belt fasteners to the end of an elongated flat belt in which each belt fastener has first and second opposed leg portions with an integral bight portion therebetween and with at least one fastening wire extending from th... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6081995 | Belt Fastener installation Apparatus The invention pertains to an installation for fastening a connecting elem (1), specifically a U-shaped one, to the end (9) of a conveyor belt (10) with a peg-shaped fastening element (7). The fastening element is pushed through entry openings in the conn... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5848463 | Apparatus for securing connector elements to the ends of belts A method and tool (15) for securing V-shaped, open connector elements (14) o belt ends (1) in a manual operation use staples (8) that are driven by hammer blows applied to a punch held by the tool. Each connector element (14) has at least two shanks (11, 1... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5680688 | Portable apparatus for affixing a lacer to a belt A portable apparatus is provided for affixing a lacer assembly to one end of a belt. A lacer assembly is in the form of a plurality of paralleled metal lacing hooks each having a pin receiving loop, the lacing hooks each having opposed sharpened ends that... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5653372 | Apparatus for orienting a fastener in a clasping arrangement An apparatus for orienting a fastener in a clasping arrangement with a workpiece, the fastener presenting a first leg and a second leg joined by a bight intermediate the first leg and the second leg, comprises a deflector for engaging the first leg and th... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5644836 | Device for belt connectors An apparatus for securing a U-shaped clip to the end of a belt with a staple has a die having a seat shaped to fit a belt end over which is fitted the clip, a presser head displaceable transversely toward and away from the die and having a passage holding... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5544801 | Fastening device for belt connectors An apparatus for stapling a belt-connecting clip fitted to a belt end has a crimping die, a housing fixable relative to the crimping die and forming a vertical guide, and a hold-down device engageable with the clip on the belt end on the crimping die, hav... | 08/13/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5524808 | Powered multiple riveter Illustrated and described is a nailing gun conversion for use in driving and setting rivets to attach belt fasteners to conveyor belts and the like. The conversion involves a special nose piece and drive rod for the gun for cooperation with the modified h... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5368214 | Apparatus for stapling splice clips to a belt end A U-shaped clip has a pair of legs each formed with two holes and with a rearwardly open notch and a bight joining the legs. A stapling apparatus has a die part having a seat shaped to fit one of the bights and having an upstanding guide web snugly engage... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5337946 | System for affixing a device to a workpiece A system for affixing a device to a workpiece comprises a dynamic fastener applicator for imparting motion to a fastener with respect to the workpiece by urging the fastener along a path so that the fastener piercingly encounters the workpiece and fixedly... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5238169 | Apparatus for fastening belt ends The invention refers to a method and a device that serves to connect convr belt ends and to repair tears or splits in conveyor belts by means of plate-shaped or, respectively, oblong connection elements which are provided with openings for the fastening ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5170924 | Fastening apparatus for securing belt fasteners to a conveyor belt A belt fastener apparatus and comb assembly is mounted and operable on a frame. The fastener apparatus is particularly applicable to wire loop-type fasteners and includes a locating pin to positively locate the punch and anvil arrangement to inhibit index... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5146665 | Belt splicing apparatus An apparatus for lacing together ends of a belt. The apparatus contains a base, a pair of shoulders secured to the base and spaced apart in an aligned relationship. An A-frame member secures to the pair of shoulders. A pair of guide members connect to the... | 09/15/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5020209 | Belt lacing and cutter assembly An apparatus is disclosed for cutting an end of a belt and for clinching belt fasteners to the cut belt end. The apparatus includes a clamp for clamping the belt and a knife carriage driven across the belt to cut the belt end wtih a knife on the carriage.... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5018262 | Belt splicing apparatus An apparatus for lacing together ends of a belt. The apparatus contains a base, a pair of frame structures secured to the base and connecting together at the respective tops thereof. The pair of frame structures slope downwardly from their respective conn... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4789092 | Apparatus for fastening stirrup-links on a conveyor-belt or the like A portable apparatus is provided with an operating head slidably mounted on a guide plate for successively fastening stirrup-links on the end of a conveyor belt via staples. A movable die within the operating head for clinching the staple ends has a first... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4688711 | Driver for riveting fasteners to a belt A novel apparatus is provided for riveting belt fasteners to belts wherein a plurality of rivet assemblies are driven simultaneously while aligned and guided by elongated bores of a guide block assembly. An impact distributing driver is employed to transm... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4620657 | Driver for riveting fasteners to a belt A novel apparatus is provided for riveting belt fasteners to belts wherein a plurality of rivet assemblies are driven simultaneously while aligned and guided by elongated bores of a guide block assembly. An impact distributing driver is employed to transm... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4538755 | Apparatus for fixing belt-fasteners or the like This apparatus for fixing a row of assembling U-shaped fasteners to the end edge of a conveyor belt or the like by means of a pair of likewise U-shaped staples for each fastener, the staples having pointed ends adapted to pass through the fastener arms an... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4522329 | Apparatus for pressing-in belt connectors The invention relates to an apparatus for pressing-in belt connectors, the ressing-in lever of which is driven by two elbow lever systems. In such a pressing-in apparatus a control lever (5) is positioned between the two elbow lever systems. The control le... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4517737 | Apparatus for securing connectors to a fabric An apparatus for securing a connector to fabric is disclosed. The connectors are used connect the opposite ends of a fabric belt so as form an endless belt. The connectors are initially in the shape of a V, with legs of unequal lengths. Each leg has an in... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4333217 | Apparatus for stapling belt An applicator unit is provided for fastening a plurality of sizes of belt fasteners to a belt by staples being guided and clinched by the apparatus. A staple guide block means is provided with fastener engaging and positioning portions which are shiftable... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4151634 | Plate connector for conveyor belts and method for securing such plate connector to conveyor belts Plate connectors are secured to the free ends of belts, such as conveyor belts, by means of staples, the protruding ends of which are bent over. Preferably, there are recesses at least in one outer surface of the plate connector. The bent over ends of the... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4144628 | Method and device for fixing joining clamps on a conveyor band, belt or the like A method of fixing U-section joining clamps, straddling the end of a conveyor band or the like, by means of metal staples or the like inserted through holes provided in both legs thereof, of the kind wherein the ends of the band or the like and the corres... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4111080 | Staple fastening tool An applicator apparatus for securing belt fasteners to belt ends by staples comprises a staple guide block means having resiliently biased pin means for exerting a clamping force to hold the belt end against shifting during the driving of the staples thro... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4050138 | Apparatus for attaching connectors to the ends of a conveyor belt An apparatus for attaching connectors to the ends of a conveyor belt, has a lamping head with upper and lower pressure applying jaws for first bending a connector element over and around the edge of the belt end, and then driving securing elements through ... | 09/27/1977 |
