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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6488144 | Pre-inserted rivet belt fastener and apparatus and method for application thereof A fastener for splicing ends of conveyor belts together is provided having a rivet that is pre-inserted thereto to provide speed and ease in installation. The rivet is held in an aperture of the upper plate by an interference fit at the lower end thereof.... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6309318 | Connecting element for profiled belt ends A connecting element for holding at least one profiled belt end comprises at least two parts which can be connected to one another and in the installed state, enclose the belt end. One or more of the parts have sections with a negative profile correspondi... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6238131 | Draper belt connector assembly for a harvesting machine A connector assembly for a draper belt in a harvesting machine having first and second connecting bars on opposite sides of belt end flanges. One connecting bar has a plurality of bores while the other has a plurality of fixed studs. The studs project thr... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6223611 | Belt transfer system A plurality of adjacent open-ended flat timing belts each has parallel spaced teeth, and opposite end portions of each belt are connected to a shuttle or carriage platform by corresponding relatively adjustable clamping blocks and plates having teeth enga... | 05/01/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5632701 | Industrial belt splice assembly An industrial belt splice assembly having two industrial belt portions each including opposite faces and an end portion formed to define a splice element. The splice elements have knuckles formed therein. The knuckles are intermeshed and have bores therei... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5573470 | Joining device for conveyor belts and method The joining device according to the invention has generally the form of an H shaped profile, the central part (6) of which forming the central bar of the H is extended by two opposite pairs of arms (2', 2", 2'", 2"") forming the branches of the H, the sai... | 11/12/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5209706 | Rubber belt crawler chain A rubber belt crawler chain for a vehicle is equipped with chain guiding members which are slidingly guided in one another, are each connected with a cross-piece, and accommodate between one another steel cables of a rubber bearing body surrounding the cr... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5160300 | Method of assembly of a motion transmission apparatus A toothed drive belt for a printer or other device is provided at each end with a slotted clip or termination which is secured in place by engaging slots therein with teeth on the belt and by wrapping the termination around the end portion of the belt. Th... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5114001 | Splice apparatus including splice plates with compound curvature A belt assembly comprising a belt member including a pair of end portion and a roller member engaging portion, first and second splice members each including a belt engaging surface having a flat section that engages one of the end portions, and a curved ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5106345 | Motion transmission apparatus and method of assembly A toothed drive belt for a printer or other device is provided at each end with a slotted clip or termination which is secured in place by engaging slots therein with teeth on the belt and by wrapping the termination around the end portion of the belt. Th... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5099548 | Quick splice for rod belt conveyor a belt splice for connecting the ends of a belt having a plurality of parallel rods thereon. The belt splice includes an upper plate portion with a rod receiving slot and a fastener flange extending distally from the rod receiving slot so as to space a fa... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5020658 | Connection arrangement to provide in endless band A connection arrangement to provide an endless belt, especially for a screening rod belt. The band ends are securely disposed between essentially U-shaped fittings that are held together by a transverse pin. To better utilize the band strength, the latera... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4906226 | Attachable fan belt An attachable fan belt is provided and includes a pair or bracket assemblies that hold angle cut end portions of the belt together so that the belt can operate without twisting between two pulleys.... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4752989 | Fastening device for splicing belts, splicing process using said device, and belt spliced according to said process Fastening device for splicing belts comprising reinforcing elements made of manmade fabric or metal cords, characterized by the fact that it consists of two central support plates, two installation and alignment wedges, two locking cores which make it pos... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4734959 | Fastening device for splicing belts, splicing process using said device, and belt spliced according to said process Fastening device for splicing belts which comprise reinforcing elements made of manmade fabric or metal cords, characterized by the fact that it consists of two lateral plates (1) each comprising on its upper part an end zone (4) forming an angle A of bet... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4654020 | V-belting An improved automotive type V-belt being of a truncated trapezoidal shape in cross-sectional dimension, the belting being endless and molded or otherwise formed around a flexible metal or plastic strapping type material, the strapping material being simil... | 03/31/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4634412 | Belt connector device A belt connector device for connecting opposite end portions of a belt to each other to form an endless belt assembly for use in belt type delivery apparatus comprises a mounting assembly which includes a pair of opposed, but spaced side wall members. Fir... | 01/06/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4540389 | Belt splicing device A device for splicing ends of a belt together in juxtaposed relation includes a central generally planar spacer element and two outer generally planar belt clamping elements. The ends of the belt are positioned between the spacer and respective clamping e... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4290317 | Precision drive for rotary switching controls of reciprocating unit A precision drive for a rotary potentiometer measuring the lineal displacements of a reciprocating machine unit, for the generation of switching signals, the drive including a control disc which is coaxially coupled with the potentiometer and driven by me... | 09/22/1981 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4161059 | Method of fastening to a belt A fastening device for fastening together flexible belts having reinforcing cords therein and a method of fastening in which damage to the reinforcing cords of the belts is minimized. The fastening device may also be utilized to attach a rigid plate havin... | 07/17/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4023239 | Couplng rod for connecting the ends of a conveyor belt A coupling rod for connecting the ends of a conveyor belt comprises a flele core enclosed within a plurality of sleeves, each of which has curved end faces in contact with mating faces of adjacent sleeves. The sleeves may have both end faces convex or co... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3962754 | Plate connectors for belts A plate connector for joining the ends of a conveyor belt has a pair of cector legs adapted to be affixed to opposite sides of the end of the conveyor belt, and a pair of U-shaped eyes joining the connector legs and adapted to extend from the end of the ... | 06/15/1976 |
