Belt-fastening machines

Claim 1

A BELT-FASTENING MACHINE FOR MAKING A JOINT-HALF CONSISTING OF U-SHAPED CLAMPS HAVING PAIRS OF HOLES IN BOTH LIMBS AND STAPLES TO PASS THROUGH THE PAIRS OF HOLES AND THE THICKNESS OF A BELT INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE LIMBS, THE MACHINE COMPRISING A BASE, A CHEEK ALONG THE FRONT OF THE BASE AND PRESENTING AN UPPER FACE THAT IS FORMED ALONG HALF ITS LENTH WITH A LENGTHWISE RECESS TO PROVIDE POINT-BENDING SURFACES AND ALONG THE REMAINING HALF OF ITS LENGTH IS PLAIN, UPRIGHT GUIDING MEANS UPSTANDING FROM THE REAR OF THE BASE, A SLIDE BLOCK MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT ON THE GUIDING MEANS AND OVERHANGING THE CHEEK, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE SLIDE BLOCK VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE BASE, THE OVERHANGING PORTION HAVING A SLOT THROUGH ITS THICKNESS AND EXTENDING IN THE LENGTHWISE DIRECTION OF THE CHEEK AND ALIGNED WITH THE RECESED PART OF THE CHEEK, THERE BEING REGISTERING PAIRS OF VERTICAL GROOVES FORMED IN THE LENGTHWISE WALLS OF THE SLOT OVER THE LENGTH CORRESPONDING TO THE RECESSES PART OF THE CHEEK, TO RECEIVE THE DOWNWARDLY POINTED LEGS OF U-SHAPED WIRE STAPLES OF A WIDTH TO BRIDGE THE SLOT, A COMB-BAR DISPOSEDLY REARWARDLY OF THE CHEEK, WITH A VERTICALLY SLOTTED FRONT FACE TO RECEIVE THE BASE OF U-SHAPED CLAMPS TO BE LAID WITH ONE LIMB RESTING ACROSS THE CHEEK, AND A PRESSING MEMBER OF A WIDTH TO FIT THE SLOT FOR THE FORCING OF THE PRINTED LEGS OF STAPLES BRIDGING THE SLOT THROUGH THE PAIRS OF HOLES IN THE LIMBS OF THE CLAMPS AND A BELT INTERPOSED BETWEEN THOSE LIMBS.