Apparatus for producing link means for joining ends of belting material
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CONTINUOUS TAPE MEANS FOR JOINING ENDS OF CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR BELT OR LIKE MATERIAL, INCLUDES MEANS FOR CRIMPING ANGULARLY DISPOSED ARMS OF SERIES OF APERTURED LINKS, TO EMBED BARBED ENDS OF ARMS INTO ONE EDGE OF A CONTINUOUS TAPE, INCLUDES INDEXING MECHANISM FOR PREGRESSIVELY MOVING SUCCESSIVE LINKS INTO POSITION BETWEEN RELATIVELY MOVABLE UPPER AND LOWER CRIMPING HEADS. EDGE OF TAPE IS PRESSED FIRMLY BETWEEN ARMS OF LINKS INTO RIGID CONTACT WITH SHOULDER PART OF LINK, IN TIMED RELATION TO RECIPROCATING CRIMPING HEADS TO DEFORM LINK ARMS INWARDLY INTO TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BELT MATERIAL, ANCHORINGLY TO EMBED BARBS OF ARMS INTO THE TAPE MATERIAL. UNIFORMLY SPACED LINK EYELETS IN SAID TAPE WHEN FASTENED ARE INTERENGAGABLE IN ALTERNATION TO ALIGN SLOTS OF AXIALLY ALIGNED OPENINGS OF EYELETS, FOR RECEPTION OF ELONGATED HINGE CABLE ATTACHED TO A THREADING SHUTTLE, MOVED THROUGH ALIGNED EYELET APERTURES BY MEANS OF SHUTTLE EXTENSION MOVABLE THROUGH ALIGNED EYELET SLOTS.
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- 👤 James N Laneri
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