US1094131A - Belt-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

J. K. DIAMOND.

BELT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 0012, 1912.

1,094,,1 31 Paten ed Apr. 21, 1914..

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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JAMES K. DIAMOND, GT? GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

BELT-FASTENER.

1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES K. DIAMOND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of lslichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in liielt-l asteners; and i do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in belt fasteners and its object is to provide a belt fastener that will not contact the pulley, to provide a device that is easily manufactured and applied to belts and to provide the same with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention consists essentially of units made of sheet metal cut out with dies and formed up with loop members to project beyond the end of the belt and intermesh with like members on the other end of the belt, the same being adapted to receive a coupling rod whereby the ends of the belt are hinged to each other. These looped members are prolonged to engage one side of the belt and have interlocking portions adapted to be riveted to the belt, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings,

in which:

Figure l is a plan view of a device embodying my invention as it appears when in use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of one member of the device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of one member shown riveted to the end of a belt. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of a single member adapted to light belts, and Fig. 5 is a plan View of a sheet metal blank for forming one of said members.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the adjacent ends of the belt.

Each unit of my device comprises two looped portions 2 adapted to receive a coupling rod 3 and spaced apart to intermesh with like looped portions 2 on the opposing units when the same are arranged in series upon the respective ends of the belt. At one end these loops are connected by a portion curved outward to form a recess 5, and at the other end these loops are joined later- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. October 2, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914:.

Serial No. 723,552.

ally and neck portion 8 extends therefrom terminating in a head 4 adapted to fit Within said recess and having a central opening to receive a rivet. These units are also, in case they are to be used upon heavy belts, further extended and perforated to receive a second rivet to further secure the device to a belt as at 6. For light belts this latter extension 6 and the second rivet may be omitted. These units are placed at regular intervals across each end of the belt and riveted thereto substantially as shown, being arranged in such manner that the looped portions 2 Will extend between the spaced apart ends of the belt, and those on one end of the belt intermesh in series with the like portions on the other end of the same. By inserting a suitable rod 3 the ends of the belt will be pivotally connected to each other. The rivets 7 are preferably divided or bifurcated whereby the divided ends thereof turn outward within the belt thus presenting no metallic projections upon the inner surface of the same. The belt thus runs quietly over a metal pulley because of the absence of any metallic contact therewith. I

What I claim is:

1. A belt-fastener, comprising a sheet metal unit having openings near each end to receive rivets and a looped middle portion and also having an opening near one end adapted to receive the opposite end of the same, whereby both ends are within the same plane and close together.

2. A belt-fastener, comprising a sheet metal unit having a looped middle portion to be arranged opposite the end of a belt, one end being provided with a perforated head and the other end being laterally enlarged and provided with an opening to receive said head.

3. A belt-fastener, comprising a sheet metal unit having a perforated head at each end and a looped middle portion adapted to be arranged opposite the end of a belt, said unit also being provided with an opening near one end adapted to receive the head on the other end thereof.

4. A belt fastener, comprising a sheet metal member having two looped portions spaced apart, connected at one end by an outwardly curved member to form a recess also connected at the other end and extende in the form of a neck adapted topass be tween said looped members and terminating in a perforated head to fit within said recess.

5. A belt fastener, comprising a sheet metal member having two parallel looped portions spaced apart to intermesh with like portions connected at one end by an out- Wardly curved connecting member having a recess therein connecting with the space between the loops; said member being prolonged to form a reinforcing head perforated to receive a fastening; said looped members also connected atthe other end and extended to form a neck adapted topass between the looped members and terminating in a perforated head to fit within the aforesaid recess.

6. In combination with a belt, a belt fastener, comprising a sheet metal member having two parallel looped portions spaced apart and adapted to extend between the ends of the belt, each end of said member being arranged in contact with the same surface of the belt and secured thereto; one end of said member being provided with a head and the other end of the same provided with a recess to receive the head.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES K. DIAMON D.

Witnesses LUTHER V. MoUL'roN PALMER A. J ONES.

Copies 0'! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratents.

' Washington, D. G.

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