US1525694A - Belt fastener - Google Patents

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Feb. 10, 1925. 1,525,694

G. w. SAGE ET Al.l

- BELT FAsTENER Filed oct. 2of1924 @5% @MMV x Suoi/weg S Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WILLIAM SAGE, OF EAST SNT JOHN,` AND GEORGE HENRY SIMPSON, OF

` GLEN FALLS, CANADA.

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Applcatonled Getober :20,` 1924. Serial No. 744,858.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that we, GnononlViLLmM SAGE and Gnoncn HENRY SIMPSON, citizens of the Dominion of Canada, residing at East Saint `John and Glen Falls, respectively,` in the county of Saint John and Province of New Brunswick, `Don'iinion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Tinprove` 'ments in Belt Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

Uur invention relates to improvements in fasteners and more especially to that type of fasteners used to connect the ends of belts and the like. Y

An important object of our invention is to provide a device of the above-mentioned character which will be interlocking butwhich will not depend upon a straight pull to keep it coupled.

Another object of our invention is to provide a device of this character which `will not have inetal portions on the side of the belt adjacent the pulley.

A further object of our invention is to provide a device of this character which is capable of being constructed from very strong material. l

Another object of our invention is to provide a device of the above-mentioned 3o character which niay be easily and cheaply manufactured but which will be strong and durable in use.

Other objects and advantages of our invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

1n the accompanying drawings which forni a part of this specification and wherein like characters of reference denote like or correspondings parts throughout the saine- Figuro 1 is a top plan view of the device applied to a belt,

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the device uncoupled,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 1,

Figure el is a longitudinal section showing the parts in position to be uncoupled,

Figure 5 is a side elevation, parts being in section,

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the position of the sections before coupling or after uncoupling,

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the device in its coupled position, and

Figure 8 is a detail section showing the arrangement of the securing rivet.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown af preferred einbodi nient of our invention, the nuineral 10 designates an beltof the usual construction having the fastening sections 11 and 12 secured to its ends by ineans ofthe split rivets 13 which are punched through the belt. This construction is such that the beltis not weakened, as is the case when holes are cut therein to receive fasteners, and none of the metal of the fastening lsections comes in contact with the pulley about which the belt is arranged.

The end of the fe-inalesection 11 is turned up at right angles to forni the flange 14. Transverse slots 15 are arranged parallel to and in spaced relation with the right angle flange 14. Longitudinal slots 16 open into the slot 15 at right angles, forming a 'T- shaped slot, therewith, the other end of said slotl extending a portion ofthe way up the flange lll as at 17 but terminating a substantial distance short of the top of the flange..

The inale section 12 is provided with a pair of T-shaped tongues comprising the transverse head portions 18 connected to the body of the section by means of the longitudinal neck portions 19 which are of a width substantially less than the width of the head portions 18.

In order to couple the sections it is first necessary to arrange the section 12 at right angles to the section 11, as illustrated by Figure 6. The Teshaped tongues are then inserted through the transverse slots 15 as shown in Figure it so that the heads 18 of the tongues are arranged above the surface of the section 11. The section 12 is then drawn towards the flange 14, the necks 19 of the tongues engaging in the longitudinal slots 16, until the flange is reached, in which position the Inale section 12 is capable of pivoting to assume the horizontal position as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4 and in full lines in Figure 5. In this position, it will be seen that the lower surface of the T-shaped tongues engage the upper surface of the female section 11, and the upper sur-` face of the T-shaped tongues engage the end of the portion 17 of the slot 16. This arrangement is such that no upward inovement is possible, although the section 12 is capable of pivoting downwardly as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3.

In order to 4uncouple the-.sections it is firstnecessary that the section 12 be. arranged atv an angle or' 90 degrees With respect to the.

section 1l, as clearlyshown inFigures #land 6. In no other position is it possibleitor the device to be uncoupled.

to keep. it in its coupled position, asis :the

casel with mostdevices offthis kind .new on',`

the market.

While. We have'. shown andidescribedli the 15j preferred form of'ourfinvention,` itis to be understoodtha-t various-.changes .inl the size, shape and arrangementofiparts may be' resorted to .Without departing. from. the spirit of our invention or'the scope ofthe subij oined claims.

Having.- described our= invention, what' we claim and` desire to protect g byL'ettersl P at ent is:

l. In a device ofthe character described a female section, one4 end of which is turned up at right angles to form a flange,said fsection being' provided y with aw Tfsliaped slot, the longitudinal. portion of which extends-a substantial.:y distance uptsaid right angledk flange, a malesection, and a-T-shaped tongue carried therebyiandfadapted to be inserted in the T-sliaped slotlto couple the sect1ons,=tlie lower'surfaceoffthe Tshaped tongue being adapted to Contact witlrthe upper surfaceot '25 the femaleA member.` when coupled, 4and the uppersurface` oftheV tongucbeing adaptedv to engage the; end ot the-longitudinal l portieri tion ito Vtherigh't angled flange, the longitudinal. portions ofxthe slot extending up said iiange'butfalling; short; a l substantial distance'ffrom'v thei topfthereof, a male section riveted at voneend to; theopposite end ot' the belt insuch'nianner ythat no parts-of the sectieni are arranged upon the opposite side of the belt, and a pair o1Tshaped tongues'car riedfby the-other endofsaid' male section and". adapted to ybeinserted in' theslots in the female; sections when the sections arev arranged at right angles to each other and being.: incapable of removal at any other angle, the. tivo. sections being` adapted to be normally arranged in aparallel plane with the v tongues vbearing against vthe f surface ot the female section on one side and against thefend'fof the` longitudinal portion of the y'l'- shaped slot, on tlreother-side, whereby the sections may be pi-voted in one direction but not in the other.

In2:testimon.-y` whereof We aflixour signatures.`

GEORGE 1 VVILLIA-M SAGE. GEORGE HENRYv SIMPSON.

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