Patent ID: 8915417
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
1. Tooling for fixing hooks connecting the ends of a belt conveyor of the type including an upper plate ( 5 ′) and a lower plate ( 5 ″′) connected by lugs ( 5 ″), positioned on the ends of a conveyor belt (BT), with the lugs ( 5 ″) being able to be connected after having being imbricated, by a linking and swivel rod, like a hinge, said tooling including a movable upper part ( 2 ) and a fixed lower part ( 3 ) positioned and centered with respect to each other by positioning and centering means, with the upper part ( 2 ) being able to vertically slide towards or away from the lower part ( 3 ), the lower part ( 3 ) including an anvil ( 3 ′) and wedging means for the lower plate ( 5 ′″) of a hook ( 5 ) positioned between the upper part ( 2 ) and the lower part ( 3 ), the upper part ( 2 ) including a vertical channel ( 2 ′) for receiving a main punch ( 1 ) substantially centered above the anvil ( 3 ′) and being able to be hammered, using a manual hammer or a device of the pneumatic, electromechanical or hydraulic hammer type mounted in the upper part, to drive in staples ( 7 ) engaged with capping into holes provided in the upper plate ( 5 ′) of a connection hook ( 5 ) positioned astride on a rim of one end of the conveyor belt (BT) positioned between the upper part ( 2 ) and the lower part ( 3 ), then in the material of the end of the conveyor belt, with prongs thereof being further folded either under the lower plate ( 5 ′″) of the hook ( 5 ) and meeting recesses having an appropriate shape provided in the anvil ( 3 ′) of the lower part ( 3 ) or under a bridge or bridges provided in the lower plate ( 5 ′″) of the hook ( 5 ) with the upper part of the lower plate ( 5 ′″) of the hook playing the part of an anvil, with a lower face of the lower plate ( 5 ′″) of the hook resting on the anvil of the lower plate which, in the later case, is smooth, the upper part ( wherein the complementary punch ( wherein a vertical dimension of the complementary punch (