Patent ID: 6488144
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: F16B,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for installing fasteners having a pair of plates with apertures therein on ends of conveyor belts, the apparatus comprisinga frame; a plurality of operating members mounted to the frame; a positioning member between the operating members for placing the fasteners and belt in predetermined positions relative to each other with the belt end projecting between the fastener plates; a camming mechanism for shifting the operating members in a transverse direction relative to the belt; rivets of the fasteners driven by a first one of the operating members on one side of the belt for riveting the fastener to the belt end; pilot nails aligned with the rivets driven by a second one of the operating members on an opposite side of the belt to pierce the belt; and an actuator cooperating with the camming mechanism to coordinate the shifting of the operating members for driving of the rivets and nails so that the nails are first driven through the belt to the aligned rivets and the rivets together with the nails are then driven back through the belt with the rivets being led by the pilot nails therethrough.