improvement iner link driving belts or ropes
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 1st June, 1889
1, JOHN FENTON of Stanley in the County of Perth, North Britain, Belt
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention, which relates to improvements in leather link driving belts or ropes,
has for its object to render such driving belts or ropes less liable to be destroyed by
the action upon them of the belt fork or guide used for shifting such belts or ropes to
and from the fast and loose pulleys or reversing pulleys of the mechanism which they
are used for driving.
In leather link belting as hitherto constructed the links of leather are united
together by metallic rivets or bolts passing transversely through holes formed in the
ends of the respective links and at one side of such belt or rope the heads of the said
rivets or bolts are exposed whilst at the opposite side the tails of the rivets or bolts
and the washers placed upon such tails are also exposed, so that as such belts or ropes
in their operation are pressed from side to side by the action of the belt fork or guide,
the heads and tails of the rivets or bolts soon become worn by the friction and wear
and tear thus engendered, the result of which action is that not only do such belts or
ropes become worn out at their edges but it frequently happens that some of the rivets
or bolts become loosened and gradually work laterally outwards thereby not
unfrequently causing damage to the belts and ropes themselves but also to the
mechanism they are used for actuating.
This Invention then consists in covering over the heads and tails and washers
of the aforesaid rivets or bolts at the opposite sides of leather link driving belts or
ropes and this is effected by enclosing the heads and tails and washers of the said
rivets and bolts within a double layer of leather between the outer parts of the
plies or folds of which one or more continuous bands of leather or equivalent
material is fixed by sewing or otherwise, thus not only enclosing the heads and
tails and washers of the rivets or bolts but also forming a continuous edge of
leather or equivalent material for rubbing upon the belt fork or shifter.

page_text: In place of using one layer of leather for enclosing the heads, tails, and washers of
the said rivets or bolts one or more. such layers may be employed according to the
thickness of the driving belt or rope.
ST. JOHN V. DAY,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Petitioner's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements:in Leather Link Driving Belts or Ropes.
I, JOHN FENTON of Stanley in the County of Perth, North Britain, Belt
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This Invention which relates to improvements in leather link driving belts or ropes.
has for its object to render such driving belts or ropes less liable to be destroyed by
the action upon them of the belt fork or guide used for shifting such belts or ropes to
and from the fast and loose pulleys or reversing pulleys of the mechanism which they
are used for driving.
In leather link belting as hitherto constructed the links of leather are united
together by metallic rivets or bolts passing transversely through holes formed in the
ends of the respective links and at one side of such belt or rope the heads of the said
rivets or bolts are exposed, whilst at the opposite side the tails of the rivets or bolts,
and the washers placed upon such tails are also. exposed. so that as such belts or
ropes in their operation are pressed from side to side by the action of the belt fork,
or guide, the heads and tails of the rivets or bolts soon become worn by the friction
and wear and tear thus engendered, the result of which action is that not only do
such belts or ropes become worn out at their edges, but it frequently happens that
some of the rivets or bolts become loosened and gradually work laterally outwards,
thereby not unfrequently causing damage to the belts and ropes themselves, but also
to the mechanism they are used for actuating.
This Invention then consists as shewn in plan Fig. 1, and sectional end eleva
tion Fig. 2 of the accompanying Drawings, in covering over the heads a and tails a²
and washers a¹ of the aforementioned rivets or bolts A, at the opposite sides of leather
link driving belts.or ropes and this is effected by enclosing the heads and tails and
washers of the said rivets and bolts, within a doubled length of leather B, between
which one or more continuous bands of leather C, or equivalent material is fixed by

page_text: sewing b or otherwise, thus not only enclosing the heads and tails and washers of the
rivets or bolts, but also forming a continuous edge of leather or equivalent material
for rubbing upon the belt fork or shifter.
In place of using one strip of doubled leather B, for enclosing the heads tails and
washers of the said rivets or bolts, two or more such layers of such doubled leather
may be employed according to the thickness of the driving belt or rope.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
For protecting the heads and tails of the bolts or rivets used in the manufacture of
leather link driving belts or ropes, the employment of a doubled strip of leather B
with strips of leather or equivalent material inserted within the said formation of
leather B, the said protecting portions being sewn, rivetted or connected together or
otherwise fastened substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accom-
panying Drawings.