An Improved Driving Belt Fastener to Connect Driving Bands for Driving all kinds of Machinery.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1893-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Driving Belt Fastener to Connect Driving Bands for
Driving all kinds of Machinery.
I GEORGE KEEP of 82 Ringford Road West Hill Wandsworth S.W. do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved driving belt fastener to connect
driving bands for driving all kinds of machinery whereby a simple and inexpensive
fastener is constructed at the same time it is perfectly secure, it can also be
employed on any sized belting and such belting may be run over any sized pulley
either small or large and at any speed.
According to this invention (which is supplemental to my application for a
Patent No. 20115 dated November 8th 1892) I take a piece of metal in preference
of brass and of the same width or nearly so as the belt or band to be fastened and
cut or form therein in any desired manner a hole of oblong shape, said hole may
have its edges serrated or roughened if desired. At certain distances in such plate
and on each side of the hole above mentioned I form a number of recesses, the
number being regulated according to the size of the belting to be fastened, leaving
sufficient thickness of metal at the edge of the hole or perforation to pass a split
pin or cottar therethrough for the purpose hereinafter described.
Now according to this invention when it is desired to secure the ends of a belt or
band I trim the sides of each end thereof so that such ends will pass through the
hole formed in the plate I then pass the two ends, of the trimmed or cut away
band, together up through the hole and through the ends and also through the
thickness of metal left between the hole and recesses before mentioned I pass a
split pin or cottar..
It will thus be seen that when the ends of the band or belt are passed through
the hole in the plate as just described and the belt slightly pulled the friction caused
by the belt being brought in contact with the lower edges of the plate will hold
the belting firmly.
But in order to avoid any possible chance of such belt slipping I employ the
split pits in the manner above described.
The ends of the belt or band are then trimmed off when the fastening operation
is complete.
By the use of a fastener constructed as above described I am enabled to run
the belting over any sized pulley and at any speed.
Dated this 21st day of February 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Driving Belt Fastener to Connect Driving Bands for
Driving all kinds of Machinery.
I GEORGE KEEP of 82 Ringford Road West Hill Wandsworth S.W., Printer,
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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
figures and letters marked thereon:-
This invention has for its object, an improved driving belt fastener to connect.
driving bands for driving all kinds of machinery, whereby a simple and inexpensive:

page_text: fastener is constructed, and at the same time it is perfectly secure. It can also be
employed, on any sized belting, and can be used for the driving any sized pully
large or small, at any speed desired.
According to this invention which is supplemental to my application for a Patent
No. 20115, dated November the 8th 1892, I take a piece of metal preferably a
casting of steel or other suitable metal, of the same width or nearly so as the
belt or hand to be fastened, and cut or form therein in any desired manner a hole
of oblong shape, the said hole may have its edges scratched or roughened if
desired, at certain distances in such plate and on each side of the oblong hole
above mentioned I form a number of recesses the number being regulated according
to the size of the hole or perforation, and in accordance with the size of belting
to be fastened leaving sufficient thickness of metal at the edge of the hole to drill
a small hole as shown in the drawings to pass a split pin or cottar through, for the
purpose hereinafter described.
Now according to this invention when it is desired to secure the ends of a belt
or band, I trim the sides of each end thereof, so that such ends will pass through
the hole formed in the plate or casting. I then pass the two ends of a belt or band
up through the hole, and through the ends, and also through the thickness of metal
eft in the recesses before mentioned I pass a split pin or cottar. It will thus be
ocen, that when the ends of the belt or band are passed through the hole in the
plate or casting as just described, and the belt slightly pulled, the friction caused
by the belt being brought in contact with the lower edges of the plate or casting
will hold the belting firmly, but in order to avoid any possible chance of such belt
slipping I employ the split pin's in the manner described the ends of the belt or
band are then trimed off when the fastening operation is complete.
By the use of a fastener constructed as above described I am enabled to run
the belting over any sized pully and at any speed.
Fig. 1 drawing is a plan view of the fastener fixed in its proper position to the
two pieces of belting. C. is the two ends of the belting in the oblong hole E the
split pin's are shown by A passing through the thickness of the metal left in
the recess on each side of the fastener, and passing through the belt C as well.
D is the recess in fastener. F are the holes in which the split pin's passes.
Fig. 2. is an edge view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a plan of fastener without the belt.
Fig. 4. is an edge view of Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
GEORGE KEEP.