Improvements in Belts or Bands or the like for Conveyors, Elevators, Driving and other Purposes
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1897-Accepted, 4th Dec., 1897
"Improvements in Belts or Bands or the like for Conveyors,
Elevators, Driving and other Purposes."
We THOMAS FREDERICK ENNIS. of Gothic House, Lord Street, and FRANK
SAMUEL GREEN of 67 Lord Street, both of Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in belts or bands or the like
for conveyors, elevators, driving and other purposes which are not seriously
affected by heat or high temperatures and are therefore suitable for the transmission
of hot material or for the conveyance of material through or in connection with
hot furnaces. ovens and such like positions and purposes and for the transmission
of acids and other chemicals.
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We make our bands, belts, conveyors, elevators, and the like from Asbestos
or other similar or suitable refractory material or substances. We may also
make such bands, conveyors or elevators from a mixture of Asbestos or other
refractory material and metal wire which is interwoven therewith. The asbestos
or similar material may be reduced down or formed into cords or threads and
then woven into and with the metal wire so as to give more tensile strength to it
or the bands may be composed of the new material externally with wire or links
at the centre.
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GEORGE BARKER
Agent. 77 Colmore Row. Birmingham.
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Improvements in Belts or Bands or the like for Conveyors,
Elevators, Driving and other Purposes.”
We, THOMAS FREDERICK ENNIS of Gothic House, Lord Street, and FRANK
SAMUEL GREEN of 67 Lord Street, both of Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in belts or bands or the like
for conveyors, elevators, driving and other purposes which are not seriously
effected by heat or high temperatures and are therefore suitable for the transmission
of hot material or for the conveyance of material through or in connection with
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page_text: hot furnaces, ovens, and such like positions and purposes, and for the conveyance
of acids, and other chemicals.
We make our bands, belts, conveyors, elevators, and the like from asbestos
or other similar or suitable refractory material or substance. We may also
make such bands. conveyors or elevators from a mixture of asbestos or other
refractory material and metal wire which is interwoven therewith. The asbestos
or similar material may be reduced down or formed into cords or threads and
then woven into and with the metal wire so as to give more tensile strength to it
or the bands may be composed of the new material externally with wire or links
at the centre.
In order that our invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect we have have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of
drawings upon which we have illustrated an example of one method of forming
our belts or bands but it must be distinctly understood that we do not limit our-
selves to this method as our bands or belts may be formed in various ways.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of our belt or band.
Figure 2 is a cross section of Figure 1.
In the method as shewn on the drawings our belts bands conveyors elevators
and the like are made from the asbestos cords A. having a wire core or centre b.
These cords are woven together so as to form a belt or band, which may be of
any width or length according to the purpose for which it is intended to be
adapted. Bands or belts made of asbestos or other similar or suitable refractory
material or substance will be found suitable for conveying chemicals, hot gas
coke, cinders, hot fuel, hot castings and the like, corrosive materials and cement
slurry also as conveyors in roasting coffee, drying tea, drying waste from breweries
etc, and conveying in rosting and baking generally, for conveying materials
through hot chambers or ovens etc, as in the manufacture of rubber goods. They
will also be found suitable as conveyors in hot dry wet or corrosive atmospheres
and they may be coated with asbestos or other paint suitable for the purpose for
which they are required.
Having now particularly described and & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
CLAIM.
The new or improved belts or bands for conveyors and elevators manufactured
from asbestos or other similar or suitable refractory material or substance not
materially effected by heat or corrosive materials substantially as hereinbefore
described and as shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1897.
GEORGE BARKER
Agent for Applicant 77 Colmore Row Birmingham.