An Improved Driving Belt Fastener to Connect Driving Bands for Driving all kinds of Machinery.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Driving Belt Fastener to Connect Driving Bands for
Driving all kinds of Machinery.
GEORGE KEEP of 82 Ringford Road West Hill Wandsworth London S.W.
Printing Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this 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 as the greater the
strain thereon the tighter it holds the ends of the belting.
According to my invention I take a piece of plate or sheet metal in preference
of brass and of the same width, or nearly so, as the band or belt to be fastened
I then cut or form transversely in any desired manner two holes or perforations of
an oblong shape at each end of the plate, such holes may be roughened or serrated,
or not, as desired. I then cut or form in any desired manner near the centre of the
plate two other holes having teeth or projections on the outer edge thereof.
When it is desired to secure the ends of a belt or band, I cut the sides of each
end thereof away so that they will pass through the holes in the plate. I then
take one end of the trimmed or cut away band and pass it under and through
the hole near the end of the plate and then over the bar formed between the
holes and down through the hole having the teeth or projections on the outer
edge thereof.
It will be seen that when the other end of the band or belt is passed through
the opposite end of the plate in the same manner as that just described and the
belt pulled slightly, the teeth or projections will catch into or grip the belting and
with the friction caused by the belt passing through the other holes will secure it
in such plate. The ends of the belt or band are then trimmed off when the operation
is complete.
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. Printing
Machinist 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
fastener is constructed at the same time it is perfectly secure as the greater the
strain thereon the tighter it holds the ends of the belting.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have appended hereto a sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1. is a plan or top view of a band or belt fastener constructed according
to my invention and more particularly adapted for small or medium sized belting.
Figure 2. is a side view of the same partly in section showing the belting in
position.

page_text: Figures 3 and 4 are respectively plans of the lower and upper sides thereof with
the belting in position.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
According to my invention I take a piece of plate or sheet metal, A, in preference
of brass and of the same width or nearly so as the band or belt to be fastened
I then cut or form transversely in any desired manner two holes or perforations b, b¹,
of an oblong shape at each end of the plate, A, such holes b, b1 are serrated at
their edges 12, 13, or they may be left quite plain as shewn in the drawing. I then
cut or form in any desired manner near the centre of the plate two other holes e c¹
having teeth or projections c2, 3, on the outer edges thereof.
When it is desired to secure the ends of the belt or band d, I cut the sides at d¹ d²
(see Figures 3 and 4) of each end thereof away so that such ends will pass through
the holes b and c c¹ formed in the plate A. I then take one end of the trimmed
or cut away band and pass it under and through the hole near the end of the
plate A and then over the bar a, formed between the holes b and c, and down
through said hole c having the teeth or projections 2 on the outer edge thereof.
It will be seen that when the other end of the band or belt is passed through
the opposite end of the plate in the same manner as that just described and the
belt pulled slightly the teeth or projections c² 3 will catch into or grip the belting d
and thus secure it in such plate. The ends of the belt or band d are then trimmed
off and the fastening operation is complete.
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 :-
A driving belt or band fastener to connect driving helts or bands for driving all
kinds of machinery or any mere modification thereof substantially as herein
described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of January 1893.
GEORGE KEEP.