Year: 1888

page_text: We, WILLARD N PACKER, of No 12 Decher Avenue, FREDFRICK CIFMENT
BROOKSBANK, of No 728 Harkness Avenue, and HIRAN T FISHFR, of No 146 Taylo
Street, all of the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States of Americi, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in whit minner the sum is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
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Our invention relates to improvements in Belt Fasteners, and consists in a metallic
fastener of any desired length, according to the width of belt, ind having a series of
peculiarly shaped fingers along uither edge, all connected by common web, sub-
stantially as shown and described and particularly is pointed out in the clums
In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification, Fig 1 is în
outside view of sections of a belt connected by our improved fastener Fig 2 152
longitudin il section of the sime Fig 3 is a perspective of the fastener ilone
A represents our improved fastoner, midc prefer ibly of sheet stedl of the best
quality, and pressed into form substantially as shown in the drawings The length
of the fastener is not a material matter except as length contributes to convenience in
Eise For this reason we prefer to make the fastener originally say twelve inches
long which adapts it to a twelve inch belt Then if we wish to use it on a narrow cr
belt, we can easily break it to the lesser length desired It will be observed that the
fastener has a narrow web, 2, which connects all the fingers long either side and
enables the breaking to be done with sufficient readiness, while it the same time it
forms a sufficiently strong support for the fingers, and to prevent side play at the
ends of the belt where the coupling is mide
It will be observed that the fistener is fashioned with slight convexity in cross
section, thus adapting it to the circular form of the pulley, ind the fact that it is
made of springy miterial makes it yield readily to the tension and curvature of the
particular size of pulley employed
The fingers 3 on either side of the web project laterally therefrom, piictically in
the same plane with the web though very slightly curved down to the shoulders 4,
which are about it right angles thereto These shoulders correspond in length to the

page_text: 2 The belt fastener herein described, having opposite rows of fingers, the body of
each finger and the extremity thereof being in different but substantially parallel
planes, with a shoulder offset between the body and extremity corresponding to the
thickness of the belt, and a web connecting the fingers, substantially as set forth
3 The belt fastener herein described, consisting in a metallic belt fastener formed
in a single piece with a web at its centre and a series of fingers projecting oppositely
from said web, each finger having a shoulder near its ends at about right angles to
the web and the plane of the finger above and below the shoulder, substantially as
set forth
4 A belt fastener, provided with a web along its centre, and a series of fingers at
each side of the web having their extremities pointed and the points turned inward,
substantially at right angles to the plane of the fingers, substantially as set forth
5 The belt fastener herein described, having a series of fingers, the body and the
extremity of each finger being in substantially parallel lines with a shoulder between
and the tips of the fingers extending outward from the body, in combination with
the end of a belt having the extremities of the fingers in contact therewith, sub-
stantially as set forth
Dated this 23rd day of May 1888
WILLARD N PACKER
FREDERICK CLEMENT BROOKSBANK
HIRAM T FISHER