Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Jointing Leather Driving Bands.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1303-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Jointing Leather
Driving Bands.
I, ALBERT FORD of 167 Dartmouth Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Saw Mills Worker do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in the mode of and means for
jointing leather driving bands by which such joints are readily formed and in such
a manner that the joint accommodates itself to the curve of the pulley while the
working face of the band is quite level and the ends of the band can readily be
detached.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a piece of metal which is hinged
in the centre in a similar manner to that of an ordinary butt the hinge being as
wide as the band to be connected for each side of the hinge are a number of sprigs
or spikes say two rows across each side of the hinge and these spikes on one side of
the hinge are forced into the one end of the banding while the spikes on the other
side of the hinge are forced into the other end of the banding and thus the two
ends are joined together the hinge in the centre allowing the joint to accommodate
itself to the pulley as it travels round it and the one face of the band i.e. the reverse
side to which the hinge is fixed is perfectly level throughout.
The hinge may be of any kind of metal although I prefer to make it of malleable
iron with a steel pin between the two halves of the hinge and the spikes or sprigs
may be of steel cast in position.
Dated this 19th day of August 1899
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Jointing Leather
Driving Bands.
I ALBERT FORD of 167, Dartmouth Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Sawmill Worker 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in the mode of and means for
jointing leather driving bands by which such joints are readily formed and in such
a manner that the joint accommodates itself to the curve of the pulley while the
working face of the band is quite level and the ends of the band can readily be
detached.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a piece of metal which is hinged
in the centre in a similar manner to that of an ordinary butt the hinge being as
wide as the band to be connected on each side of the hinge are a number of sprigs
or spikes say two rows across each side of the hinge H and these spikes on one side
of the hinge are forced into the one end of the banding while the spikes on the
other side of the hinge are forced into the other end of the banding and thus the
two ends are jointed together the hinge in the centre allowing the joint to accom-
modate itself to the pulley as it travels round it and the one face of the band i.e. the
reverse side to which the hinge is fixed is perfectly level throughout.
The hinge may be of any kind of metal although I prefer to make it of malleable

page_text: iron with a steel pin between the two halves of the hinge and the spikes or sprigs
may be of steel cast in position.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have fully
illustrated the nature of my said improvement.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a pulley P and jointed band.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of my attachment removed from the band.
Figure 3 is a plan of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a similar plan to Figure 3 but showing a part modification.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a metal attachment A of the same
width as the band B and this metal attachment A is divided into the two parts a² and a*
with the intermediate joints at and on each of the parts a' and a' I provide a number
of sprigs a which may be steel cast in position or may be cast of the same material
as the parts a² and a³. These sprigs are pressed into the leather banding the part a
being thus attached to the one end and the part a to the other end the two parts a³
and a being attached together by the steel pin as this pin is easily removable and
may form a sinking at each side so as to allow of the pin having a head a' and
nut a for securing it and thus without any projection.
I
The band may be sewn or rivetted to the parts a' and a³ but I prefer to use the
sprigs as shewn.
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 :-
The improvement in the mode of and means for jointing leather driving bands
consisting of the attachment A having the joint a substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and shewn.
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171 1
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GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.