Improvements in Belting and Driving Bands.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Belting and Driving Bands.
We, JOHN NAYLER, of 200 High Street Dudley, in the County of Worcester,
Belting Manufacturer, and ANNE BARRS of Himley Road, Dudley, aforesaid, 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 belting and driving bands by
which such bands or belts are, materially strengthened and rendered practically
unstretchable and considerably more durable with but little additional cost over
that of the ordinary driving bands.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise we have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which we have fully illustrated the nature of our said improvements.
Figure 1., is a view of a piece of single leather banding having our improvements
embodied.
Figure 2., is a similar view to Figure 1 but showing a modification.
Figure 3., is a view of a pulley having one of our improved belts running.
thereon.
Figure 4., is a section through a piece of double leather belting with our
improvements embodied.
Figure 5., is a view showing the joint of a leather band with our improvement
attached.
Figure 6., shows the application of our improvement to a canvas or other such
band.
In carrying our invention into effect we put one, two, three, or any number of
strips of steel A upon the outside of the belt B along its entire length and these
strips A are fastened to the belt by the rivets a' which are placed at intervals
more or less apart from each other as may be required by the thickness or strength
of the band. The strips A may be arranged in any position upon the band as for
instance as shown either by Figure 1 where three strips are placed upon the centre
of the band or Figure 2 where steel strips are put near the edge and in the centre
of the band. In the case of double leather bands the strips of steel A are inserted
within the two thicknesses of leather B and B' and in cases of extra strong belting
we may also put additional steel strips upon the top or outer side. The strips Å
may be varied in width thickness and number according to the strength of band
required and the joints may be lap jointed and riveted as shown by at Figure 8
or butt jointed with the joint in a different position to the joint of the band so that
the strips will assist in strengthening the joint of the band as shown at Figure 5
the edges a being shaved down so as to obviate any sharp bend in the steel when
following the line of the joint. The holes in the strips through which they are
rivetted to the band are made slightly oval as shown at Figure 7 so as to allow a
little play of the rivets when the band is passing over small pulleys. The steel
strips A may also be applied to belting of other material than leather such as that
of india-rubber and canvas or stitched cotton canvas band or bands made of gutta-
percha and canvas also Balata and canvas and any other materials from which
driving bands are usually made and in such cases the steel strips may be sewn on
to the band as shown by Figure 6.
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 :-
:-
The belting or driving bands B having the steel strips A attached thereto,

page_text: substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown upon the accom-
panying drawing.
Deted thin 98th day of Annil 1902
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.