Improvements in the Means or Mode of Connecting the Ends of Bands or Belts as Used in Mechanical Engineering.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means or Mode of Connecting the Ends of
Bands or Belts as Used in Mechanical Engineering.
We, JOSEPH GOTHARD of Midland Railway Lawley Street Birmingham
Coal and Iron Merchant and LLEWELLEYN AUGUSTUS PARROCK of 18 Presbury
Road Aston Birmingham Mechanical Engineer, 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 relates to improvements in the counecting of the ends of bands or
belts, as used tor mechanical purposes.
The aim and object of our invention is the connecting of the ends of bands or
belts for the above purposes, and in such a manner that the same may be
disconnected, that is the ends released for the purpose of removing the band or
belt when required and in a simple and efficacous manner. Hitherto these bands
or belts have had their ends connected or fastened together, but the separation has
only been effected by injury or destruction to the fastening or partially to the band
or belt, where the fastening has been affected.
To remedy this is the object of our invention, which we will now describe.
By one mode we construct two metallic plates of a required configuration, and
gauge, produced by casting or stamping or in any other manner, casting by
preference (in any suitable metal) mallable iron for cheapness, upon one edge of
one of these plates which we term the inner edge we form a "lip "which is bent
partially round and thus forms a hook. The other plate, and upon the one edge of
same is two lugs to which is a bar, this leaves a space between, sufficient to admit
of the before described hook, and its engaging thereon thus forming a link or
"shackle."
In some cases we may employ a third plate with two lugs on each edge, for
carrying two bars. We should then require two plates with a "lip" forming a
hook upon each, and for engaging upon each bar, thus forming a double link or
shackle, the outer edges may have alternately a hook and a bar so that a chain of
any required number of hooks and bars may be formed, the object being to impart
elasticity and to accomodate itself to its purpose.
Or we may employ two metallic plates, and bend the inner edge of each partially
round so that the curve of one will engage with the curve of the other and thus
become locked.
The mode of connecting the above fastening to the belt or band is as follows, at
or near the outer edge of each on any plate and upon its inner surface are a series
of prongs or spikes, so arranged as to be driven through the band or belt and thus
remain secured, or we may dispense with the prongs by adopting a series of holes
in said plates which will admit of rivets being passed through and through the
band or belt and then rivetted over, or the said holes in plates may be employed for
the sticking the same on to the band or belt.
It will be perceived that when the plates are secured to the ends of the band or
belt as above set forth the mode of connecting the ends is simply by the hooking of
one plate upon the bar of the other and in the other case simply by engaging the
curve of one plate with the curve of the other and the disengaging is just as
simple.
And in order that this our said invention may be more fully understood we
shall now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose

page_text: we shall refer to the several figures on the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts throughout all the figures.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a fastening entire for connecting the ends of bands or
belts, constructed according to our invention.
Fig. 2 is a view of same parts detached.
Fig. 3 is an end view as Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. is an end view as Fig. 2 parts detached.
Fig. 5. shews the same applied to its purpose.
Fig. 6 is a plan view of fastening as a modification of above in its entirety."
Fig. 7 is a view of same parts detached.
Fig. 8. is an end view as Fig. 6.
Fig. 9 is an end view as Fig. 7 parts detached.
Fig. 10. shews the same applied to its purpose.
Fig. 11 is a plan view of a fastening as a modification entire.
Fig. 12 is a view of same parts detached.
Fig. 13 is an end view as Fig. 11.
Fig. 14 is an end view as Fig. 12 parts detached.
Fig. 15 shews the same applied to its purpose.
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a and are two metallic plates, c is the "lip" forming the "hook
upon the
inner edge add, are the lugs upou the inner edge b', e is the bar, f is the space.
Through this space the lip or hook c is passed thus forming a link or shackle or
connection as shewn at Fig. 1, Fig. 3 and in application Fig. 5 and in Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 and in application Fig. 10. 9. h are the edges of a. h. bent or curved so as
to engage each other and become locked as shewn at Fig. 11, Fig. 13 and in
application Fig. 15. i are the prongs or spikes for connecting the fastening to the
band or belt o.
The above being our said invention we wish it to be observed that we do not
limit ourselves to the precise details as shewn on the sheet of drawings as we may
vary or modify the same without departing from the principle of our said
invention.
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.
1st. The construction and combination of the plates a. b. provided with lip or
hook c. lugs dd, the bare, upon which e engages as Figs. 1 to 5 substantially as and
for the purpose herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
2nd. The construction and combination of the plates a. a. and plate b. provided
with lips or hooks c. c. and lugs d d d d, the bars ee upon which c. c. engage, as
Figs. 6 to 10 substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and shewn
on the drawings.
3rd. The construction and combination of the plates a. b. provided with the
edges bent or curved as g. h for engaging with each other as Figs. 11 to 15
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and shewn on the
drawings.
4th. The construction and combination of the plates a. b. with prongs or holes
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described as shewn on the sheet
of drawings forming
"Improvements in the means or mode of connecting the ends of bands or belts as
used in mechanical engineering."