IMPROVED MEANS OF CONNECTING THE ENDS OF DRIVING BANDS AND BELTS
Year: 1885

page_text: We GEORGE WILLIAMSON of 5 Regent Street Glossop in the County of Derby
Bookkeeper and ISAAC JACKSON of 2 Victoria Street Glossop aforesaid Saddler do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVED MEANS OF CONNECTING
THE ENDS OF DRIVING BANDS AND BELTS to be as follows :-
This Invention relates to the means of connecting the ends of driving bands and
belts and these Improvements have for their object to provide a simple pliable and
durable connection for or between the ends of such bands and belts.
This Invention consists in attaching to each end of the band or belt a connecting
strip of metal leather or other suitable material of a width not greater than that
of the band or belt to which it is secured and of such a length as to permit a
firm and unyielding connection being made by sewing by bolts or rivets or by
equivalent means. The two strips are then connected by a pin as hereinafter
described.
If the connecting strip is of leather canvas or similar pliable material it is folded
back upon itself so that the crease or fold projects slightly beyond the end of the
band or belt. Portions of the projecting folds are then cut away in such a manner
that the remaining portions of the fold at one end of the band or belt may fit into
and occupy the cut out spaces of the fold at the opposite end. In this position of
the connecting strips a pin may be passed through the folds or creases of both
strips when they will be held together precisely in the same mauner as the two
halves of a butt or similar hinge are held together and a pliable connection will be
formed between the two ends of the belt. The connecting strips are secured to the
band or belt by sewing through both thicknesses of the leather or other similar
material and through the band or belt or they may be secured by rivets bolts and
nuts cement or other suitable means.
If the connecting strips are of metal we cast or otherwise form them so that
each strip resembles one half of a butt hinge to the extent that strips at the
opposite ends of the band or belt may fit into each other and be secured together
by means of a pin To ensure a more absolute connection between the connecting
strips and the band or belt we may cast or otherwise produce upon the underside
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page_text: of the strips a number of points or projections capable of penetrating the band or
belt. The metal connecting strips may be secured to the band or belt by means of
rivets bolts and nuts or other suitable means.
The pin used for connecting the ends of the band or belt by means of the
connecting strips may be secured in position by having its ends rivetted over or
the pin may have a head formed at one end and be screwed at the other end for a
nut or it may be screwed and provided with a nut at each end or other equivalent
If metal
means may be adopted for preventing the pin working or dropping out.
connecting strips are employed, the pin may be screwed at one end and have
a countersunk head at the other end when the two outer parts of the loops on
the ends of the opposing connecting strips may be counter sunk and screwed
respectively to correspond with the pin.
Driving belts or bands having their ends connected by the means hereinbefore
described are pliable at the joints and the ends may be readily connected or dis-
connected, while the necessity for an overlap is avoided.
Dated this seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty five.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Connecting the Ends of Driving Belts
and Bands.
We GEORGE WILLIAMSON of 5 Regent Street Glossop in the County of Derby
Bookkeeper and ISAAC JACKSON of 2 Victoria Street Glossop aforesaid Saddler 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:—
This Invention relates to the means of connecting the ends of driving bands and
belts and these Improvements have for their object to provide a simple, pliable and
durable connection for or between the ends of such bands and belts.
This Invention consists in attaching to each end of the band or belt a connecting
strip of metal, leather or other suitable material of a width not greater than that
of the band or belt to which it is secured and of such a length as to permit a
firm and unyielding connection being made by sewing; by bolts or rivets or by
equivalent means-The two strips are then connected by a pin as hereinafter
described.
If the connecting strip is of leather, canvas or similar pliable material it is folded
back upon itself so that the crease or fold projects slightly beyond the end of the
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page_text: band or belt. Portions of the projecting folds are then cut away in such a ma
that the remaining portions of the fold at one end of the band or belt may fit into
and occupy the cut out spaces of the fold at the opposite end. In this position of
the connecting strips a pin may be passed through the folds or creases of both
strips when they will be held together precisely in the same manner as the two
halves of a butt or similar hinge are held together, and a pliable connection will be
formed between the two ends of the belt. The connecting strips are secured to the
band or belt by sewing through both thicknesses of the leather or other similar
material and through the band or belt or they may be secured by rivets, bolts and
nuts, cement or other suitable means.
If the connecting strips are of metal we cast or otherwise form them so that
each strip resembles one half of a butt hinge to the extent that strips at the
opposite end of the band or belt may fit into each other and be secured together
by means of a pin. To ensure a more absolute connection between the connecting
strips and the band or belt we may cast or otherwise produce upon the underside
of the strips a number of points or projections capable of penetrating the band or
belt. The metal connecting strips may be secured to the band or belt by means of
rivets, bolts and nuts or by other suitable means.
The pin used for connecting the ends of the band or belt by means of the
connecting strips may be secured in position by having its ends rivetted over, or
the pin may have a head formed at one end and be screwed at the other end for a
nut or it may be screwed and provided with a nut at each end or other equivalent
If metal
means may be adopted for preventing the pin working or dropping out.
connecting strips are employed, the pin may be screwed at one end and have
a countersunk head at the other end, when the two outer parts of the loops on
the ends of the opposing connecting strips may be countersunk and screwed
respectively to correspond with the pin.
Driving belts or bands having their ends connected by the means herein before
described are pliable at the joints and the ends may be readily connected or dis-
connected, while the necessity for an overlap is avoided.
And in order that this our said Invention may be more readily understood and
carried into practical effect we have hereunto appended a sheet of Drawings having
the various Figures thereon marked with letters, reference being hereinafter had
thereto. In all the Figures similar parts are denoted by similar letters.
Fig. 1 shews in plan and Fig. 2 in side view the separate parts of a metallic
fastener or connection constructed according to these Improvements.
Fig. 3 represents in plan and Fig. 4 in longitudinal section the same fastener in
position, connecting the two ends of a belt.
Fig. 5 represents in plan and Fig. 6 in section the ends of a band or belt con-
nected by means of leather, canvas or other similar and suitable strips with loops
formed thereon and by a pin as hereinbefore described.
Fig. 6 represents five different forms of pins bolts or screws which may be
employed for securing the connecting strips or plates together.
A A are the strips or plates having loops B. B. cut cast formed or produced
thereon. These loops resemble in effect those of a common butt hinge. C. C are
the pins bolts or screws any one of which may be employed to connect the looped
strips or plates together as shewn in Figs. 3 and 5. In Figs. 1 and 3 and in
Fig. 7c a split pin is shewn, when this is employed the split part is opened after
the pin is passed through the loops. In Fig. 7a, a bolt is shewn, when this is
employed one of the outside loops is tapped with a screw thread to engage with
the screw on the end of the bolt and the latter is screwed into position. In
Fig. 7b, a bolt and nut are shewn, when these are employed the nut is screwed
upon the bolt after its insertion through the loops. A pin and loose washer are
shewn in Fig. 7d, the pin being rivetted over the washer. A split bolt is shown in
Fig. 76, this may be secured by being screwed into a tapped loop as Fig. 7a, or by
being provided with a nut as Fig. 7b. Any other equivalent form of pin nut or
bolt may be employed,

page_text: When metallic connecting plates or strips are employed we form upon the
underside of the plate or strips a number of points or projectures as indicated at D.
Figs. 1 and 2. These points or projections penetrate the band or belt and produce
a firmer grip or union. The plates or strips are by preference further connected
to the ends of the band or belt by screws as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 or they may
be secured thereto by rivets or by other equivalent means. The ends of the band
or belt are shown at E. E.
When leather, canvas or other similar connecting strips are employed they are
by preference sewn to the ends of the band or belt as indicated in Fig. 5 or they
may be secured thereto by cement, pins, rivets or other suitable means.
We are aware that hinged fasteners or connections have already been employed
for connecting the ends of bands or belts and we are further aware that teeth or
similar projections have also been employed upon rigid fasteners but we are not
aware that they have been employed in combination or substantially in the manner
herein before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is
(1.) As a fastener or connection for the ends of bands or belts, two-looped
metallic plates or strips having pins, teeth, points or projections upon the under or
contact surface, in combination with a pin bolt or screw connecting the looped
plates together, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in Figs. 1.
2. 3 and 4 on the accompanying sheet of Drawings.
(2.) As a fastener or connection for the ends of bands or belts two looped strips
of leather, canvas or similar suitable material in combination with a pin bolt or
screw connecting the looped strips together, substantially as herein before described
and as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 on the accompanying sheet of Drawings.
Dated this 17th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty five.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.