Patent ID: 8528992

Claim:
A device for connecting first and second free ends of a rubber link track to one another or for connecting first and second free ends of first and second band segments, respectively, of a rubber band track to one another, the device comprising: at least two tubes each having a pin mounted therein with a rubber mounting, wherein one of said tubes is to be inserted into the first end of the rubber band track or of a band segment and another one of said tubes is to be inserted into the second end of the rubber band track or of a band segment; and at least one connector configured to couple said pins together in a rotationally fixed manner; wherein a rotational rigidity of said pins relative to a respectively associated said tube, brought about by the rubber mounting, is adjusted via a thickness of the rubber mounting between said pins and an inside surface of said tube or via a force to be applied when pressing said pins into the respective said tube and a compression of the rubber mounting in connection with the pressing-in process.