535results about "Belt fastenings" patented technology

A multi-layered belt, in particular a continuous running and / or transport and / or processing belt, includes a traction layer and a functional layer that contains a gel. To reduce the stress placed on the transported goods, in particular persons, the gel is an unplasticized gel and the functional layer consist of a coating containing the interspersed gel. In addition, to a method for producing a belt of this type is provided, in which the gel is poured in a continuous method onto the traction layer and a mixer and delivery unit is guided back and forth in a reversible manner perpendicular to the displacement direction of the traction layer in such a way that a gel layer with a uniform thickness is applied to the traction layer. Furthermore, the use of said belt as a running belt for persons, in particular as a running belt for training and / or fitness equipment is described.

A seat belt loop system for use with an animal / pet carrier in order to transport an animal in a moving vehicle. The seat belt loop system includes an anchor tab coupled to the pet carrier, a cinch strap coupled to the anchor tab, and cinch strap with a proximal end coupled to the pet carrier and a distal end for insertion through the cinch loop. Once inserted, the distal end is cinched against the cinch loop and then coupled to the cinch strap. A fastening mechanism on the cinch strap is engaged to retain a vehicle seat belt between the pet carrier and the seat belt loop.

A belt fastener assembly for fastening belt ends together comprises: first and second retention plates receiving and retaining substantially abutting belt ends between the plates, and defining a plurality of bolt holes. A plurality of threaded bolts each extend through a bolt hole of each of the first and second plates and also extend through portions of the belt positioned between the plates, to retain the first and second plates and the belt ends together, with nuts carried on the bolts. Washers are also carried on the bolts, each having an aperture and having, in an original condition prior to use, a frustoconical inner area surrounding the aperture to enlarge the aperture to a size of at least the outer diameter of the bolt threads. This facilitates placement of the washers on the bolts. Then, the washers may be flattened to decrease the size of the apertures, to retain the bolts in position extending through a retention plate prior to full assembly.

A conveyor belt assembly including a flexible belt body with a plurality of spaced flexible teeth and at least one hardened tooth coupled to the belt body. The flexible belt body and flexible teeth comprise a resilient material. The hardened tooth comprises hardened plastic or metal. The flexible belt body also includes at least one reinforcing member within the belt body. A guide member is coupled to the flexible belt body and the hardened tooth to assist in transporting objects on the conveyor belt assembly. A pivotable clamping device clamps the ends of the belt body together to form a continuous belt. The clamping device clamps the reinforcing member to ensure a strong connection.

The present invention is directed to a treadmill belt with foamed cushion layer and method of making same. In one embodiment, the treadmill belt includes a fabric base layer and a foamed cushion layer foamed on and integral with the fabric base layer. The foamed cushion layer includes a thermoplastic composition and has a Shore A hardness of about 20 to about 80. In one example, the first foamed cushion layer is from about 0.05 inches to about 0.35 inches thick. The thermoplastic composition, prior to being foamed, includes about 1 part to about 5 parts of a foaming agent, e.g., a chemical foaming agent, based on 100 parts thermoplastic material, e.g., polyvinyl chloride. An outer wear layer is securely adhered on the foamed cushion layer to sandwich the foamed cushion layer between the fabric base layer and outer wear layer thereby defining the treadmill belt.

A production method of a decorative film comprises a first step of laying a base film of a thermoplastic resin on a pattern layer of a transfer sheet in which the pattern layer is placed on one surface of a carrier film, thermally transferring the pattern layer onto the base film, and thereafter stripping off the carrier film, thereby obtaining a laminate sheet in which the pattern layer is placed on one surface of the base film; and a second step of, in a state in which a transparent resin film is laid on a surface of the laminate sheet on the pattern layer side, inserting the laminate sheet and the transparent resin film into between a pair of endless belts placed opposite each other, and conveying the laminate sheet and the transparent resin film under heat and pressure, thereby obtaining a decorative film in which a transparent resin layer of the transparent resin film is placed on the surface of the laminate sheet on the pattern layer side.

A bicycle shift control apparatus comprises a threshold value setting unit that sets a threshold value of a running condition for shifting a bicycle transmission, a decision unit that decides if a current running condition value passes the threshold value, and a tentative shift unit that sets a tentative shift of the bicycle transmission when the decision unit decides that the current running condition value passes the threshold value. A canceling unit cancels the tentative shift if the decision unit decides that the current running condition value varies from a previous running condition value by a determined value.

A belt clamping system including an open-ended, flat belt with an end portion having a number of teeth projecting therefrom and a clamping plate with matching tooth profile for use in connecting the belt end to another structure. The flat belt may be reinforced with longitudinally extending cords. The toothed profile may be a standard timing belt profile and may be unreinforced. A length of timing belt profile material may be welded to the flat surface of the open-ended flat belt at or near an end. The length of timing belt profile may include at least 7 tooth pitches. The end portion may be clamped between a flat surface of a flat plate and a grooved surface of a grooved plate having grooves complementary to the timing belt teeth.

A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member is provided with a base, a pair of legs and an engaging portion provided on a distal ends of the legs. The female member is provided with an insertion port, a guide that elastically deforms the distal end of each of the legs inserted through the insertion port in a direction in which the distal ends come closer to each other and a pair of engaged portions formed on both sides of a remote side of the guide. Each of the engaged portions displaces each of the engaging portions in the direction in which the engaging portions get apart with each other and is provided by a concave that has an abutment wall on a rear portion in the releasing direction to be abutted by each of engaging portions. Each of the abutment walls is formed as a slant surface that inclines in the direction in which the abutment walls come closer to each other toward the releasing direction of the male member.

An endless conveyor belt loop includes a conveyor belt that has an elongated body and a substantially uniform width. The ends of the conveyor belt each include a splice formation extending across the width of the conveyor belt that are each configured to mate with the other. A thermoplastic connector is thermally engaged between exposed surfaces formed by the splice formation at the ends of the conveyor belt. When the splice formations are aligned, the thermoplastic connector is thermally engaged and continuously interconnected between the ends for conveyor belt to form a seamless end connection. The thermoplastic connector comprises a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer.

A conveyor belt for conveying plate elements in a machine for converting the elements that includes a belt body with longitudinal edges, joining edges, and a support surface for supporting the elements, and at least one assembly member arranged to join the joining edges, and extending in a direction of assembly which is oblique to the longitudinal direction, the belt body having a plurality of perforations for obtaining a vacuum on the support surface to immobilize the elements.

A toothed belt connector for making an endless belt has two leaves, adapted to be connected to each other by knuckles along one or more teeth. Each knuckle has at least one hole extending through tooth portions so that when the holes are in registry, a pin can be extended through the holes to connect the leaves at the teeth. The leaves can be adjoined to the ends of a belt to make the belt endless. The tip end of each knuckle can be beveled or it can have a stepped finger that fits into a cutout on the opposite leaf to keep the end of the knuckle from protruding as the belt wraps around a sprocket.

The invention provides a glue joint method of conveying belt lacer, which comprises the following steps: (1) wiping out line frames of braided fabric layers for glue joint at the head end and tail end of the conveying belt which need cutting off; (2) cutting and stripping the braided fabric layers for glue joint at the head and tail end of the conveying vertically and section by section from inside to end face along marking lines to form two ladder type glue joint faces where the number of the braided fabric layers gradually increases from end face to inside; (3) roughening and cleaning the ladder type glue joint faces; (4) brushing 2 rubber films with equal thickness and uniformity onto each roughened ladder type glue joint faces; (5) drying the ladder type glue joint faces on the two ends of the conveying belt until the two faces are not sticky to hands, sticking the two faces together and compacting; (6) trimming edges; (7) neatening. The invention gets rid of the prior tools for jacking and etc., adds a roughening procedure, and shortens the glue joint time of the conveying belt. The glue joint operation can be completed at a feeding interval of a conveying system with joint strength being greatly improved and the service life of the conveying belt being prolonged.

Provided is a tourniquet having two opposing and pivotally movable plates. The plates comprise a clamp that pinches an elastomeric cord. The plates are pivotally biased together by a spring. The cord is attached to a back end of the clamp. A free end of the cord is squeezed by the plates such that a loop of cord is provided. The cord can be pulled from the clamp to reduce the size of the loop. The clamp comprises a safety lock that prevents movement of the plates and slipping of the cord. The safety lock can comprise a button disposed between the plates in the back end of the clamp, preventing the plates from moving together in the back portion, and therefore from moving apart in a front portion that grips the cord. Also, the tourniquet clamp can comprise a dual-sided press connector mechanism for fast release of tourniquet tension.

Two opposite ends of a handrail stock member are joined to form a handrail having a closed-loop configuration for an escalator or the like. A slot is cut into each end, parallel to a longitudinal reinforcement layer of the handrail stock member. A joint reinforcement insert including longitudinally-oriented high-strength high-stiffness fibers is inserted into the two slots and the two ends are butted together. A thermoplastic matrix material of the handrail stock member in the joint area is heated to a softening or melting temperature and is press-molded to penetrate into the reinforcement insert and bond the insert to portions of the reinforcement layer overlapped by the insert. The matrix material is fused across the junction plane. A pressing mold maintains the defined outer contour of the handrail.

An over-molded beaded driving cable which has an inner core, a plurality of inner core structures. An outer jacket may encompass the inner core and inner core structures. Each of a plurality of outer beads concentrically surrounds an inner core structure. The outer beads are over-molded in this position, forming an interlocking inner core structure and outer bead configuration capable of high load and high flexible performance. An end fitting placed at each end portion of the inner core provides for a driving cable assembly with a variety of end fitting configurations, including a closed loop connection, for automotive and non-automotive applications.

A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member is provided with a base, a pair of legs and an engaging portion provided on a distal ends of the legs. The female member is provided with an insertion port, a guide that elastically deforms the distal end of each of the legs inserted through the insertion port in a direction in which the distal ends come closer to each other and a pair of engaged portions formed on both sides of a remote side of the guide. Each of the engaged portions displaces each of the engaging portions in the direction in which the engaging portions get apart with each other and is provided by a concave that has an abutment wall on a rear portion in the releasing direction to be abutted by each of engaging portions. Each of the abutment walls is formed as a slant surface that inclines in the direction in which the abutment walls come closer to each other toward the releasing direction of the male member.

The invention relates to an endless, belt-shaped tension element (1) for a conveyor system with at least one joining point (2) comprising an elastomer, in particular a cross-linked and / or thermoplastic elastomer, at least one reinforcing layer and optionally at least one tension support (3), two ends of the at least one reinforcing layer being disposed at the at least one joining point (2). An insert piece (6) is disposed between the two ends at the joining point (2), subtending an angle α with the tension element longitudinal extension, and the ends of the at least one reinforcing layer overlap with the insert piece (6).

A thermoplastic toothed belt connector (10, 50) for making an endless belt (12) has two leaves (20, 22, 58, 60), adapted to be hingedly connected to each other by knuckles (28, 30, 60, 62) along one or more teeth (38, 52, 54). Each knuckle (28, 30, 60, 62) has a hole (42, 72) extending through tooth portions (39) so that when the holes (42, 72) are in the registry, a pin (32, 74) can be extended through the holes (42, 72) to form the hinge at the teeth (38, 52, 54). The leaves (20, 22, 58, 60) can be adjoined to the ends of a thermoplastic belt (12) to make the belt endless.

A system for applying belt fasteners to belt ends is disclosed. The system includes a power tool apparatus and a guiding apparatus. The guide apparatus includes a guide block having guide bores in which attachment members, e.g., rivets, are held in position relative to the belt fasteners so that a drive rod of the power tool impacts the rivets in the guide block bores. The guide block preferably is of a hard material, e.g. a machined steel or powder steel, for proper guiding of the drive rod and rivet during riveting operations.

The invention relates to a sorting system having a vertical sorter (2) for delivering and sorting piece goods, comprising a plurality of sorting units (5) at prescribed distances from each other, extending over a closed conveyor belt (6) along a track (7), connected to the conveyor belt, and movable along the track. Two diverter drums (27, 29) having horizontal axes of rotation are provided, of which at least one diverter drum serves as a drive drum in order to divert the conveyor belt and the sorting units disposed thereon about the horizontally aligned axes of rotation and to drive the same. The conveyor belt is designed as a tie beam (11). The conveyor belt is reinforced by reinforcing means (12) to this end, in order to drive the sorting units. A sorting unit comprises a moving device having idlers (31) and is attached to the conveyor belt, wherein the sorting unit comprises at least one piece goods receptacle (8) from which received piece goods can be discarded in a controlled manner.

A method of stabilizing the seam loops of a papermaking fabric or other industrial fabric until the fabric is ready to be installed and seamed on a machine. Stabilizing the loops prevents torque imbalance and other forces from distorting the loop alignment over time, thereby making the loops easier to connect and seam when the fabric is ready to be installed.

A safety belt system especially for a passenger chair has at least one, preferably two, safety components each of which includes a controlled flexibility. The controlled flexibility is provided by a relatively stiff sheath or whip or belt section. A limp belt member passes through the sheath with the controlled flexibility. In a second embodiment, the controlled rigidity is provided by a flexible belt end section. In both embodiments one end of each safety component is secured to the chair and the other end has a belt lock element for closing the belt system for use. In an open rest position at least one, preferably both, safety components rest against the backrest of the chair. The controlled flexibility provides a spring biasing force that keeps the safety component in the rest position from which the passenger can turn the safety component into a use position and close the system with one hand.