公开(公告)号：US20210071736A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17100490

申请日：2020-11-20

Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Inventor： Joannes Stefanus van't Schip ,  Daniel J. Kuiper ,  Jason Carr ,  Nekheel Gajjar ,  William J. Daniels ,  William Robert Wawczak

IPC: F16G3/00 ,  B27F7/32 ,  F16G3/04

Abstract: In one aspect, a system is provided for securing fasteners to a conveyor belt end. The system includes a fastener bed to support fasteners, the fastener bed including a plurality of aligned fastener holes configured to receive staples of lower plates of the fasteners. The system further includes an applicator comprising a plurality of operating members operable to interface with the fastener holes of the fastener bed to advance the applicator along the fastener bed, secure the applicator relative to the fastener bed, and drive legs of the staples through the conveyor belt and into apertures of upper plates of the fasteners. The applicator is operable to urge upper plates of the fasteners against the conveyor belt end and bend the staple leg end portions against the upper plates of the fasteners to secure the fasteners to the conveyor belt end.

公开(公告)号：US11473649B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17100490

申请日：2020-11-20

Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Inventor： Joannes Stefanus van't Schip ,  Daniel J. Kuiper ,  Jason Carr ,  Nekheel Gajjar ,  William J. Daniels ,  William Robert Wawczak

IPC: B23P11/00 ,  F16G3/00 ,  F16G3/04 ,  B27F7/32

Abstract: In one aspect, a system is provided for securing fasteners to a conveyor belt end. The system includes a fastener bed to support fasteners, the fastener bed including a plurality of aligned fastener holes configured to receive staples of lower plates of the fasteners. The system further includes an applicator comprising a plurality of operating members operable to interface with the fastener holes of the fastener bed to advance the applicator along the fastener bed, secure the applicator relative to the fastener bed, and drive legs of the staples through the conveyor belt and into apertures of upper plates of the fasteners. The applicator is operable to urge upper plates of the fasteners against the conveyor belt end and bend the staple leg end portions against the upper plates of the fasteners to secure the fasteners to the conveyor belt end.