Conveyor belt fastener applicators and fastener beds

A system for securing fasteners to a conveyor belt end, the system comprising:

• a fastener bed having a plurality of aligned fastener holes configured to receive staples of fasteners;
• and
• an applicator comprising:
• an advancing member having at least a portion thereof configured to extend into the fastener holes, the advancing member operable to shift the applicator along the fastener bed;
• a pilot configured to extend into the fastener holes and secure the applicator along the fastener bed;
• an anvil configured to contact upper plates of the fasteners and move the upper plates toward a conveyor belt end received in the fasteners;
• a pusher operable to be advanced into the fastener holes to drive end portions of legs of the fastener staples through the conveyor belt end and into apertures of the upper plates of the fastener;
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• a swiper operable to bend the staple leg end portions against the upper plates of the fasteners and secure the fasteners to the conveyor belt end.

A fastener bed for facilitating the securing of fasteners to a conveyor belt end, the fastener bed comprising:

• a lower bed member having a plurality of lower hole portions;
• an upper bed member configured to be separably coupled to the lower bed member, the upper bed member having a plurality of upper hole portions;
• the lower hole portions of the lower bed member and the upper hole portions of the upper bed member cooperate to form a plurality of fastener holes with the upper bed member coupled to the lower bed member, the fastener holes configured to receive staples of fasteners for being secured to the conveyor belt end;
• wall portions of each of the fastener holes spaced apart from each other across the fastener holes, the wall portions configured to be engaged by a pilot of an applicator to secure the applicator relative to the fastener holes;
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• the wall portions of the fastener holes are configured to guide the staples of the fasteners and a pusher of the applicator through the fastener hole as the pusher drives the staples into the conveyor belt end.