Fastener for cable conveyor belt

A fastener for being secured to an end of a conveyor belt having cables, the fastener comprising:

• a tubular member to be secured to an end portion of a conveyor belt cable;
• a connector having a unitary, one-piece fastener body distinct from the tubular member, the fastener body having an upper portion for being disposed adjacent an upper surface of the conveyor belt end and a lower portion for being disposed adjacent a lower surface of the conveyor belt end;
• the upper and lower portions of the fastener body spaced apart to receive the tubular member therebetween and permit the conveyor belt cable to extend in an outboard direction from the conveyor belt end between the upper and lower portions;
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• a stop of the connector configured to abut the tubular member, the stop arranged to block inboard movement of the tubular member and the conveyor belt cable end portion relative to the connector.

A fastener for a conveyor belt end having a longitudinal cable embedded in belt material, the longitudinal cable including a plurality of wires each having a first portion and a second portion, the fastener comprising:

• a tubular member to be secured to the first portions of the wires of the cable;
• a connector including a fastener body having an upper member and a lower member;
• ends of the upper and lower members for being positioned adjacent the belt material;
• the upper and lower members of the fastener body having a gap therebetween that permits the cable to extend longitudinally between and spaced from the upper and lower members;
• a stop of the connector arranged to block movement of the tubular member and cable secured thereto toward the ends of the upper and lower members in the gap between the upper and lower members;
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• the upper and lower members of the fastener body are sized to provide a longitudinal spacing between the ends of the upper and lower members and the tubular member so that the cable has a strain relief length including the second portions of the wires of the cable between the ends of the upper and lower members and the tubular member that permits the second portions of the wires to shift about each other to relieve stress in the wires as the cable bends.

A fastener for being secured to an end of a conveyor belt having cables, the fastener comprising:

• a body having an opening to receive an end portion of a cable;
• a plurality of locking members configured to be shifted relative to the body to engage the cable end portion and fix the cable end portion in the opening of the body;
• the plurality of locking members comprising:
• a first set of aligned locking members configured to engage the cable end portion at corresponding first locations along the cable end portion;
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• a second set of aligned locking members offset about the opening of the body from the first set of aligned locking members, the second set of aligned locking members configured to engage the cable end portion at corresponding second locations along the cable end portion offset from the first locations about the cable end portion.