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US 4,861,322 AGranted
Emergency drive (fan) belt
OwnerGary M. Reddickinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for effecting temporary, emergency repairs of an engine when a drive belt breaks and repairs must be made under adverse conditions. Either a linear belt segment or a conventional endless belt may be utilized for the emergency repair. A coupling strip maintains terminal ends of the emergency replacement belt juxtaposed and in close proximity.
Claims20
The method for making an emergency drive belt installation on an engine comprising the steps of:
- (a) bonding a first mating type coupling element adjacent a first terminal butt end of a linear segment of drive belting;
- (b) bonding a second mating type coupling element adjacent a second terminal butt end of said linear segment of drive belting;
- (c) threading said linear segment of drive belting around the appropriate engine pulleys;
- (d) drawing said first and second terminal butt ends of said linear segment together in butting juxtaposition;
- and,
- (e) coupling said first and said second coupling elements to maintain said first and second terminal butt ends in butting jaxtaposition forming an endless drive belt.
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Means for assembly an emergency drive belt comprising:
- a first mating type coupling element bondable adjacent a first terminal butt and of a drive belt segment;
- a second mating type coupling element bondable adjacent a second terminal butt end of a drive belt segment;
- and,
- bonding medium for bonding said first and second mating type coupling elements adjacent first and second terminal butt ends, respectively, of a drive belt segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.