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US 5,401,011 AGranted
Belt clamp
OwnerAlan D. Gatenby, Lloyd V. Carterinventors
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Abstract
A belt clamp stabilizing an intact belt while it encompasses a pulley formed from a rear plate, front plate, 2 cams, and a center block with griping surfaces. The clamp is easily attached to an existing belt without having two cut an additional belt. A breaker bar may be attached to the Belt Clamp to stabilize the clamp and the pulley to which the belt is attached while the nut or bolt holding the pulley to the pulley shaft is loosened or tightened.
Claims11
A Belt Clamp having a front, rear, top, and bottom plane comprising;
- an elongated rear plate;
- said rear plate having first and second acentric cam means rotateably attached adjacent to the ends of the rear plate;
- said first and second cams means rotating on first and second shaft means;
- said rear plate having a center block attached thereto;
- said center block having griping surfaces adjacent to said first and second acentric cams means;
- said griping surfaces being designed to grip a belt;
- said first and second cam means rotating snug against said belt;
- an elongated front plate having a first end and a second end;
- said front plate being rotateably attached near said first end of said front plate to a fastening means attached to said first shaft means adjacent to the front of the first cam means;
- said front plate containing a latching slot near said second end which when rotating said front plate, engages a post affixed to the front end of said second shaft.
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