Belt cutting apparatus
AssigneeDorner Mfg. Corp.
InventorsKenneth N. Hansen, Daniel E. Ertel
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is clamped against a cutting surface on the base of the apparatus by a pair of parallel clamping bars. A lever arm is pivoted to, and is axially slidable on, a shaft disposed parallel to the clamping bars and the lever arm carries a cutting head. A pair of blades are mounted in an acute angle relation on the cutting head, and as the lever arm is manually pivoted downwardly, the blades cut a pair of slits in the belt. The lever arm is then pivoted up and advanced axially along the shaft and the cutting action is repeated to thereby cut a plurality of V-shaped fingers in the belt, which can be interdigitated with fingers of a second belt end and subsequently bonded together to provide an endless spliced belt.
Claims20
A belt cutting apparatus, comprising a base having a belt supporting surface, clamping means mounted on the base for clamping the belt against said surface, a pivot shaft mounted on said base, a lever arm journaled for pivotal movement on said shaft and mounted to slide axially on said shaft, a cutter head mounted on the lever arm and having a plurality of blades disposed to cut a plurality of slits in the belt as the lever arm is pivoted downwardly in a cutting stroke, and locating means mounted on the cutter head for positioning the cutter head along the width of the belt to correlate the cut slits and provide a series of V-shaped cut fingers in the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.