Manual belt skiver
AssigneeMATO Maschinen-und Metallwarenfabrik Curt Matthaei GmbH & Co. KG
InventorWolfgang Herold
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Abstract
A manual belt skiver removes a top layer of material along an end edge of a elt in preparation for mounting a lacing thereon. The skiver has a base with a handle attached thereto, and a normally vertical contact surface adapted to slide along the end edge of the belt during use. A knife is mounted on the base, and has a thin flat blade protruding outwardly from the contact surface, with a straight interior portion and an upwardly turned outer tip. A pressure bar is mounted on the base, generally forward of the knife, and includes a foot which protrudes laterally outwardly from the contact surface, generally above the cutting edge of the blade to guide the blade through the belt.
Claims30
A manual belt skiver for removing a top layer of material along an end edge of a belt in preparation for mounting a lacing thereon, comprising:
- a base having a normally vertically oriented contact surface adapted to slidingly abut the end edge of the belt during use;
- a handle connected with said base, and adapted for manually moving said skiver along the end edge of the belt;
- a knife mounted on said base, and having a thin, generally flat blade protruding laterally outwardly from said contact surface;
- said blade having a sharpened forward cutting edge with a substantially straight interior portion adapted to cut a normally horizontal recess surface in the belt, and an upwardly turned outer tip adapted to cut a normally vertical recess surface in the belt;
- a pressure bar mounted on said base, generally forward of said knife, and having a foot portion thereof protruding laterally outwardly from said contact surface, with a lower surface of said foot portion positioned generally above the straight interior portion of said blade cutting edge, and adapted to slidingly abut the upper surface of the belt, and guide said blade through the belt as said skiver is manually drawn across the end edge of the belt to remove the top layer therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.