Belt lacer
AssigneeMATO Maschinen-und Metallwarenfabrik Curt Matthaei GmbH & Co. KG
InventorWolfgang Herold
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Abstract
A belt lacer for connectors of the type having a plurality of wire hooks arranged in a side-by-side relationship includes a base element, and a holding member supported on the base element, and configured to receive and retain therein the belt connectors. The belt lacer also includes a crimping jaw having a pair of crimping jaw members rotatably mounted on the base element for mutual rotational motion, and configured to abuttingly engage from opposite directions the belt connectors retained in the holding member. Means are provided for converging and diverging said crimping jaw members, and a mechanism positively couples the rotational motion of the crimping jaw members relative to the base member.
Claims33
An apparatus for pressing into belt ends belt connectors of the type having a plurality of wire hooks arranged in a side-by-side relationship, comprising:
- a base element;
- a holding member supported on said base element, and configured to receive and retain therein the belt connectors;
- a crimping jaw having a pair of crimping jaw members rotatably mounted on said base element for mutual rotational motion, and configured to abuttingly engage from opposite directions the belt connectors retained in said holding member;
- means for converging and diverging said crimping jaw members;
- and
- rim gear sections disposed on said crimping jaw members which mesh together for positively coupling the rotational motion of said crimping jaw members relative to said base element.
An apparatus for pressing into belt ends belt connectors of the type having a plurality of wire hooks arranged in a side-by-side relationship, comprising:
- a base element;
- a holding member supported on said base element, and configured to receive and retain therein the belt connectors;
- a crimping jaw having a pair of crimping jaw members rotatably mounted on said base element for mutual rotational motion, and configured to abuttingly engage from opposite directions the belt connectors retained in said holding member;
- means for converging and diverging said crimping jaw members;
- means for positively coupling the rotational motion of said crimping jaw members relative to said base element;
- and wherein
- each of said crimping jaw members includes a lower jaw element mounted in swivel fashion on said base element, and a compressive jaw element connected to said lower jaw element and movable relative to it, whereby said converging and diverging means acts upon said compressive jaw element;
- and
- said lower jaw element and said compressive jaw element are connected to one another by tension springs.
An apparatus as set forth in claim 33, wherein:
- said tension springs act upon said crimping jaw members in such a manner that said crimping jaw is pre-tensioned in an open configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.