Belt core system
AssigneeMaxi-Lift, Inc.
InventorsPaul Phillips, Wade Randall Spencer, Jeffrey Carlisle Jowers
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Abstract
Belt core and belt core systems for winding a belt or other winding material are described. The belt core and belt core system described are lightweight and reusable. The belt core and belt core system includes at least one belt core unit. A plurality of units may be combined to form a belt core system, in which each unit has the same general size and is configured with means for interlocking each unit with another unit. This provides customization of the described system so that it may accommodate a winding material of any width.
Claims20
A belt core system comprising:
- a first belt core member;
- and
- a second belt core member;
- each belt core member having a body with an exterior surface, a first end, and a second end, the first end having one positioned shoulder, and the second end having a one positioned lip;
- wherein the one positioned lip on the second end of the second belt core member is aligned with and disposed at least partially around and abutting the one positioned shoulder on the first end of the first belt core member to form an expandable belt core system, to receive a belt for storing on the exterior surface of the first and second belt core members;
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- wherein one or more of the first belt core member and the second belt core member comprises at least one extension extending from at least one of the first end or the second end.
A belt core system, comprising
- a first belt core member and a second belt core member, each belt core member having a similarly configured first end, and a similarly configured second end;
- an alignment hole in each of the first and second belt core members, and extending along a length of each of the belt core member between and through the first and second ends of each of the belt core members;
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- a locking rod;
- wherein the first end of the first belt core member is positioned adjacent the second end of the second belt core member, such that the alignment holes are coaxially aligned so as to receive the locking rod therethrough, the locking rod including a locking means on opposed ends thereof of the adjacently positioned first and second belt core members, to prevent lateral relative movement between the locking rod and the first and second belt core members.
A molded belt core comprising:
- a cylindrical body having an exterior surface, a first end and a second end;
- and
- a squaring line on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body that receives a belt, the squaring line extending at least partially between the first end and the second end to provide an alignment mechanism for aligning and securing an end of the belt to the exterior surface of the cylindrical body of the molded belt core for winding thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.