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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Daniel J. Kuiper, Alto, MI (US);
Brett E. DeVries, Comstock Park, MI (US);
Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor belt fastener having a body with upper and lower plate portions and loop portions connecting the upper and lower plate portions. The upper and lower plate portions have apertures to receive an attachment member for securing the plate portions to an end of a conveyor belt. The body has a lateral spacing between the flared loop portions configured to receive a loop portion of a fastener secured to another end of the conveyor belt. Each loop portions includes proximal portions adjacent the upper and lower plate portions with proximal lateral widths. Each loop portion further includes a laterally enlarged distal portion extending arcuately intermediate the proximal portions along the loop portion for contacting the hinge pin. The laterally enlarged distal portion has a distal lateral width larger than the proximal lateral width to provide a wide contact area between the loop portion and the hinge pin.