US3747165A - Instant emergency fan belt replacement kit - Google Patents

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US3747165A
US3747165A US263739A US3747165DA US3747165A US 3747165 A US3747165 A US 3747165A US 263739 A US263739 A US 263739A US 3747165D A US3747165D A US 3747165DA US 3747165 A US3747165 A US 3747165A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16G—BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR
    • F16G3/00—Belt fastenings, e.g. for conveyor belts
    • F16G3/06—Belt fastenings, e.g. for conveyor belts with outwardly-bent, mutually-connected belt ends
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/16—Belt fasteners
    • Y10T24/168—Flanged belt ends, connector hold ends
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/39—Cord and rope holders

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  • ABSTRACT A fan belt kit for instant use in an emergency when a fan belt breaks on a motor vehicle or on industrial machinery.
  • the kit consists of a double cinch buckle of soft metal, a spool of nylon-reinforced, heavy gauge, plastic friction belting, a cutting instrument, instruction sheet and a gallon of water. It is usually stored in the trunk of the vehicle or in the maintenance room of a shop, factory or laboratory.
  • the buckle and belting are sized to fit the pulleys in use.
  • a single-edged razor blade performs well as the cutting instrument and occupies little space.
  • a gallon of distilled water serves well as the coolant since it may also be drunk or used in the car battery if so needed.
  • the double cinch buckle is fitted with a retainer cover to confine the two spiralribbed rollers when placed in their slots at assembly.
  • the belting is cut off at needed length, then threaded around the pulleys and the tag ends are threaded up through the slots in the bottom ends of the buckle, then the two tag ends are pulled outward with the hands to cinch up the belt snugly around the pulleys in a jiffy and your machine is ready to operate again. Its a cinch.
  • the instant invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a fan belt replacement, and is more particularly concerned with instant replacement by the operator of the vehicle on the road or machine when a fan belt breaks remote from repair facilities.
  • a further object of the instant invention saves the impulsive operator from proceeding to the next repair facility running hot with grave danger to the engine.
  • the instant invention provides for the utilization of an instant emergency fan belt kit, carried along in the trunk of the vehicle and consisting of the following articles: double cinch buckle, made of soft metal, a spool of nylon-reinforced, heavy gauge, plastic friction emergency belting, single-edged GEM razor blade, illustrated instruction sheet, and a gallon of distilled water.
  • an emergency kit is as much a must for all vehicles with fans as the spare tire and occupies less space.
  • the double cinch buckle can be used over and over again.
  • the instant invention frees you from dependence upon a friendly motorist, a kindly highway patrolman or an emergency service patrol car. You may drive with assurance that you can reach reasonable destinations or the nearest repair facility under your own power and without extra expense. You remain the master in a bad situation when the elements are against you like heat, the desert, cold, snow and ice, rain, hail, wind, etc., to mention just a few when your fan belt breaks.
  • FIG. I is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on planes, passing through section line 11 in FIG. 3 to produce what is essentially a side view of the double cinch buckle;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on planes, passing through section line 22 of the left half of the view, and passing through section line 33 on the right half of the view, in FIG. 1 to produce what is essentially an end view of the double cinch buckle and showing pulley P rim in phantom;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged, half cross-sectional, view taken on planes passing through section line 4-4 in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 4 is a small scale front view in phantom of an assembled fan belt, its double cinch buckle in position for operation, snugly-fitted around the pulleys on the fan, alternator and engine drive shaft with radiator, vent and radiator cap in the backgound.
  • the double cinch buckle body I has two slots at its bottom ends for receiving the ends of the nylon-reinforced, heavy gauge, plastic friction emergency belt 2 and cam slots on both sides for receiving spiral-ribbed rollers 3, confined in the slots by retainer cover 4, allowing ease of assembly of the double cinch buckle, and in FIG. 4 in phantom is shown an assembly of the double cinch buckle connecting the ends of the nylon-reinforced, heavy gauge, plastic friction emergency btlt in position around the pulleys of the alternator A, engine E, and fan F, all in front of radiator R with vent V and cap C.
  • the belting will pull out to tighten it, but will not loosen it, because the spiral-ribbed rollers go into action and bind the belt from loosening, in effect, you are cinching up the belt.
  • the tag ends are then bobbed to about 1 inch length so as not to catch on anything while the belt is moving in its path over the pulleys.
  • the radiator is now a bit cooler than before and the cap is carefully removed by first loosening it and allowing any steam and boiling water to escape and then finally removing it so that the water lost in boiling may be replaced from the gallon of distilled water on hand.
  • the cap is then replaced, and if the hose on the radiator cap vent is blown off, it is picked up from where it has fallen in the space between the radiator and the engine and reconnected by forcing the hose over the vent tube end.
  • the operator then starts the engine, running it slowly, and watching the temperature gauge to see the needle return to its normal position well below the boiling point.
  • the operator inspects the running engine to see that the fan belt is running smoothly as expected and that all pulleys are turning. If so, he closes the hood, picks up the instant emergency fan belt kit, containing the spool of remaining belting, the illustrated instruction sheet, the razor blade and the gallon jug of distilled water as well as the safety witch hat and places them all in the trunk, closing the trunk.
  • the operator then continues on his journey or to the nearest repair facility to obtain a new fan belt.
  • the instant emergency fan belt is cut off with the razor blade when the mechanic is ready with a new fan belt to replace the broken one.
  • the broken one from the car is handed to the mechanic to help identify the replacement belt size needed.
  • the double cinch buckle is unthresded from the useless belting and returned to the instant emergency fan belt kit for another possible use in the future.
  • the operator may proceed on his journey for some distance without replacing the emergency belt as, for example, when he has an appointment, or facilities are not found in the immediate vicinity, or it is nighttime or a holiday and repair facilities are closed, or, in the case of a foreign car, no replacement belt can be obtained except at a foreign car repair facility usually only found in larger centers.
  • An emergency fan belt connector comprising a double cinch buckle provided with a bottom, top, and side walls and having a pair of longitudinally spaced slots thru the bottom thereof adapted to each threadable receive an end portion of an associated emergency fan belt of sufficient length to enable hand holds at the free ends thereof for cinching it up snugly around all pulleys to be interconnected, said side walls having cam slots therein for guiding clamping rollers retained therein into binding relationship with said belt ends when the belt ends extend thru the said spaced slots in generally parallel opposed relationship to each other, and cam slots having portions thereof converging towards the top end portions extending longitudinally generally parallel to the top.

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US4642081A (en) * 1985-06-07 1987-02-10 Balomenos Robert J Adjustable drive belt
US6394922B1 (en) 2000-01-14 2002-05-28 Richard L. Morgan Emergency replacement belt

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US1684271A (en) * 1927-07-08 1928-09-11 Mack B Henry Belt fastener
US2953255A (en) * 1958-04-29 1960-09-20 Higgins Henry Graham Article holder
US2961726A (en) * 1959-04-28 1960-11-29 Adelard J Belisle Device for connecting and adjusting the ends of cables
US2988795A (en) * 1958-10-20 1961-06-20 French Humboldt Cable clamp

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US1684271A (en) * 1927-07-08 1928-09-11 Mack B Henry Belt fastener
US2953255A (en) * 1958-04-29 1960-09-20 Higgins Henry Graham Article holder
US2988795A (en) * 1958-10-20 1961-06-20 French Humboldt Cable clamp
US2961726A (en) * 1959-04-28 1960-11-29 Adelard J Belisle Device for connecting and adjusting the ends of cables

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US4642081A (en) * 1985-06-07 1987-02-10 Balomenos Robert J Adjustable drive belt
US6394922B1 (en) 2000-01-14 2002-05-28 Richard L. Morgan Emergency replacement belt

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