US820632A - Slat for endless aprons. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD MAY 15 I No 820,632.

E. P. FATZINGER.

- SLAT FOR ENDLESS APRONS.

APPLICATION FILED OOTJB, 1905.

5/ L Ww Aflomey EDWARD F. FATZINGER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SLAT FOR ENDLESS APRON S- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed October 16, 1905- Serial No. 282.926.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. FATZIN- GER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clarke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slats for Endless Aprons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in slats for endless aprons, the features of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed The object of my invention is the construction of a slat from metal adapted for use on endless belts used in carrying grain or other material.

The construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing one of the clenchers turned down. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the body when closely folded.

Like letters and numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

At A, Fig. 1, is represented a side view of the slat, and B is the belting material, to which it is attached by means of clenchers cut out of the flanges. One of these is shown at 1 in the view.

The metal, preferably of galvanized iron, is bent at its longitudinal center, and flanges are formed at about a right angle to folded part. The ends are flattened, and at the extreme ends rivets are used as an additional agency in securing the slat to the belt.

The several clenchers are shown at 1, Fig. 2, as cut from the flanges. These are passed through the belting material and bent down on the under surface of the same, as illustrated at 1, Fig. 1.

At Fig. 3, A, is shown a transverse section of the folded portion bent so as to be open at the bottom, and on one of the flanges is shown bent down the clencher 1.

At Fig. 4., A, is shown a transverse section of the folded portions bent together, the flanged parts being at a right angle. These slats are arranged transversely to the endless belt and are secured to the same, as heretofore described, and serve the purpose of the wooden slots generally in use. The flattened ends of the slats prevent the catching of the grain between the ends of the slats and the sides of the conveyer, as occurs with square-ended slats.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim is 1. The slat formed of a strip of metal folded on itself with flanged portions at a right angle to the folded portion, and these flanges provided with a series of clenchers cut from the metal and adapted to bind said slat to a belt, substantially as described.

2. The slat formed of a strip of metal folded at its longitudinal center, having flanges at a right angle to said folded part and the ends flattened and adapted to be socured by rivets, substantially as described.

3. The slat formed of a strip of metal bent at its longitudinal center, the sides being divergent and flanges formed at a right angle to a central line, and provided with clenchers cut out of said flanges adapted to engage a belt, substantially as described. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD F. FATZINGER.

Witnesses B. PIOKERING, GEO. W. OZEAS.

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