Clamping device for belts

US4609100A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wagener Schwelm GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Harald Fudickar · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
• Peter W. Thies · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1984
• Grant date: Sep 2, 1986
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamping device for conveyor belts has a pair of crossbars disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor belt and clamping bars each disposed between a respective crossbar and the conveyor belt. The device is mounted through the clamping bars and a hydraulic unit such as deformable hoses or an array of piston-and-cylinder units is braced between one of the clamping bars and the respective crossbar.