Clipper Belt Lacer Co. - Assigned Patents

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Clipper Belt Lacer Co.
Grand Rapids MI, U.S.A.
Company Website: https://www.flexco.com/NA/EN/Flexco/Company/Flexco-Brands.htm
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

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Patent Number	Date	Title	Name	City	Description
190,318,572	Jun. 30, 1904	An improved tool or appliance for use in enabling the joints of leather, canvas and similar belting to be joined together	Frederick Mitchell	, England	This patent is the original British patent for what became the Clipper belt-lacer system; see also US Patent 806,556.
		An improved tool or appliance for use in enabling the joints of leather, canvas and similar belting to be joined together	Francis Gunn	, England
806,556	Dec. 05, 1905	Tool or appliance for use in enabling the joints of leather, canvas and similar belting to be joined together	Francis Gunn	, England	This is the initial patent for the Clipper belt-lacer system. A few years later the inventors obtained patent 966,697 for the use of a piece of cardboard to hold the staples in position for inserting into the belt lacer. Over a century later, the Clipper Belt Lacer Company system of belt lacers and staples arranged in cardboard strips is still available from Flexco, the successor to the Clipper Belt Lacer Co.
		Tool or appliance for use in enabling the joints of leather, canvas and similar belting to be joined together	Frederick Mitchell	, England
864,210	Aug. 27, 1907	Belt-splicer	James Barns Stone	, England	The inventor was a US citizen living in London. This patent gives improvements to patent 806,556. A few months after this patent was issued the inventor established the Clipper Belt Lacer Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
190,825,154	May. 20, 1909	Improvements in and connected with driving belt fastening devices	Frederick Mitchell	, England	See US Patent 966,697.
		Improvements in and connected with driving belt fastening devices	Francis Gunn	, England
966,697	Aug. 09, 1910	Driving-belt-fastening device	Francis Gunn	, England	This invention is the use of a sheet of cardboard to hold the belt staples in position to be inserted and bent by the device of patent 806,556.
		Driving-belt-fastening device	Frederick Mitchell	, England
1,012,614	Dec. 26, 1911	Belt-lacing machine	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,015,783	Jan. 30, 1912	Belt-fastener	Joseph C. Conn	Boonton, NJ	"The invention relates to means for joining the ends of power belts, and more particularly to that class of wire fasteners having divergent arms equipped with spurs, known as 'belt-hooks.' Fasteners of this type are made singly, entailing considerable labor in arranging, spacing and fastening upon the belt-end. The main object of the present invention is to avoid this objectionable feature by providing a continuous length or series of connected fasteners, properly arranged and spaced for attachment to the belt."
1,060,746	May. 06, 1913	Tool for clenching belt-fasteners	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,066,801	Jul. 08, 1913	Carding-paper for belt-fasteners	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,128,421	Feb. 16, 1915	Tool for clenching belt-fasteners	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI	"This invention relates to improvements in tools for clenching belt fasteners, and more particularly to means for aligning the fasteners in such devices as described in my Patent No. 1,060,746..."
1,220,298	Mar. 27, 1917	Mount for belt-hooks	Anthony Vanderveld	Grand Rapids, MI
1,238,965	Sep. 04, 1917	Tool for handling belt-staples	Anthony Vanderveld	Grand Rapids, MI
1,254,948	Jan. 29, 1918	Belt-hook-fastening machine	Anthony Vanderveld	Grand Rapids, MI	"This invention relates to a machine for fastening belt hooks or staples into the ends of belts, it being designed for use with the common and well known Webb type of belt fasteners..."
1,520,861	Dec. 30, 1924	Belt-fastener-applying device	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,550,788	Aug. 25, 1925	Device for applying belt-fasteners or hooks	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,657,616	Jan. 31, 1928	Machine for applying belt fasteners and the like	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI	Improvements to patent application 105,424 filed 1926 04 29
1,689,013	Oct. 23, 1928	Belt-fastener-applying machine	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,888,347	Nov. 22, 1932	Punch	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,894,981	Jan. 24, 1933	Belt lacing holder	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,898,035	Feb. 21, 1933	Link belt	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,940,297	Dec. 19, 1933	Link belt	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
1,984,634	Dec. 18, 1934	Device for applying belt fasteners and the like	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
2,048,108	Jul. 21, 1936	Means for applying belt fasteners and the like	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
2,224,184	Dec. 10, 1940	Machine for applying belt lacers and the like	James K. Diamond	Grand Rapids, MI
5,344,000	Sep. 06, 1994	Belt cleaner	Dennis L. Gleason	Kentwood, MI	"A scraper for cleaning conveyor belts and the like includes an elongate blade holder with at least two support pins therein, and an elongate blade slidably received in a slot in the holder..."