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Abstract

A portable belt clamping and pulling apparatus is provided to grip and pull belt ends together for splicing belt ends of a conveyor belt. A pair of belt ends are clamped between respective pairs of I-beams, the clamped belt ends are pulled together by a come along mechanism, and the free ends of belt between the I-beams are maintained held together in a tension free environment to allow fastening together of the belt ends. The respective I-beams which clamp the belt ends are clamped together by a pair of clamping jaws which are slidable along the I-beams to any desired position therealong to accommodate different belt widths and allow positioning of the clamping jaws adjacent the sides of the belt regardless of the width of the belt. Thus, exerting the tension force close to the edges of the belt. The clamping jaws clamp in response to the chains of the come along mechanism pulling the clamping jaws toward one another, and the clamping jaws include respective pre-tightening screws for clamping the I-beams to the belt prior to the initiation of pulling by the chains so as to eliminate slippage the belt from between the I-beams during the initial pulling. Springs and rods between the I-beams limit cocking or pivoting of the I-beams during high tension. The belt is gripped against slipping by being bent in a serpentine path between I-beam flanges of different width spans.

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