ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,521, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ContiTech Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Conveyor belt end encapsulation systems and methods" was invented by Scott Marvelley (Bayswater, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One general aspect includes a method for generating an encapsulated belt containment system. The method also includes cutting a belt and removing rubber material from a portion of the belt to generate exposed belt end. The method also includes removing excess material from exposed cables of the exposed belt end. The method also includes organizing exposed cables into a plurality of cable groups and secure each ...