Joseph C Kirincich, 574138 Corporal Kennedy St, Flushing, NY 11361

4198196, Apr 15, 1980

Apr 17, 1979

6/030986

Janis J. Cilderman - W. Simsbury CT
Joseph G. Kirincich - Saddle River NJ

Otis Elevator Company - New York NY

B29C 114
B29C 2700
B29H 722

425123

Apparatus for splicing ends of a sheave insert material in which the ends of a premeasured length of an elastic, thermoset sheave insert material are laminated together in a special splicing jig for fabricating a unitized insert loop, which is subsequently stretched around a sheave into a preformed insert receiving slot along the circumference thereof. The jig holds the ends of the premeasured length of insert material in alignment as a heated mold, included therein, fits snugly around the ends and applies heat to the joint therebetween, into which the insert material, in liquid form, has been inserted to join the ends. The heat thus applied to the joint accelerates the curing of the liquid into the same consistency as the insert; thereby producing a unitized bond between the ends by which the unitized loop is thus formed.