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US 12,352,333 B2Granted
Toothed power transmission belt with back fabric
AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorsMin Gao, Nigel Peter Blunsden, Guogong Chen, Shawn Xiang Wu
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Abstract
A toothed power transmission belt with a smooth back side surface has a back jacket on the back side surface; wherein the back jacket comprises a closed-mesh, knit fabric tube. The fabric tube may be knitted on a circular weft knitting machine and may be heat set after knitting. The fabric tube may be treated with an epoxy, RFL or other treatment to provide for oil resistance, adhesion, frictional properties, etc.
Claims4
A toothed power transmission belt comprising:
- a rubber belt body with a toothed surface on one side thereof and a smooth back side surface opposite the one side;
- a tooth jacket covering the toothed surface;
- a tensile cord embedded in the rubber belt body;
- and a back jacket on the smooth back side surface;
- wherein the back jacket comprises a closed-mesh, knit fabric tube, wherein the closed-mesh, knit fabric tube is knitted with an elastic yarn and an inelastic yarn;
- wherein the back jacket further comprises a coating comprising an epoxy on the closed-mesh, knit fabric tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.