Elastic silicone rubber belt
AssigneeAlbany International Corp.
InventorGiancarlo Cassarino
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Abstract
A rubber belt comprising at least one layer of a plurality of tightly packed elastic yarns or fibers and at least one layer of silicone rubber. A method of manufacturing a rubber belt is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of wrapping one or more elastic yarns or fibers onto a mandrel, where the one or more elastic yarns or fibers form one or more layers on the mandrel; adding a liquid high viscosity silicone rubber on top of the one or more layers; and heating the mandrel in order to polymerize the silicone rubber.
Claims20
A rubber belt comprising:
- at least one layer having a plurality of tightly packed elastic yarns or fibers extending in a machine direction;
- and
- at least one layer of silicone rubber.
A method of manufacturing a rubber belt comprising the steps of:
- wrapping one or more elastic yarns or fibers onto a mandrel in a machine direction, wherein said one or more elastic yarns or fibers form one or more layers on said mandrel;
- adding a liquid high viscosity silicone rubber on top of said one or more layers;
- and
- heating said mandrel in order to polymerize said silicone rubber.
A method of manufacturing a rubber belt comprising the steps of:
- wrapping one or more elastic yarns or fibers around two substantially parallel rolls spaced a distance apart from each other in a machine direction, wherein said one or more elastic yarns or fibers form one or more layers on said two substantially parallel rolls;
- adding a liquid high viscosity silicone rubber on top of said one or more layers;
- and
- heating said two substantially parallel rolls and said added liquid silicone rubber in order to polymerize said silicone rubber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.