Package for endless belts
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorBrian L. Glennie
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Abstract
A package for endless belts to avoid kinking and cracking of the belts including a first core having an axial slot to receive axially within said core one end of a nest of belts. The belts are wound around said first core and a second core is disposed in the opposite end of the belts. A third core inserted in the nest of belts and disposed in the loop within the first core will further restrict kinking of the belts.
Claims9
A package for endless belt, said package comprising a first hollow core having a slot extending axially in the wall thereof, a plurality of endless belts of the same length nested within each other and having one looped end of the nest of belts disposed within said first core with the remainder of the nest extending from said core through said slot and being wrapped around the outer peripheral surface of said first core,
- a second core disposed within the other end of said belts and contacting said other end, and means holding said other end to said wrapped portion of said belts on said first core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.