Transmission belt
AssigneePneumatiques, Caoutchouc Manufacture et Plastiques Kleber-Colombes
InventorAlain Bonnefon
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Abstract
A transmission belt which has a portion possessing tensile strength that consists solely of a thin, flat strip (sheathing) and that contains no reinforcing cord or cable. This strip comprises at least two thin, superposed layers bonded together and consisting of a flexible elastomer or plastomer matrix reinforced with irregular, elongated fibrils dispersed in the matrix with a dominant orientation in the longitudinal direction of the strip such that the strip has a tensile strength of at least 20 kg/cm.sup.2 with 1% elongation.
Claims15
A transmission belt, having a portion possessing tensile strength that consists solely of a thin, flat strip with no other reinforcing cord or cable, characterized in that said strip comprises at least two thin, superposed layers bonded together and composed of a flexible elastomer or plastomer matrix reinforced with irregular elongated fibrils dispersed in the matrix with a dominant orientation in the longitudinal direction of the strip such that this strip has a tensile strength of at least 20 kg/cm.sup.2 with 1% elongation.
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