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US 4,276,039 AGranted
Adjustless V-belt and method of manufacturing
AssigneeMitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Takano
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Abstract
An adjustless V-belt and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The power transmitting belt automatically absorbs and adjusts its elongation to maintain constant tension.
Claims15
An adjustable V-belt, comprising:
- a compressive rubber layer;
- and adhesion rubber layer laminated on the upper surface of said compressive rubber layer;
- a group of first cogs protruding from said adhesion rubber, said first cogs having a predetermined depth and arranged at a predetermined pitch;
- a cover canvas covering said first cogs and roots between said first cogs;
- said cover canvas covering comprising an elastic canvas obtained by weaving curled nylon warps subjected to woolly treatment and ordinary wefts;
- whereby said cover canvas covering is elastic in one direction;
- rope tensile members embedded between said adhesion rubber layer and said group of first cogs with a regular pitch line in such a manner that said tensile members form substantially a cylinder and parts of said tensile members are in contact with said cover canvas, said rope tensile members having a thermal contraction stress of at least 3.5 g/denier which is the difference between a thermal contraction stress at 100.degree. C. and that at room temperature;
- short fibers embedded laterally in said compressive rubber layer;
- a group of second cogs formed on the lower surface of said compressive rubber layer;
- and wherein the pitch and depth of said group of first cogs are defined by:
- 1.5t<p<3.5t
- 0.12d<t<0.4d,
- where:
- p is the pitch of said group of first cogs,
- t is the depth of said group of first cogs, and
- d is the thickness of said V-belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.