Method for the production of a link-belt and a link-belt produced thereby
AssigneeT. T. Haaksbergen B.V.
InventorGerrit W. E. Leuvelink
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Abstract
The application discloses a dimensionally stable link-belt comprising a multiplicity of helical coils arranged in interdigitated side-by-side disposition and connected together by respective hinge wires threaded therethrough, and also a method for producing the same wherein either or both of the coils and hinge wires, being of a synthetic thermoplastic monofilament material, deform on subjecting the belt to heat treatment under tension so as to impart dimensional stability to the total structure.
Claims7
A link-belt comprising a multiplicity of helical coils joined in side-by-side disposition by respective hinge wires engaged with the interdigitated turns thereof, the material of at least one of the coils and hinge wires being of a synthetic thermoplastic material and being deformed from an initial constant transverse cross-section in the regions in which the said coils and hinge wires lie in close disposition thereby to stabilize the said link-belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.