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US 4,541,822 AGranted
Belt construction, transverse belt element therefor and method of making the same
AssigneeDayco Corporation
InventorCarl A. Stiles
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AssigneeDayco Corporation
InventorCarl A. Stiles
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An endless power transmission belt construction and a transverse element therefor as well as a method of making the same are provided, the belt construction comprising an endless flexible carrier and a plurality of transverse belt elements assembled on the carrier. Each belt element has a recess therein defining an intermediate transverse shoulder for engaging the inside surface of the carrier and a pair of inwardly facing shoulders confining the carrier therebetween, each inwardly facing shoulder having an opening interrupting the same and being aligned with the opening in the other inwardly facing shoulder of its respective element. Each belt element has a pin provided with opposed ends respectively disposed in the openings of the inwardly facing shoulders thereof whereby the carrier is confined between the pin and the transverse shoulder of each belt element. The pin of each belt element has its opposed ends snap-fitted into the respective openings of the inwardly facing shoulders thereof.
In an endless power transmission belt construction comprising an endless flexible carrier means having an inside surface means and an outside surface means, and a plurality of transverse belt elements assembled on said carrier means, each said belt element having a recess therein defining an intermediate transverse shoulder means for engaging said inside surface means of said carrier means and a pair of inwardly facing shoulder means confining said carrier means therebetween, each inwardly facing shoulder means having an opening interrupting the same and being aligned with said opening in the other inwardly facing shoulder means of its respective belt element, each said belt element having a pin provided with opposed ends respectively disposed in said openings of said inwardly facing shoulder means thereof whereby said carrier means is confined between said pin and said transverse shoulder means of each said belt element, the improvement wherein said pin of each said belt element has its said opposed ends snapfitted into said respective openings of said inwardly facing shoulder means thereof.
In a method of making an endless power transmission belt construction comprising the steps of providing an endless flexible carrier means having an inside surface means and an outside surface means, assembling a plurality of transverse belt elements on said carrier means, forming each said belt element to have a recess therein defining an intermediate transverse shoulder means for engaging said inside surface means of said carrier means and a pair of inwardly facing shoulder means confining said carrier means therebetween, forming each inwardly facing shoulder means to have an opening interrupting the same and be aligned with said opening in the other inwardly facing shoulder means of its respective belt element, and forming each said belt element to have a pin provided with opposed ends respectively disposed in said openings of said inwardly facing shoulder means thereof whereby said carrier means is confined between said pin and said transverse shoulder means of each of said belt element, the improvement comprising the step of snap-fitting said opposed ends of each said pin into its respective openings of said inwardly facing shoulder means of its respective belt element.
In a transverse belt element for an endless power transmission belt construction comprising an endless flexible carrier means having an inside surface means and an outside surface means and a plurality of said transverse belt elements assembled on said carrier means, said belt element having a recess therein defining an intermediate transverse shoulder means for engaging said inside surface means of said carrier means and a pair of inwardly facing shoulder means for confining said carrier means therebetween, each inwardly facing shoulder means having an opening interrupting the same and being aligned with said opening in the other inwardly facing shoulder means, said belt element having a pin provided with opposed ends respectively disposed in said openings of said inwardly facing shoulder means thereof whereby said carrier means is adapted to be confined between said pin and said transverse shoulder means of said belt element, the improvement wherein said pin of said belt element has its said opposed ends snap-fitted into said respective openings of said inwardly facing shoulder means thereof.
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