Long synchronous belt
AssigneeDayco Corporation
InventorsRichard L. Marsh, Robert E. Wetzel
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Abstract
A long synchronous belt made primarily of elastomeric material is provided which comprises a plurality of narrow, toothed strips joined in side-by-side fashion, each strip having at least one longitudinally-extending reinforcement located therein. Also provided is a method for making such a belt which comprises the steps of providing a first belt sleeve having the desired tooth configuration, cutting the first sleeve into a continuous strip, winding the strip to form a second sleeve of desired circumferential length, joining the adjacent strips of the second sleeve in side-by-side fashion, and cutting at least one belt of desired width from the second sleeve.
Claims9
In an endless synchronous belt made primarily of elastomeric material which comprises a plurality of narrow, toothed strips joined in side-by-side fashion, the improvement in which said belt comprises a single continuous strip of elastomeric material wound concentrically in side by side fashion, in which all of each side of each portion of said strip contacts the whole side of each adjacent portion of said strip, and in which said teeth are approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said belt, said strip having at least one longitudinally extending reinforcement located therein.
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