Toothed belt
AssigneeTsubakimoto Chain Co.
InventorsToru Fujiwara, Yoshinori Itoh
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Abstract
Resistance to tooth chipping in toothed belt in which rubber teeth are covered by a tooth cloth, is improved by providing for residual elongation of the tooth cloth so that it does not float or separate from the rubber teeth when tooth-deforming forces are applied, and by providing the tooth cloth with sufficient breaking strength so that the product of its breaking strength and its elongation are at least equal to a specified value.
Claims1
A toothed belt comprising an elongated element of rubber disposed in a loop and having embedded tensile reinforcing bodies and a tooth cloth covering at least a single surface of said rubber element, wherein the tooth cloth has a weft extending in the direction of elongation of the rubber element and a warp extending in the direction of the width of the rubber element, and wherein the weft has a wooly finish and, before the tooth cloth is affixed to the rubber element, its weft exhibits an elongation percentage of at least 70% under stretching in the weft direction when subjected to a force of 1 kgf/cm, and the product of the elongation percentage (%) and the breaking strength (kgf/3 cm) of the weft is at least 16,000.
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