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US 6,749,708 B2Granted
Method for splicing a conveyor belt
OwnerTerry Frank Allen, Kevin Xieinventors
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Abstract
A method is provided for splicing a conveyor belt having vulcanized rubber with steel strands embedded in the vulcanized rubber, comprising the steps of exposing a plurality of strands at two belt ends, and applying a vulcanizable rubber composition to the exposed strands to form a spliced joint between the two belt ends, the vulcanizable rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of rubber, and the rubber comprising from about 1 to about 40 parts by weight of a polyoctenamer.
Claims13
A method of splicing a conveyor belt having vulcanized rubber with steel strands embedded in the vulcanized rubber, comprising the steps of:
- (A) exposing a plurality of strands at two belt ends;
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- (B) applying a vulcanizable rubber composition to the exposed strands to form a spliced joint between the two belt ends, said vulcanizable rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of rubber, said rubber comprising from about 1 to about 40 parts by weight of polyoctenamer.
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