Abstract: Belt for transmitting motion between two pulleys comprising a flat-shaped annular body of elastomeric material, reinforced with continuous and flexible elongated elements, resistant to traction and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the belt, a plurality of openings in the belt to engage with protuberances on the pulleys, at least one continuous reinforcing element disposed around the opening with ends anchored to the longitudinal elements.

Abstract: A mechanical starter for internal combustion engines in which the energy necessary to start the internal combustion engine is provided by elastomeric elements which are stretched by winding them around a nucleus composed of a plurality of mutually contacting washers is disclosed.

Abstract: A camouflage covering for snowy soils is constituted by a sheet of a polar polymer containing a filler based on titanium salts, silicates or silicon dioxide, either alone or mixed together.

Abstract: A power transmission belt which is substantially V-shaped in cross-section has insert members which are resistant to transverse compression embedded in an elastomeric or plastomeric body. Protective layers of elastomer or plastomer having oriented fibers dispersed therein cover the flanks of the belt and, if necessary, are disposed in addition to the belt body adjacent to a base of the belt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothed belt provided with an undulated fabric embedded in the part of the belt's body between its tension resistant insert member and its back. The elastomeric material of the toothed belt disposed between the undulated fabric and the back has a lesser hardness than that forming the remaining part of the belt.

Abstract: This invention provides an accumulator of mechanical energy and a starter for an internal-combustion engine actuated by energy from the accumulator. The energy is stored by elastically extensible elastomeric elements wound circumferentially around supports disposed according to the generatrices of a cylindrical member.

Abstract: An annular reinforcing structure for vehicle tires of a radial carcass has at least two radially superimposed layers of metal cords having an elongation at break between 2.6% and 3.2%. Two reinforcing rings are disposed in a radially external position at the extremities of the layers of metal cords with the axially outer edges coinciding with each other. The rings have a width between 7% and 40% of the width of the radially inner layers, and comprise metal cords having an elongation at break between 4% and 8%. The metal cords are oriented according to the longitudinal direction of the tire and are disposed in at least two radially superimposed strips.

Abstract: A slab or block for making a floor comprises a plurality of tiles placed side by side and bonded face to face to a plate of plastic material. Heat insulating shavings such as vulcanized elastomer or wood shavings are dispersed in the plastic matrix of the plate. A textile backing such as a woven textile scrim or net is bonded to the second face of the plate.

Abstract: A process and a device for forming a tennis ball by the formation of two semispherical bowls in crude elastomeric material each having on its border a structural shape that is deformed by compression when the two semispherical bowls are pressed one against the other while a depressurization is effected in the joining zone of the two semispherical bowls on the outside of them.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for motor vehicles having a low power absorption and a high directional control stability is disclosed. The tire has a tread formed by two superimposed elastomeric layers and has a H/L ratio of less than 0.6; H is the sidewall height and L is the width of the tire section.

Abstract: A process is provided for vulcanizing a vulcanizable endless belt which is substantially V-shaped in cross-section, substantially uniformly, by heating the belt through its minor base and converging sides and then cooling the belt from its minor base and converging sides more rapidly than cooling of the major base. An apparatus for practicing the process has a drum and a substantially concentric jacket in spaced relation about the drum. An annular inflatable diaphram is disposed in the space between the drum and jacket. A belt to be vulcanized is placed in an annular groove in the drum, the diaphram is inflated to press the belt in the groove against the surfaces thereof. The surfaces of the groove facing the minor base and the converging sides are heated while the major base is flush with the surface of the drum and is not heated.

Abstract: This invention provides a device for maintaining a flexible, inextensible fluid impervious sheet which forms a lining for the walls of a cavity in the earth in contact with the walls.The device has a plurality of frames comprising rods hinged one to the other in a cascade-connection, the end rods being provided with elastically deformable means (such as pressure pads) to distribute the contacting pressures between the lining and the walls, independently of any uneveness in the cavity wall.

Abstract: A liner adapted to be installed against an earth surface bordering a cavity such as a cave or a hole in the ground to prevent flow of fluid into and from the surrounding earth. The liner is a flexible, inextensible, fluid impervious material which is a wall of a closed hollow member adapted to be inflated after installation in the cavity to expand it with a fluid under pressure until its wall presses against the earth wall about the cavity. A non-woven fabric layer between the earth and flexible inextensible wall facilitates sliding of the wall over the earth surface. The clamps have spaced elongated cylindrical members such as tubes disposed along the cavity wall and secured to the earth wall with base members having one end embedded in the earth and an opposite end fixed to the tube. An arcuate shaped clamping member is associated with the tube to form a jaw for clamping the liner between the tube and arcuate shaped member.

Abstract: An endless flexible, elastomeric or plastic power transmission belt has a series of outwardly projecting, longitudinally spaced teeth having bases integral with the belt body and an opposite free end for meshing with teeth of a pulley. The free end of each tooth is smaller in longitudinal dimension than the base and the surfaces facing adjacent teeth of the series are curved outwardly toward the adjacent teeth. The curvature is defined by the trigonometric tangent of the angles between a straight line tangent to the curvature and a straight line parallel to the base. The trigonometric tangent increases linearly from the free end of the tooth towards the base according to a constant coefficient that is a function of the mechanical characteristics of the material from which the belt is made and the dimensions of the tooth.

Abstract: A press for vulcanizing annular elements, in particular belts for motion transmission is provided. The press can be used to vulcanize belts having different dimensions and shapes. A device for varying the distance between the pulleys on which the belts are mounted for the vulcanization is separated from the vulcanizing device and provides for variation of the distance between the pulleys for loading and discharging the belts.

Abstract: An individual gauge for measuring the thermal stresses to which a person is subjected has minature components which adapts the gauge to be supported on an individual. The gauge has two thermoelectric sensors such as thermocouples one of which is associated with a water-wet wick and the other is associated with a black surface exposed to the surrounding atmosphere. The sensors are connected through adding and integrating circuits for emitted signals to an electromagnetic memory for recording the signals.

Abstract: A product by process for reducing micro-voids in cross-linked cable insulation without reducing the voltage breakdown strength thereof in which process the insulation, after cross-linking, is heated at a temperature in the range from about 120.degree. C. to about 150.degree. C. and under a pressure less than 10 mm. Hg for a period from about 8 hours to 48 hours. Also, a cable having such insulation which has micro-voids less than about 10.sup.2 per mm.sup.3 and a perforation gradient greater than the perforation gradient of a cable which has not been so treated.

Abstract: An endless conveyor belt has an elastomeric body and a tension resistant member embedded therein. The tension resistant member comprises a plurality of spaced sets of three textile or metal cords each which extend longitudinally through the belt body and are substantially parallel to the faces of the belt. The cords are spaced from each other to outline a portion of the belt which has a substantially equalateral triangular shape in cross-section with the cords at the apices.

Abstract: A heat-insulated conduit provided by the invention has a tube, a sheath of heat insulating foamed material disposed around the tube, wires wound around the sheath of foamed material which deform the sheath locally along annular lines, and a tubular film disposed around the sheath in line or point contact with the deformed sheath.

Abstract: A header for solar-panels of the type comprising a slab provided with a plurality of parallel through-conduits has a prismatic body. The body is provided with a through-bore that has its axis disposed along the greater dimension of the prismatic body. An aperture made in one side of the prismatic body parallel to the axis of the through-bore is adapted for receiving one end of the slab. A device is provided for attaching the slab to tubular sleeves which project from, in cantilever fashion, the through-bore of the prismatic body.