Abstract: A siding splice joint contains: a body, multiple washers, and multiple screws. The body includes a first face, a second face, and multiple through holes. A respective washer is injection molded on a respective through hole and includes a thin portion, a thick portion, a connection portion, and a lock orifice. The thick portion of the respective washer is connected on the first face, the thick portion of the respective washer is connected on the second face, and the connection portion is inserted through the respective through hole. A respective screw includes a head, an extension shank integrally extending from the head, and a tip formed on the extension shank away from the head. The extension shank is screwed in the locking orifice of the respective washer so that the respective screw is not locked on but connected with the respective washer.

Abstract: A splice frame intended to be attached to at least a first end portion of a conveyor belt of a type including a body made of flexible material, inside of which is housed a reinforcement including cables. The splice frame includes retaining members having at least one body configured to extend at least partially transversely with respect to the conveyor belt and anchoring members configured to engage with at least part of the cables so as to secure the body of the retaining members to the first end portion of the conveyor belt. The retaining members include a retention interface for retaining one or more fasteners of a splicing device intended for splicing the first end portion with a second end portion of the conveyor belt when a tensile force is applied between the splicing device and the conveyor belt.

Abstract: V-belt from an elastomeric material, composed of an in each case annular V-belt substructure and V-belt back that are connected to one another and are produced as a V-belt composite from two individually tailored and conjointly vulcanized part-blanks, specifically a first part-blank that is configured as a V-belt substructure and includes the belt profile, and a second part-blank that is configured as a wound V-belt back, wherein the V-belt has one or a plurality of tiers of reinforcing support cords and on the belt back and/or on the profile side of said V-belt has a woven fabric, wherein the reinforcing support cords are radially disposed so as to be in a circumferential plane in the V-belt back and so as to be outside the V-belt substructure.

Abstract: A friction transmission belt includes a belt body, formed of a rubber composition, looped over a pulley, and transmitting power. The friction transmission belt includes a reinforcing fabric wrapping at least a surface, of the belt body, in contact with the pulley. The reinforcing fabric is a knitted fabric, and on the surface of the belt body in contact with the pulley, a wale direction of the reinforcing fabric is a direction in which the friction transmission belt travels.

Abstract: A belt end body includes an arrangement for coupling together with a further corresponding belt end body. The belt end body further includes a plurality of clamping openings and clamping recesses for accommodating reinforcement members of a belt in a clamped manner. The coupling arrangement and the clamping openings lie substantially opposite each other when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the belt end body. The belt end body is configured in such a way that the unclamped segments of the clamped reinforcement members are always in the neutral phase during operation.

Abstract: Poly-V belt comprising a body made of elastomeric material, preferably EPDM, a plurality of threadlike resistant inserts longitudinally embedded in the body, and a coupling portion integrally connected to the body and comprising a plurality of V-shaped ribs arranged side by side and alternated with V-shaped grooves. According to the present invention the belt comprises a layer of a thermoplastic material which covers the ribs at least partially, and a layer of elastomeric material in which a knitted fabric is embedded. The layer of elastomeric material is above and in contact with the thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A power transmission belt includes a transparent or semitransparent sheet material covering a portion of a surface of a belt body including a mark. At least a portion of the belt body covered with the sheet material is made of a rubber composition vulcanized with sulfur. The sheet material is made of a rubber material containing a diene rubber. The sheet material is vulcanized with sulfur together with the rubber composition forming the portion of the belt body covered with the sheet material such that the sheet material is connected to the belt body.

Abstract: A V-ribbed belt that includes a ribbed surface covered with fabric is provided. The fabric is stretchable in two predetermined directions. A method for manufacturing the V-ribbed belt is also provided. The method includes placing a belt matrix about a mandrel, placing a fabric about the external circumference of the belt matrix which wraps around the mandrel, placing the mandrel inside a shell having a plurality of grooves on the internal circumference, expanding the belt matrix and the fabric toward the internal circumference of the shell and thus pressing the fabric onto the internal circumference having the multi-ribbed structure, and curing the belt matrix with the fabric. The fabric is stretchable to accommodate itself to the multi-ribbed structure.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method of remotely managing a vessel forming production line, the method comprising communicating from a remote data processing resource a plurality of consumer or event data to a controller, the controller controls a plurality of vessel forming stations having a plurality of shape forming operations and a plurality of non-shape forming operations, configuring each of the plurality of shape forming operations and the plurality of non-shape forming operations based in part on the plurality of consumer or event data to manufacture the shaped vessel, and manufacturing the shaped vessel. Other embodiments include completing a sales transaction resulting in generation of the plurality of consumer or event data, generating the plurality of consumer or event data based in part on the current status of an event, and decorating the shaped vessel based in part on the plurality of consumer or event data.

Abstract: Provided is a toothed belt that has satisfactory durability even under high-temperature and high-load conditions or within an oil or water environment. The toothed belt 10 comprises a belt body 13 including a tooth rubber portion 11 and a backing rubber portion 12. A surface of the tooth rubber portion 11 is covered with a facing fabric 20. The facing fabric 20 is subjected to RFL treatment, and has an outer surface 21 covered with a hardened material of a first epoxy resin. The softening point of the hardened material of the first epoxy resin is, for example, 110° C. or higher. The epoxy equivalent of the first epoxy resin is, for example, 100 to 1500 g/eq. Alternatively, the facing fabric 20 is subjected to impregnation treatment with a treatment agent including a second epoxy resin, a hardener for hardening the second epoxy resin, and a rubber component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power transmission belt presenting elastomer teeth based on ethylene alpha olefin elastomer provided with an outer woven or non-woven covering. According to the invention the teeth are covered in a barrier layer, in particular of a thermoplastic material, and said outer covering, at least on the flanks of the teeth, is partially included in a portion of the thickness of the barrier layer.

Abstract: A method for making a pocket filter assembly is provided. Two side and two end header elements each having a pair of longitudinally extending side walls and a longitudinally extending bottom wall forming a longitudinally extending channel are joined at ends forming a rectangular header with two opposing sides and two opposing ends. The bottom wall and side walls of each of the opposing sides and the bottom walls and said side walls of each of said opposing ends become adjacent forming a rectangular header with a continuous bottom wall and continuous inner and outer side wall having a continuous channel therein. An upstream perimeter portion of a pocket filter element is inserted in the continuous channel and a liquid polymeric material is placed therein. The polymeric material is solidified forming a header frame having the upstream perimeter portion of the filter element unitary therewith.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a drive belt includes: a cylindrical rubber formation step of forming a cylindrical rubber by roundly joining an uncrosslinked rubber sheet (31); and a mold covering step of covering a cylindrical mold with the cylindrical rubber formed in the cylindrical rubber formation step. A mark hot-transfer sheet (35) is adhered by hot pressing to the juncture of the cylindrical rubber to cover the juncture on the inside of the cylindrical rubber.

Abstract: A method of forming a power transmission belt including the steps of: providing a first layer made from rubber and having first and second oppositely facing sides; providing a mold; pressing the first side of the first layer conformingly against a surface on the mold having alternating projections and recesses to thereby form alternating teeth and troughs on the first layer; locally pressing the second side of the first layer at locations coinciding lengthwise with the teeth to thereby eliminate or prevent the formation of discrete holes; and joining the first layer, having the alternating teeth and troughs thereon, to at least one other component to define the power transmission belt.

Abstract: Described herein is a toothed belt comprising a body made of elastomeric material, in which there is embedded a plurality of longitudinal filiform resistant inserts or cords, and a toothing coated with a coating fabric; on top of the coating fabric there is made to adhere a resistant layer, which increases resistance to wear of the toothed belt and comprises a fluorine-based plastomer with addition of elastomeric material, in which the plastomer is present in a larger amount than is the elastomeric material and in which the majority of the particles constituting the fluorine-based plastomer have a size less than 10 ?m. The resistant layer is applied directly on the fabric via spreading. The fluorinated plastomer preferably has a base of polytetrafluoroethylene compound.

Abstract: A method of applying material on a substrate. The material to be applied can be a pattern of material.

Abstract: Noise and vibration of a helically-toothed-belt transmission device driven under heavy load or at a high-speed rotation, are reduced. A backlash “D” is selectively enlarged in a helically-toothed-belt transmission device that transmits drive force by meshing between a helically toothed belt and a helically toothed pulley. That is, a tooth helix angle “?” is set in a range of ?0.2?1?W·?/Pt?0.75, with “Pt” being a tooth pitch, “?” a tooth helix angle, and W the width of the belt. The backlash “D” between the helically toothed belt and the helically toothed pulley is set to be 1.6%-3% of the tooth pitch “Pt”.

Abstract: A method of producing a toothed belt having teeth and grooves and a polymeric film cover thereon comprising the steps of rotating a forming wheel comprising alternating cavities and protrusions which correspond in cross section to a cross section of said toothed belt, extruding heated extrudable material onto the forming wheel, feeding a reinforcing member onto said forming wheel, feeding a polymeric film onto said forming wheel between the reinforcing member and the forming wheel, pressing said polymeric film into said cavities and upon said protrusions with said heated extrudable material thereby forming a polymeric film cover on the teeth and grooves, and cooling the toothed belt.

Abstract: A multi-ribbed power transmission belt having longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves that form a plurality of cogs on the belt surface defined between adjacent transverse grooves is provided. The pitch lengths of the rows of cogs are randomized or sequenced over the entire length of the belt to reduce the noise of the belt as it travels about its associated pulleys. The ideal pitch pattern on a belt is variable, dependent upon the circumferential length of the belt. To create an optimized pitch sequence for belts of various circumferential lengths, a method of manufacture is employed wherein a portion of the pitch sequence of a shorter belt is incorporated within an optimized pitch sequence of a longer belt and both belts are manufactured from a single mold. The longer belt may contain cogs of various shapes intended to offset a range of frequencies and minimize noise generation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cured, toothed belt is carried out upon a on a belt-making machine. The method includes incrementally molding sections of the belt with tooth spacing based on an estimated pitch circumference derived from a measured inside circumference, defining and measuring a length of a remaining uncured portion of the belt, the length of the remaining uncured portion of the belt being compared to a design length, a difference between the length of the remaining uncured portion of the belt and the design length being an error; and, adjusting a distance between a centerline of the first drum and the second drum, so that a compensating error is evenly distributed over the remaining uncured portion of the belt. One advantage of this invention is that the cumulative error generated by measuring and curing each section of the belt in an “end to end” manner can be compensated by small adjustments made over a large section of the belt, preventing a large error in the last section of the belt.

Abstract: A molding method for a seamless crawler is provided in which the number of production steps is few, embedding of spiral reinforcement cords and a circumferentially uniform strength property are made possible, high-speed traveling can be accommodated, and a uniform, reliable pressure for an outer mold is enabled. The crawler molding method is structured such that a crawler 10 is integrally molded and vulcanized between an endless ring-shaped outer mold 12 and an inner mold 22. After structural components of the crawler 10 are molded at an outer periphery of the inner mold 22 which is dividable in an axial direction, the outer mold 12 which is divided in a circumferential direction and is slidable in a radial direction is disposed at an outer side an the structural components of the crawler 10. The outer mold 12 is contracted in the radial direction by pressure applied thereto. Accordingly, the structural components of the crawler 10 are vulcanized.

Abstract: Method for producing a power drive belt having drive teeth on both sides of the belt. The teeth include abrasion resistant facing fabric on both sides of the belt. The power drive teeth are molded on both sides of the belt slab in a planar mold having power teeth-forming recesses in first and second mold halves. In a preferred method, a portion of the belt is transfer molded by pressing tooth stock material through the cord layer and another portion of the belt is compression molded. The mold is provided with edge channels and/or waste pockets to accommodate excess tooth forming material generated during the molding process.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making retro-reflective articles are described which can be made without visually disturbing seam lines, In one embodiment molds having retro-reflective elements have serrated edges along boundary lines of retro-reflective elements are used. In another embodiment the molds are provided with mold lines aligned with edges of the molds and so spaced from the edges that molds can be placed adjacent to one another as part of a grid pattern wherein seam lines are a part of the grid pattern and thus visually hidden. In another embodiment, rather than grid lines being introduced into the molds used to form retro-reflective sheets, the grid lines are formed directly on or in the retro-reflective material itself during or after creation. Articles made with molds having mold lines exhibit a regular grid pattern, but without an asymmetric seam line appearing on the article.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing endless reinforced belts is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of laying up on a flat build table at least one sheet of curable material and at least one sheet of reinforcement material forming a carcass, curing a central portion of the carcass, and then splicing and curing the uncured ends of the carcass to form the endless lugged track. The manufacturing system has three cells: a building cell, a flat cure press cell, and a splice cure press cell. Each cell is operated in series.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power transmission striated belt including an elastomeric matrix (21) and a lengthwise supporting structure consisting of polyamide 4.6 twisted strands (20). The supporting structure (21) is selected so that the stress-elongation diagram of the belt exhibits an average slope ranging from 12 to 20 daN/% of elongation per width centimeter. The twisted strands are wound with an almost null nominal tension, and the curing operation and the cooling operation after curing are carried out without any belt tensioning.

Abstract: A multi-layered endless belt having an arbitrary layer thickness by the thickness of the film and the winding number, a medium conveying belt using the same, and a method and apparatus by which these can be stably produced without various residues in the production process and can be produced with a high general-purpose properties and at a low cost. There are provided a multi-layered endless belt made by winding and heat-welding a polymer material film and a production method thereof, and further a production method of medium conveying belts of various forms fundamentally having a construction in which an electrode pattern and a protective film are laminated thereon, and a novel production method and molding apparatus for molding the multi-layered endless belt by heat-pressing a wound tubular body.

Abstract: A coated abrasive backing consisting of an endless, seamless, loop is provided. The backing loop includes about 40-99% by weight of an organic polymeric binder, based upon the weight of the backing; and an effective amount of a fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material. The endless, seamless backing loop includes a length with parallel side edges, and at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material such that there are regions of organic binder material free of fibrous reinforcing material on opposite surfaces of the layer of fibrous reinforcing material. The fibrous reinforcing material can be in the form of individual fibrous strands, a fibrous mat structure, or a combination of the these. A method for preparing the endless, seamless backing loop for a coated abrasive belt is also provided.

Abstract: A coated abrasive backing consisting of an endless, seamless, loop is provided. The backing loop includes about 40-99% by weight of an organic polymeric binder, based upon the weight of the backing; and an effective amount of a fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material. The endless, seamless backing loop includes a length with parallel side edges, and at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material such that there are regions of organic binder material free of fibrous reinforcing material on opposite surfaces of the layer of fibrous reinforcing material. The fibrous reinforcing material can be in the form of individual fibrous strands, a fibrous mat structure, or a combination of the these. A method for preparing the endless, seamless backing loop for a coated abrasive belt is also provided.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for molding an endless tractor track from an uncured belt and a plurality of drive lugs wherein the lugs are pressed onto the inner periphery of the belt, the belt and lugs are positioned in a mold to be cured and molded together while treads are formed on the outer periphery of the belt, and the completed belt is cooled and removed from the apparatus.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an article of fibre reinforced resin material includes the preparation of a reinforcement preform which includes one or more roves of staple fibres with sufficiently low twist to enable the fibres to slide relative to each other and thereby the rove to elongate when subjected to tension. The reinforcement preform is shaped by deforming the preform into the desired three dimensional shape of the article being manufactured. The shaping can be carried out before, after or simultaneously with impregnation with matrix material. The matrix material may be thermoplastic material incorporated in or with the preform.

Abstract: A system for molding an endless tractor track by wrapping uncured rubber, calendered cord and wire cable onto the rim of a building and curing drum, positioning the drum within a curing mold, withdrawing the drum from the mold, chilling the drum and then separating the parts of the drum to remove the completed tractor track.

Abstract: A method of forming a belt/belt sleeve having a length and teeth spaced lengthwise of the belt/belt sleeve. The method includes the steps of providing a cylindrical cloth having a sewn joint; providing a mold having an axis, a circumference, and a plurality of axially extending grooves spaced around the circumference of the mold; extending the cylindrical cloth around the mold; providing a rod; pressing the rod against the cloth at the sewn joint so as to urge the sewn joint into one of the axially extending grooves; separating the rod from the cloth; and forming at least one belt component around the cloth on the mold after the rod is separated from the cloth.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for molding an endless tractor track from an uncured belt and a plurality of drive lugs wherein the drive lugs are urged into cavities formed in the inner segments of a molding press, partially final formed and pressed onto the inner periphery of the belt, the belt and lugs are positioned in the molding press to be cured and molded together while treads are formed on the outer periphery of the belt, the drive lugs are finally formed and the completed belt is cooled and removed from the molding press.

Abstract: A method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve, which method includes the step of providing a first mold assembly having a central axis and a circumference, providing a sheet material having first and second oppositely facing surfaces, placing the sheet material around the first mold assembly and causing a contoured portion of the first surface to be keyed to the first mold assembly so that the sheet material is in a predetermined circumferential position relative to the first mold assembly, providing a second mold assembly having a contoured surface, placing the contoured surface of the second mold assembly against the second surface of the sheet material, providing a guide element, operatively connecting the guide element between the first and second mold assemblies so that the guide element maintains the second mold assembly in a predetermined circumferential position relative to the first mold assembly, and forming the second surface of the sheet material through the contoured surface of the sec

Abstract: A method of making a toothed belt. A toothed belt is made by guiding a strip of fabric to pass through a thermosetting resin to soak it with thermosetting resin, then the soaked fabric is guided to pass through a pair of toothed rollers to form a series of toothed grooves thereon, thereafter the fabric is guided to pass around a plane roller and simultaneously rubber material is fed into the space between the outer peripheral surface of the plane roller and said fabric. Then, the fabric is wound onto a cylindrical mold having corresponding toothed grooves thereon and its two ends are glued together to loop around the cylindrical mold, then reinforcing cords and rubber sheets are covered over the fabric. Finally, the rubber material is vulcanized to form a toothed belt. Fabrics treated by the method demonstrate considerately greater flexibility or extendibility to comply with bending when under operation. Furthermore, the tooth contour of the belt will be more accurate than conventional ones.

Abstract: A coated abrasive backing consisting of an endless, seamless, loop is provided. The backing loop includes about 40-99% by weight of an organic polymeric binder, based upon the weight of the backing; and an effective amount of a fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material. The endless, seamless backing loop includes a length with parallel side edges, and at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material such that there are regions of organic binder material free of fibrous reinforcing material on opposite surfaces of the layer of fibrous reinforcing material. The fibrous reinforcing material can be in the form of individual fibrous strands, a fibrous mat structure, or a combination of the these. A method for preparing the endless, seamless backing loop for a coated abrasive belt is also provided.

Abstract: A coated abrasive backing consisting of an endless, seamless, loop is provided. The backing loop includes about 40-99% by weight of an organic polymeric binder, based upon the weight of the backing; and an effective amount of a fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material. The endless, seamless backing loop includes a length with parallel side edges, and at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material engulfed within the organic polymeric binder material such that there are regions of organic binder material free of fibrous reinforcing material on opposite surfaces of the layer of fibrous reinforcing material. The fibrous reinforcing material can be in the form of individual fibrous strands, a fibrous mat structure, or a combination of the these. A method for preparing the endless, seamless backing loop for a coated abrasive belt is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel apparatus and a novel method for manufacturing an endless rubber track for large vehicles such as tractors or earth-moving machines. A plurality of sprocket-engaging core bar inserts are disposed in the inner portion or inner diameter of the endless rubber track to engage the power drive mechanism of the vehicle. Rubber tread is disposed on the outer portion or external diameter of the rubber track. Although the rubber track is made in segments, it is completely vulcanized, and does not have discontinuous, unvulcanized regions between vulcanized segments. Rubber track is formed using at least two different mold assemblies. In the first mold assembly, the interior and exterior portions of the rubber track are molded onto a green belt to form a first segment, and a central portion of the segment is vulcanized.

Abstract: A method of making a plurality of toothed belt constructions and a set of such belt constructions are provided, the method including the steps of disposing tubular sleeves of stretchable fabric material respectively onto a plurality of toothed mold members having different diameters, forcing mold material against the outside surfaces of the sleeves to tend to stretch the fabric material into the grooves of the toothed mold members as the mold material enters the grooves of the mold members so that the resulting toothed belt constructions will have the fabric material thereof carried in certain positions relative to the respective teeth thereof, and forming the sleeves from the same fabric material and with the same diameters in the nonstretched condition thereof.

Abstract: A toothed belt construction, preformed fabric liner therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the preformed fabric liner being adapted to line the toothed surface of a toothed belt construction and having serially disposed tooth-shaped projections throughout the length thereof that substantially accurately correspond to the teeth of the belt construction so as to line the toothed surface thereof, the preformed fabric liner comprising an endless tubular sleeve.

Abstract: A rubber having fiber reinforcement embedded thereon. The reinforcement comprises a cylindrically braided cords of more than four and even numbered twisted yarns. Yarns are right twist oriented and left twist oriented and they are twisted in the reverse direction in an, S-twist and a Z-twist.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for making an endless, flat, flexible belt of pourable plastics include a core, especially a multiple core, as tension bearer, for example in a conveyor belt of polyurethane. Spaced apart support filaments extending transversely of the longitudinal direction of the belt are tightened in a mold approximately in the center plane of the belt to be cast so that the tension bearer will be placed as accurately as possible in the middle, based on the thickness of the belt to be produced. Subsequently the tension bearer is wound in longitudinal direction of the belt on the winding support formed by the support filaments. Thereupon liquid plastic material is poured into the mold and following that the support filaments protruding from the side surfaces of the belt are cut off upon termination of the curing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing low-edge V-belts including the steps of: forming an unvulcanized belt annular body inside out by winding respective components constituting the elongated portion, tension-resistant portion, and compressed portion of the belt in laminated form on the circumferential surface of a forming drum; vulcanizing the unvulcanized belt annular body to obtain a vulcanized annular body; revolving the vulcanized annular body by winding on a pair consisting of a drive drum and an idle drum thereby to grind V-shaped grooves on the surface of the vulcanized annular body with a grinding wheel which is a group of grindstones whose cross-section is V-shaped being in pressure contact with the drive or idle drum; causing projections arranged on a positioning member which is capable of gradually increasing the depth of engagement to engage with the V-shaped grooves; and cutting the vulcanized annular body thus processed thereafter.

Abstract: A toothed belt construction, preformed fabric liner therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the preformed fabric liner being adapted to line the toothed surface of a toothed belt construction and having serially disposed tooth-shaped projections throughout the length thereof that accurately correspond to the teeth of the belt construction so as to line the toothed surface thereof, the preformed fabric liner including an endless tubular sleeve that has the tooth-shaped projections formed therein while the fabric liner is still in the endless tubular sleeve form thereof and being telescoped onto an externally toothed cylindrical mold member by axially sliding the preformed endless tubular sleeve thereon before a belt sleeve is subsequently formed on the mold member to make the toothed belt construction.

Abstract: An endless belt comprising a belt main body prepared from a liquid castable elastomeric material, a reinforcing fabric providing over the surface of the main body, and a shock absorbing layer of elastomeric material formed between the main body and the fabric. The belt is in the form of a flat belt or a belt having teeth or projections on at least one side thereof, has improved bending resistance and is operable with diminished noise. The belt is prepareed by a process comprising the steps of forming a shock absorbing layer of elastomeric material over the surface of a reinforcing fabric, fitting the fabric to one of an inner die and an outer die with the layer facing the other die, and pouring or injecting a liquid castable elastomeric material into a space between the fabric and the other die for molding.

Abstract: A belt for use on an extended nip press for dewatering a fibrous web is shown. The belt includes a base fabric having machine-direction and cross-machine direction yarns and takes the form of an endless loop. At least one of the machine-direction and cross-machine direction yarns is a spun yarns of staple fibers. The base fabric is completely coated and impregnated with a polymeric resin, such as polyurethane, to render it impervious to liquids, especially lubricating oil. The inner surface of the resulting belt slides over the arcuate pressure shoe component of the extended nip press during its operation. The outer surface of the belt is provided with grooves separated by land areas which together define channels for water pressed from the fibrous web in the press nip. The land areas are anchored to the belt by means of staple fibers from the spun yarns embedded in the coating and are not susceptible to delamination.

Abstract: A multiribbed power transmission belt and method of manufacturing the same, wherein an unvulcanized belt preform is provided with transversely extending staple fibers in the compression section thereof. The compression section is caused to be vulcanized while being urged against a mold having projections forming shallow grooves in the inner surface thereof. The grooves have a depth in the range of approximately 20% to 50% of the height of the ribs intended to be formed in the final power transmission belt. The ribs are formed in the belt by removing material from the compression section of the vulcanized preform, such as by the conventional machining operations of grinding, cutting, etc. The angular deflection of the reinforcing fibers in the compression section is caused to be no more than approximately 25% to provide the improved belt construction.

Abstract: Apparatus for the pressure-forming and curing of polymer products incorporates two moulds (1) and a forming device, the moulds (1) being sturdily linked to each other with provision for setting the separating distance as required and for revolving on a fulcrum pin (9) so that the material of a circular product can be wound therearound. The moulds (1) are semicylinders which face each other with their flat sides and are sturdily interlinked by two parallel plates (2) so as to form integrally therewith a sturdy building core having a contoured outside surface. The forming device is a girdling structure which embraces the semicylinders (1) and the plates (2) circumferentially and is made up of at least two elements at least one whereof is located with provision for radial displacement in the course of pressure-forming.

Abstract: A method of forming a double timing belt wherein a belt preform is firstly formed with teeth on one face thereof. The opposite face of the belt in which the tensile cord is embedded is provided with oppositely projecting teeth in accurate alignment with the teeth of the preform by a successive molding of pluralities of such teeth to the opposite face, with the preform entrained about a pair of adjustably spaced toothed pulleys. Accurate uniform pitch line difference is maintained by providing shims between the mold and belt support during the molding of the second set of teeth to the preform. The mold and support are retained in accurate alignment by cooperating dowels and recesses on the support and mold members. Cooling devices are provided at opposite ends of the mold for preventing full vulcanization of the tooth rubber thereat.

Abstract: A belt construction and method of making the same are provided, the belt construction comprising a tensile member intermediate the opposed sides of the belt construction, a plurality of teeth defining one of the opposed sides of the belt construction and being mainly formed of a first polymeric material that has reinforcing fibers therein, each tooth having opposed sides that are disposed in spaced relation to adjacent sides of adjacent teeth, the belt construction having a land area between adjacent teeth, and a backing member defining the other of the opposed sides of the belt construction, the backing member being mainly formed from a second polymeric material that is initially separate from the material of the teeth and is substantially free of fibers therein, the material of the backing member having a surface that joins with a surface of each tooth whereby the joining surfaces define an interface line therebetween, the interface line for each tooth extending from the tensile member at a point inboard of