Apparatus and method for making endless reinforced belts

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9169896
APP PUB NO 20130153123A1
SERIAL NO

13715989

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A system, method and apparatus for making endless belts having a profile layer, a fully embedded, helically wound, cord layer, and a top layer. The apparatus has a rotatable mandrel with a profile complementary to the belt profile, two or one engagement rolls adjacent the mandrel to maintain forced, wrapped engagement of the profile layer on a portion thereof; a cord applicator which may include a heated blade that plows a groove in the profile layer into which the cord is laid and fused thereto. A laminator applies the top layer onto the reinforced carcass. A system of buffer rolls handles the loose portion of the profile layer or carcass guiding it.

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GATES CORPORATION1144 15TH STREET SUITE 1400 DENVER CO 80202

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Knox, John Graeme Oxford, US 13 107
Pasch, Lambert Roetgen, DE 6 37

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