Patent ID: 7784384
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B29D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve, the method comprising the steps of: providing an endless belt/belt sleeve preform having an inside, an outside, and spaced sides and comprising a compression rubber layer, a tension rubber layer, and at least one load carrying member between the inside and outside of the belt/belt sleeve preform and having an inside and an outside and wherein a distance from the outside of the belt/belt sleeve preform to the outside of the load carrying member is defined as L; and bias cutting the spaced sides relative to a plane bisecting the belt/belt sleeve preform between the spaced sides from a boundary location that is spaced from the outside of the belt/belt sleeve preform by 90-100% of the distance L to the inside of the belt/belt sleeve perform, wherein the step of bias cutting comprises moving a cutter: a) in one direction through one of the inside and outside of the belt/belt sleeve perform to and through the other of the inside and outside of the belt/belt sleeve preform to reconfigure one of the spaced sides of the belt/belt sleeve preform; and b) generally oppositely to the one direction to reconfigure the other of the spaced sides of the belt/belt sleeve preform.