Patent ID: 7178559
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: D03D,D06C

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a belt, comprising the steps of weaving the belt from a plurality of warp yarns and at least one weft yarn, the belt having a central region and two opposed edges, the warp yarns in the central region having a predetermined shrinkage characteristic, at least one edge region between the central region and an edge of the belt having a predetermined number of warp yarns, each having a lesser shrinkage characteristic than the warp yarns of the central region, the method comprising the steps of passing the weft yarn across the warp yarns to effect a weaving in the central region of the belt, and, in the or each edge region, looping the weft yarn, on each pass, around a selected terminal warp yarn, and on subsequent passes the weft yarn loops around a different terminal warp yarn so that after a plurality of successive passes the weft yarn is looped around each of the warp yarns in the edge region, the method comprising the subsequent step of shrinking the yarns in the belt.