Patent ID: 7759266
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B32B,B65G,D03D,D06M,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A high strength flexible reinforcing fabric for a conveyor belt, comprising: a plurality of substantially parallel middle wefts; a plurality of substantially parallel upper and lower wefts positioned above and below said center wefts, the upper and lower wefts being in opposition to each other, the upper and lower wefts further being in non-opposition with the center wefts; a plurality of crimped central tension warps positioned transverse to said middle wefts, said central tension warps interlacing each of the middle wefts; and a plurality of crimped binder warps interlacing the upper and lower wefts above and below the central tension warps in alternating sequence with at least one of the binder warps interlacing upper and lower wefts other than those interlaced by an adjacent binder warp; wherein the central tension warp crimp is different from the binder warp crimp and the fabric has no straight tension warp members.