Patent ID: 6220983
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: D02G,F16G

Abstract:
A toothed belt comprising:a body having a length, an inside surface, an outside surface, laterally spaced sides, and a plurality of teeth spaced in a lengthwise direction on the inside of the body,there being an elongate load carrying cord embedded, and extending lengthwise, in the body; anda cloth layer on the inside surface of the body,wherein the load carrying cord has a diameter that is greater than 1.1 mm and not greater than 1.5 mm and is prepared by a) bundling glass fiber filaments each having a diameter of from 5 to 10 .mu.m into strands, b) gathering and primary twisting a plurality of strands in one twist direction to form strings, and c) gathering and final twisting the strings in a direction opposite to the one twist direction.