Patent ID: 6739996
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B29D,B29L

Abstract:
A method of fabricating an endless tension belt formed by winding an elongated tension member in a spiral fashion comprising the steps of:coating a tension cord that serves as a core with a resilient material longitudinally along the cord to form said elongated tension member having longitudinal flat clamp faces by extruding said tension cord and said resilient material through at least one of an extruder and an injection machine; supplying said tension member to a winding drum with the resilient material in an unvulcanized or semi-cured state; and juxtaposingly winding said tension member around said drum while only laterally press joining adjacent flat clamp faces of the windings of said tension member formed of the resilient material with a traverser to form an endless tension member, wherein the lateral pressure is applied only orthogonally by the traverser to the adjacent flat clamp faces of the wound tension member; and vulcanizing the endless tension member resulting from said juxtaposing step in a mold to produce a finished endless tension belt.