Improved Transmission Belting.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
Improved Transmission Belting.
A communication from Alexandre Marchet, of 2, Rue du Pont Neuf, Reims,
Manufacturer.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Hitherto leather transmission belts have been generally made of leather from cow
or ox hides, tanned by various processes, which leather, apart from other drawbacks,
1) Is hygroscopic
2) Constantly stretches, the width becoming smaller, especially in weak or hollow
parts of the hide.
3) Breaks quickly for the reasons indicated.
To avoid these drawbacks according to this invention buffalo leather is used for the
manufacture of belts, it being found that buffalo leather belting has, over other
leather belting, the following advantages,
A) It is not hygroscopic
B) It does not stretch, consequently does not become narrower.
C) Its resistance to pull is much greater, and
D) Finally it only breaks under a much greater and longer sustained stress than
ordinary leather could withstand.
In order to give it a desirable degree of suppleness the buffalo leather may be tanned
with chrome, to which process however whilst being a very suitable one, I do not wish
to confine myself.
Dated this 10th day of Marah 1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
A communication from ALEXANDRE MARCHET, of 2, Rue du Pont Neuf, Reims, in
the Republic of France, Manufacturer.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
Hitherto leather transmission belts have been generally made of leather from
cow or ox hides tanned by various processes which leather, apart from other
drawbacks;
1) Is hygroscopic
2) Constantly stretches the width becoming smaller especially in weak or hollow
parts of the hide.
3) Breaks quickly for the reasons indicated.
To avoid these drawbacks according to this invention buffalo leather is used for
the manufacture of belts it being found that buffalo leather belting, has, over other
leather belting, the following advantages,
A) It is not hygroscopic
B) It does not stretch, consequently does not become narrower.
C) Its resistance to pull is much greater
D) Finally it only breaks under a much greater and longer sustained stress than
ordinary leather could withstand.
In order to give it a desirable degree of suppleness, the buffalo leather may be
tanned with chrome, to which process however, whilst being a very suitable one, I
do not wish to confine myself.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, as cominunicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
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Transmission belting made of buffalo leather tanned with chrome or in other
suitable manner.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1898.