Patent ID: 8714345

Claim:
A looped material band ( 1 , 10 , 100 , 110 , 120 , 130 ) for one of a power transmission belt, a conveyor belt, a conveyor or a similar component, the material band ( 1 , 10 , 100 , 110 , 120 , 130 ) comprising: at least one flat strip ( 2 ) having at least one reversible splice area ( 3 , 30 ) allowing for assembling and disassembling of the material band ( 1 ), the reversible splice area ( 3 , 30 ) comprising at least two serrations ( 3 a , 3 b , 30 a , 30 b ) with complementary shapes that can engage together with one another, provided each in a plane of an end of the flat strip ( 2 ), and the serrations ( 3 a , 3 b , 30 a , 30 b ) comprising each at least one tooth ( 4 , 40 ) delimited by a perimeter and arranged in order to be crossed, after engagement, by at least one removable transversal connecting pin ( 22 ) that allows locking and unlocking the splice area ( 3 , 30 , 31 , 300 ), wherein the material band comprises at least two splice areas ( 3 , 30 ) extending only along a portion of its width, the at least two splice areas are offset at least one of laterally and longitudinally with respect to one another so that when the material band is assembled in a loop around at least two pulleys ( 10 a , 10 b ), the strands of the material band, which extend respectively between the two pulleys, are both continuous and without any splice on at least a portion ( 9 ) of their width, regardless of a rotational position of the material band with respect to the two pulleys.