Patent ID: 7304006

Claim:
A conveyor belt for material handling, comprising: a matrix; and a woven fabric encased in said matrix, said woven fabric including a plurality of weft yarns arranged in substantially parallel first and second layers and a plurality of warp yarns woven substantially orthogonal to said plurality of weft yarns, a first one of said warp yarns woven in sequence over a first pair of said weft yarns in said first layer, between said first pair of said weft yarns in said first layer and a second pair of weft yarns in said first layer, between said second pair of said weft yarns in said first layer and a first pair of said weft yarns in said second layer in a direction substantially parallel to said first and second layers, between said first pair of said weft yarns in said second layer and a second pair of said weft yarns in said second layer in a space aligned below a third pair of said weft yarns in said first layer, under said second pair of said weft yarns in said second layer, between said second pair of said weft yarns in said second layer and a third pair of said weft yarns in said second layer, and between a fourth pair of said weft yarns in said first layer and a fifth pair of said weft yarns in said first layer, said third pair of said weft yarns in said first layer being adjacent said second pair of said weft yarns in said first layer and said fourth pair of said weft yarns in said first layer; wherein each of said first, second, and third pairs of said weft yarns in said second layer are aligned between two of said first, second, third, fourth, and fifth pairs of said weft yarns in said first layer such that said pairs of said weft yarns in said second layer are offset in a longitudinal direction of the belt from said pairs of said weft yarns in said first layer.