Patent ID: 7909720

Claim:
A toothed belt comprising: a body having a length, laterally spaced sides, and inside surface and an outside surface, and defining a plurality of teeth spaced in a lengthwise direction on one of the inside or the outside surfaces of the body, said body defined at least in part by a rubber composition comprising at least an ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) and a cloth layer disposed on the surface of and adhered to the teeth, said cloth layer being treated with a solution of resorcin-formalin-latex, wherein the mole ratio of the resorcin to formalin is within the range of 1:1 to 1:3, wherein the latex in said resorcin-formalin-latex consists of a carboxylated hydrogenated nitrile rubber latex, and wherein the rubber composition and the solution for treating said cloth layer are void of metal salts of α,β-unsaturated organic acids.