Patent ID: 6986419

Claim:
A conveyor belt, comprising: a first belt core that comprises a canvas and has an upper and a lower surface; a reinforcing band on the lower surface of the first belt core, said reinforcing band comprising a plurality of wefts, each of the wefts being made of a rigid cord, said wefts being spaced from one another and extending transversely to a length of the belt so as to be substantially straight, said band further comprising a plurality of warps each respectively woven with said plurality of wefts so as to form a mechanical woven structure, each of said warps being tied together with each of said wefts by at least one respective knot in the warps at each of the wefts; a second belt core on a lower surface of the reinforcing band whereby the reinforcing band is arranged between the first belt core and the second belt core; and a rubber casing that surrounds the belt cores with the reinforcing band therebetween.