Patent ID: 8069975

Claim:
A conveyor belt comprising (1) an elastomeric body having a load carrying surface and a parallel pulley engaging surface; (2) a reinforcement ply disposed within the elastomeric body; and (3) a multitude of rip detection inserts, wherein the rip detection inserts are spaced along the longitudinal length of the conveyor belt, wherein the rip detection inserts contain a multitude of rip detection wires that are comprised of a magnetically permeable material, wherein the rip detection wires are aligned in the rip detection inserts at a bias angle of 15Â° to 75Â° from being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the belt, wherein the rip detection wires are spaced incrementally across the width of the belt, and wherein individual rip detection wires do not extend across more than about 70% of the width of the belt.