Inventors:
Jerry Daugherty - Littleton CO
Craig Kopang - Bennett CO
Assignee:
The Gates Corporation - Denver CO
International Classification:
F16G 310
US Classification:
474258, 474254, 474260, 156137, 156139
Abstract:
A power transmission belt having a compression section, a load carrying section and an outer cover layer. The outer cover layer comprises a fabric; fiber loaded stock or blended material for reinforcement. The cover layer is spliced together using a thin non-woven strip of material spanning across the butted ends of the cover layer. The thin strip used in the splice significantly reduces belt noise by being subsumed into the adhesion rubber layer during fabrication.