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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985152 | Toothed belt Described herein is a toothed belt comprising a body made of elastomeric material, in which there is embedded a plurality of longitudinal filiform resistant inserts or cords, and a toothing coated with a coating fabric; on top of the coating fabric there is made to ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7946940 | Drive belt The invention is directed to a drive belt of rubber or rubber-like plastic having a surface protection (5) which includes polyamide-containing textile reinforcement and/or polyester-containing textile reinforcement. On the outer side, a surface coating (6 | 05/24/2011 |
| 7887446 | Helically-toothed-belt transmission device Noise and vibration of a helically-toothed-belt transmission device driven under heavy load or at a high-speed rotation, are reduced. A backlash “D” is selectively enlarged in a helically-toothed-belt transmission device that transmits drive force by meshing bet... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7749118 | Toothed Belt Toothed belt for use in contact with oil and comprising a body and a number of teeth extending from at least one surface of the body; the teeth are coated by a fabric; a resistant layer comprising a plastomer based on fluorine with the addition of elastomeric materi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7367431 | Elevator system A wedge-ribbed belt supports an elevator car by underlooping and engages a drive pulley of a drive mounted at the head of an elevator shaft. The belt has a running surface facing the drive pulley with a plurality of ribs and grooves extending in parallel in a longit... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354366 | Toothed belt A toothed belt for the transmission of force is provided, a polyurethane body forms an outer layer and may be fabric-reinforced. Teeth of polyurethane are formed on the polyurethane body as an inner layer. High-strength tension elements are disposed between the oute... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322916 | Tool magazine device for vertical machining center The invention provides a tool magazine device for a vertical machining center having a protective cover for a shank. A tool magazine device 100 disposed in a vertical machining center comprises a chain 120 moved between sprocket wheels 130 and | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275481 | Printer A printer of the present invention includes a timing belt passed over drive pulleys, each of which is mounted on a particular print drum, via phase adjusting means and deflection pulleys or rotary members. The deflection pulleys are rotatable in contact with the rea... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254934 | Endless belt with improved load carrying cord A power transmission belt with an embedded load carrier cord having a plurality of yarns and possessing a first twist corresponding to a first twist multiplier and a first twist direction, and possessing a second twist corresponding to a second twist multiplier in t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244186 | Flexible couplings A flexible coupling including a first hub having an inner face, a flexible insert having a plurality of exterior lobes and a plurality of interior lobes, a retainer ring having an interior which engages the exterior lobes of the flexible insert, and a second hub hav... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235028 | Thermoplastic jacket belt A belt having a body, a tensile member and an outer surface. The body comprises an elastomer. An outer surface of the belt having a profile, foe example teeth. A layer of Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene thermoplastic (UHMWPE) is bonded to the profile surfac... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210573 | Conveyor belt A thermoplastic endless belt (100, 150) has a smooth outer surface (105) substantially free of discontinuities and an inner surface (108) with a plurality of teeth (108) at a given belt pitch (112). The teeth (108) are adapt... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191673 | Apparatus for inspecting a lateral conduit An apparatus for inspecting a lateral conduit from a main conduit including a frame, an upper push rod drive assembly and a lower push rod drive assembly. The upper push rod drive assembly includes an upper track having a plurality of upper attachments mounted there... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7167739 | Assembly of medical examination device and a combination of a frame and a patient table as well as such a combination A medical examination device (1) comprising an examination space (3), a combination of a frame (5) and a patient table (4), and rack (8) which can be driven by a drive (9, 10) to displace a patient on the patient table into ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144345 | Toothed belt transmission A toothed belt transmission is provided in which a toothed belt is trained around drive and driven pulleys. Each toothed pulley has a circumferential periphery formed with a plurality of teeth. Adjacent teeth are assigned as a first tooth portion and a second tooth ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135082 | Method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve and belt/belt sleeve made according to the method A method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve having a body with a continuous length extending around an axis, an inside, an outside spaced radially from the inside, and at least one of a) a plurality of ribs extending lengthwise and b) a plurality of cog... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7056249 | Power transmission belt and method of manufacturing the power transmission belt A power transmission belt having a body defined by rubber and having an exposed outer surface, a fiber layer on at least a part of the exposed outer surface of the body, and a mixture including a resin adhesive ingredient, a rubber ingredient, and a lubricant that i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040456 | Elevator car drive and support belt having a twisted orientation An elevator system includes a roller arrangement and a belt for supporting an elevator car. The roller arrangement has two rollers with approximately parallel axes of rotation and structured circumferential surfaces engaging a complementary structured surface of the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041021 | Wear resistant belts, and a process for their manufacture Endless power transmission belts and processes for their manufacture, having power transmitting surfaces comprising a wear resistant composite, which belts exhibit improved abrasion- or wear resistance, reduced noise, reduced frictional heat generation, and improved... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028677 | External drive supercharger An external drive supercharger is described. The external drive supercharger includes an impeller, a multibelt pulley adapted to a drive source, an impeller pulley drivingly coupled to the impeller, and an external drive belt having at least one rib coupled to the m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025699 | Elastomer composition for power transmission belt tooth facing An endless positive drive power transmission belt is described for use with a cooperating pulley member, wherein the endless positive drive transmission belt comprises an elastomeric body portion, a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart tensile members,... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7008341 | Reduced noise multi-ribbed power transmission belt A multi-ribbed power transmission belt has transverse grooves in the compression section which are oriented at angles other than perpendicular. The combination of longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves form a plurality of cogs on the belt surface, with a row of... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994145 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974785 | Outer shell fabric for fire protective garments for firefighters and for workers exposed to risk of flash fire or electric arc The outer shell fabric according to the invention is made of a textile material which is a double-weave woven fabric or a warp-knit knitted fabric constructed in such a manner that preferably a majority of one yarn type is placed on the face of the fabric and the ma... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966959 | Method for vulcanizing an object formed of unvulcanized rubber and rubber product A method of vulcanizing an object formed of unvulcanized rubber, in which the unvulcanized-rubber formed object is vulcanized by pressing and heating by mold means, comprises disposing a fiber sheet member on a surface of the unvulcanized-rubber formed object and vu... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6949211 | Means of manufacturing plural optimized cogged drive belts A multi-ribbed power transmission belt having longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves that form a plurality of cogs on the belt surface defined between adjacent transverse grooves is provided. The pitch lengths of the rows of cogs are randomized or sequenced ove... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945892 | Power transmission belt with tubular knit overcord A power transmission belt is disclosed in which the exterior of the overcord section is generally flat in contour and bears an outer seamless tubular knit textile material adhered to an adjacent rubber layer material interposed between the exterior belt back surface... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945891 | Power transmission belt and method A power transmission belt, and more particularly a toothed power transmission belt, comprising a longitudinally extending tensile member composed of one or more carbon fiber cords, wherein the belt exhibits belt growth of not more than 0.1% based on its original len... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942928 | Power transmission belt An endless power transmission belt having (1) a tension section; (2) a cushion section; and (3) a load-carrying section disposed between said tension section and cushion section; and the belt conta... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935403 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926633 | Toothed belt Described herein is a toothed belt comprising: a body made of elastomeric material having teeth on one of its surfaces; a coating fabric adherent to the surface of the teeth; and resistant inserts capable of having a high power of transmission, obtained by means of ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920745 | Zinc-coated steel cord with improved fatigue resistance A steel cord for the reinforcement of thermoplastic elastomers, the steel cord including more than one strand, each strand including two or more steel filaments, at least some of said the steel filaments being provided with a zinc coating. The zinc coating has a thi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919122 | Flexible composites with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and methods for producing the same A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making articles of manufacture,... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918849 | Power transmission belt containing chopped carbon fibers An endless power transmission belt having (1) a tension section; (2) a cushion section; and (3) a load-carrying section disposed between the tension section and cushion section; and the belt contai... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6761657 | Roller chain sprocket with added chordal pitch reduction A sprocket is defined to include added chordal pitch reduction when in a new or “as-manufactured” condition. The sprocket chordal pitch Ps′ is purposefully reduced as compared to the as-built chain pitch Pc (or a theoretical maximum sproc... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6620068 | Power transmission belt A power transmission belt having an endless body with a length, an inside, and an outside. The body has cogs on at least one of the inside and outside of the body and spaced along the length of the body so as to define alternating cog crests and cog troug... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6605014 | Toothed belt Toothed belt comprises teeth and bottoms which are alternately formed at one surface of the toothed rubber layer of the toothed belt. A fabric is provided at the outer surface of the teeth and the bottoms. A back rubber layer is integrally provided at the... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6575862 | Toothed belt power transmission system A toothed belt power transmission system includes a toothed belt having evenly spaced teeth adapted to mesh with evenly spaced teeth on a toothed pulley for power transmission. The belt teeth have a curved engagement surface including a convexly arcuate t... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6491598 | Power transmission belt There is disclosed an endless power transmission belt having a tension section, a cushion section and a load-carrying section disposed between the tension section and cushion section; and the belt containing a free radically cured elastomeric composition ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6485386 | Transverse reinforced CVT belt The invention comprises a cog type belt having a plurality of transverse teeth on an inner surface. The belt comprises an outer extensible elastomeric layer, an inner compression layer and a tensile member. Each tooth further comprises a non-metallic or p... | 11/26/2002 |
