FRICTION TRANSMISSION BELT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20140296011A1
• Filed: 06/13/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries Limited
• Inventors: Yoshida, Keisuke, Kim, Sungjin
• Granted Patent: US 9,303,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 474/261
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 29/103 Multi-ribbed driving belts
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 5/08 with textile reinforcement
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 5/14 with reinforcement bonded by the plastic material
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 5/20 with a contact surface of special shape, e.g. toothed
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 9/04 using belts, V-belts, or ropes with toothed belts F16H9/24; pulleys of adjustable construction F16H55/52

Abstract

A friction transmission belt includes a belt body made of a rubber composition and wrapped around pulleys to transmit power. A thermoplastic resin film(s) adheres to a pulley contact-side surface of the belt body, and friction coefficient reduction powder particles dispersively adhere to the pulley contact-side surface of the belt body.

Claims

1. A friction transmission belt comprising:

a belt body made of a rubber composition and wrapped around pulleys to transmit power,

wherein a thermoplastic resin film adheres to a pulley contact-side surface of the belt body, and friction coefficient reduction powder particles dispersively adhere to the pulley contact-side surface of the belt body.

2. The friction transmission belt of claim 1, wherein

the thermoplastic resin film includes a plurality of thermoplastic resin films, and

the thermoplastic resin films dispersively adhere to the pulley contact-side surface of the belt body.

3. The friction transmission belt of claim 2, wherein

the pulley contact-side surface of the belt body is covered with a cloth, and the thermoplastic resin films and the friction coefficient reduction powder particles adhere to the cloth.

4. The friction transmission belt of claim 3, wherein

the thermoplastic resin films are melted and adhere to the cloth.

5. The friction transmission belt of claim 3, wherein

the cloth is a knitted fabric.

6. The friction transmission belt of claim 1, wherein

some of the friction coefficient reduction powder particles adhere to surfaces of the thermoplastic resin films.

7. The friction transmission belt of claim 1, wherein

friction coefficient reduction powder particles are embedded in the thermoplastic resin films.

8. The friction transmission belt of claim 1, wherein

the thermoplastic resin films is made of polyolefin resin.

9. The friction transmission belt of claim 1, wherein

the friction coefficient reduction powder particles are made of fluorocarbon resin.

10. The friction transmission belt of claim 1, wherein

the belt body is a V-ribbed belt body.

11. A friction transmission belt comprising:

a belt body made of a rubber composition and wrapped around pulleys to transmit power,

wherein the friction transmission belt is manufactured by

spraying, in advance, thermoplastic resin powder particles and friction coefficient reduction powder particles to a molding surface of a belt mold assembly for forming a pulley contact-side part of the friction transmission belt to form a powder layer, and

compressing a non-crosslinked rubber composition for belt formation against the powder layer to crosslink the non-crosslinked rubber composition at a molding temperature at which the thermoplastic resin powder particles are melted and at which the friction coefficient reduction powder particles are unmelted.

12. A method for manufacturing a friction transmission belt including a belt body made of a rubber composition and wrapped around pulleys to transmit power, the method comprising:

spraying, in advance, thermoplastic resin powder particles and friction coefficient reduction powder particles to a molding surface of a belt mold assembly for forming a pulley contact-side part of the friction transmission belt to form a powder layer, and compressing a non-crosslinked rubber composition for belt formation against the powder layer to crosslink the non-crosslinked rubber composition at a molding temperature at which the thermoplastic resin powder particles are melted and at which the friction coefficient reduction powder particles are unmelted.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein

the thermoplastic resin powder particles and the friction coefficient reduction powder particles are simultaneously sprayed to the molding surface of the belt mold assembly.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein

a particle size of the thermoplastic resin powder particles is equal to or smaller than a particle size of the friction coefficient reduction powder particles.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein

a mass of the friction coefficient reduction powder particles sprayed to the molding surface of the belt mold assembly per unit area is greater than a mass of the thermoplastic resin powder particles sprayed to the molding surface of the belt mold assembly per unit area.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein

a ratio of the mass of the friction coefficient reduction powder particles sprayed to the molding surface of the belt mold assembly per unit area to the mass of the thermoplastic resin powder particles sprayed to the molding surface of the belt mold assembly per unit area is 100/80 to 100/5.