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Belt construction, transverse belt element therefor and method of making the same

  • US 4,493,679 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1982
  • Issued: 01/15/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an endless power transmission belt construction comprising an endless flexible carrier means, and a plurality of transverse belt elements assembled on said carrier means, each said belt element having peripheral face means and a medial slot means passing therethrough and receiving part of said carrier means therein, each said belt element having a slit means in said peripheral face means thereof that leads to said slot means thereof and a hinge means spaced from said slit means that permits said belt element to have said slit means thereof opened sufficiently to permit at least part of said carrier means to be received therethrough for subsequent positioning in said slot means thereof and thereafter be moved to a closed position to prevent at least that part of said carrier means from escaping through said slit means, each said belt element having two adjacent surfaces defining said slit means thereof therebetween, the improvement wherein each belt element has fastening means securing said adjacent surfaces thereof against each other so that said slit means thereof is maintained in said closed position thereof.

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