The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Bestorq, Inc.

Delyn M Stork

Thomas George Burrowes

Darren Blaine Moncrief

Charles W Quiner

Austin Unseld

Bobby L Purviance

A belt tension measurement device includes a sleeve with an opening in at least one end, a shaft insertable into the opening where at least a portion of the shaft protrudes from the opening when in a zero position, and a first securing component configured to couple the sleeve to a surface of a power transmission belt and an additional securing component configured to couple the shaft to the surface of the power transmission belt. The shaft includes one or more sets of marks. A set of the one or more sets of marks includes at least one mark. The at least one mark corresponds to at least one shaft position where the power transmission belt is tensioned a pre-determined amount via an extension force generated by an elongation of the power transmission belt. The shaft is moveable between the zero position and the at least one shaft position.

Belt tension measurement device

An endless power transmission belt having

Power transmission belt

A process of producing a rubber article which is economical and environmentally beneficial in that it provides for the recycling of ground cured rubber into uncured rubber compositions which need only be molded or shaped into their final form.

Process for making rubber articles and rubber articles made thereby

A belt of integral unitary construction for transmitting power at low tensions and the method of making the belt. The belt includes a continuous body having top and bottom surfaces which are equally spaced apart across the width and throughout the continuous length thereof. The body comprises a neutral axis section extending throughout the length of the belt with a tension section on one side thereof extending toward the top surface of the belt and a compression section on the other side thereof. The tension section extends transversely across the entire width of the belt and at least one groove is provided in the compression section extending from the bottom surface through the compression and neutral axis sections into a portion of the tension section to form a plurality of power transmitting ribs extending longitudinally of the belt to provide a tension section, compression section, and neutral axis in each individual rib. The invention is particularly useful with multi-grooved pulleys in a heavy-duty drive.

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Lincoln, NE, United States of America

Delyn M Stork