Bando Chemical Industries, Inc.

Kazuyoshi Tani

Koji Watanabe

Yoshitaka Kurose

Yoshitaka Tajima

Masaki Ochiai

Kanji Kimoto

Masaaki Ogino

Yuji Takahara

Shizuaki Tsuruta

Both types of short aramid fibers and non-aramid synthetic fibers are extruded from a side face of each rib in a V-ribbed belt. The extruded section of the short aramid fiber is formed in curled shape. The extruded section of the synthetic fiber is formed in a sector gradually broadened toward its distal end with its non-melting condition maintained. The root portions of the extruded sections of both types of short fibers are raised from the side face of the rib. The extruded sections of the short aramid fibers are extruded in multiple directions, whereas the extruded sections of the synthetic fibers are extruded in a given direction. The extruded section of the short aramid fiber is formed longer than the extruded section of the synthetic fibers.

Power transmission belt and method for fabricating the same

Short aramid fibers extruded from a side face of each rib in a V-ribbed belt are formed in curled shape. The root portions of the extruded short aramid fibers are raised from the side face of the rib. The tip portion of each extruded short aramid fiber is bowed in a direction different from a bowing direction of its medial portion. The extruded sections of the short aramid fibers are different in bowing direction from one another to decentralize the orientation thereof.

Extruded sections of synthetic fibers extruded from a side face of each rib in a V-ribbed belt are plastically deformed in the shape of sectors gradually broadened toward their distal ends. The extruded sections of the synthetic fibers are not heated beyond their melting point during a grinding process so as to be kept unmelted. The extruded sections of the synthetic fibers are raised from the side face of the rib so that microscopic unevenness is formed over the side face of the rib. The synthetic fiber is formed of nylon with a filament diameter of 20 &mgr;m or more.

Method for fabricating power transmission belt including grinding with specified grinding wheel

A canvas-rubber complex provided on an upper face of a tension rubber on a back side of V-ribbed belt is composed of a covering canvas, impregnation rubber with which the covering canvas is impregnated, an outer rubber layer which is applied to a first face of the covering canvas which is located on the back face's side of the belt, an inner rubber layer which is applied to a second face of the covering canvas which is the back of the first face, and an adhesion rubber layer disposed on a side of the inner rubber layer for adhering the canvas-rubber complex to the upper face of the tension rubber. Among the rubber elements excepting the adhesion rubber layer, at least the outer rubber layer is formed of a rubber composition including as main ingredients thereof CR polymer, hard carbon and conductive carbon.

Canvas-rubber complex, V-ribbed belt using it and method of producing

In a belt transmission apparatus utilized between an engine of a motorcar and an auxiliary apparatus thereof, a pulley groove angle .theta. of V-belt pulleys is set in the range of 45.degree. to 60.degree., where slip of the belt easily occurs. A belt angle .alpha. between both sidefaces of the V-belt is set in the range determined by the inequality .theta.-7.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq..theta. with respect to the pulley groove angle .theta..

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Kazuyoshi Tani