The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Veyance Technologies, Inc.

Contitech Transportbandsysteme Gmbh

Robin Bovaird Steven

David Joseph Maguire

James Alfred Benzing, Ii

William James Head

Lawrence K Nordell

Larry James Gehrett

Steven Andrew Lederer

William Allen Arnold

John Darrell Carter

John James Gartland

Alan N Gent

Douglas Gilg

Houston Channing Brown

Shannon G Willer

Yijin Zhang

Yijun Zhang

David Dale Gallagher

Douglas M Gilg

The present invention is based upon the discovery that the steel cords in conveyor belt splices can be brazed together in a specific and cost effective manner to attain splices which having improved strength and durability. The present invention more specifically discloses a conveyor belt which is reinforced with steel cables and which includes a first section and a second section which are bonded together with a splice, wherein said splice bonds a first set of steel cables from the first section of the conveyor belt to a second set of steel cables from the second section of the conveyor belt with a braze alloy, and wherein the first set of steel cables and the second set of steel cables are contained within a ferrule at the point of where the first set of steel cables are bonded to the second set of steel cables.

Conveyor belt with zero stage splice

The present invention discloses a conveyor belt comprising: a load carrying core, an upper cover layer above said core, a pulley cover layer beneath said core, wherein the pulley cover layer includes at least one high elastic modulus layer which extends beneath at least a portion of the pulley cover layer and wherein the high elastic modulus layer is comprised of a high elastic modulus material and wherein the high elastic modulus material has elastic modulus which is within the range of 0.3 GPa to 220 GPa and wherein the high elastic modulus layer has a thickness which is within the range of 0.005 mm and 4 mm.

Superelastic low rolling resistance conveyor belt

A conveyor belt for use in a tubular conveyor belt system has a width and a length, and a longitudinal centerline. The conveyor belt further has a first longitudinal edge, and an opposing second longitudinal edge, wherein during use, the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge overlap to form an overlap region, thus forming the belt into a tube-like shape. The conveyor belt further has a load bearing region, wherein the load bearing region is located evenly about the belt longitudinal centerline, throughout the length of the belt. Further, there is a first anti-rotation region and a second anti-rotation region, wherein the first anti-rotation region is located between the first longitudinal edge and the load bearing region, and the second anti-rotation region is located between the second longitudinal edge and the load bearing region. The first and second longitudinal edges, and the load bearing region comprise longitudinal reinforcement members, and the first and second anti-rotation regions do not comprise longitudinal reinforcement members.

Tubular conveyor belt

A preformed strip ( ) of unvulcanized rubber having a plurality of strand receiving grooves ( ) for splicing the ends ( ) of steel cord or strand reinforced rubber conveyor belts ( ) is disclosed along with a method of forming the spliced joint.

Preformed strip and method for splicing conveyor belts

A preformed strip ( ) of unvulcanized rubber having two-strand receiving grooves portions ( A and B) for splicing the ends ( ) of steel cord or strand reinforced rubber conveyor belts ( ) is disclosed along with a method of forming the spliced joint.

A pendulum device is used to test the rolling resistance of a material. The device includes a rolling unit for contact with the material being tested, an assembly for initiating pendulum motion of the device, and measuring the amplitude of the pendulum motion over time. The rate of decrease of the amplitude of the pendulum motion is a measure of the rolling resistance of the material.

Pendulum rolling resistant test

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