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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Scott Alan Eastman, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Michael Paul Humbert, Manchester, CT (US);
Daniel A. Mosher, Glastonbury, CT (US);
John P. Wesson, West Hartford, CT (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes arraying a plurality of tension elements longitudinally along a belt and interlacing a plurality of warp fibers and a plurality of weft fibers with the plurality of tension elements to form a composite belt structure. A coating is applied to at least partially encapsulate the composite belt structure. The coating includes a base coating material and at least one additive mixed with the base coating material to improve an operational characteristic of the belt.