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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1982
Robert E Wetzel, Springfield, MO (US);
Wayne C Fieler, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Gerald C Hollaway, Springfield, MO (US);
Dayco Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making toothed belts and toothed belt made using such method and apparatus are provided wherein the belt is made primarily of polymeric material and is comprised of at least parts of a plurality of successive turns of a single helically wound toothed strip wherein the turns are bonded together in adjoining side-by-side relation and the toothed belt has improved teeth comprised of teeth initially provided in the single toothed strip by compressed, displaced, and reshaped portions of hot strip means of substantially self-supporting quadrilateral cross-sectional configuration employed to define such single strip.