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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1997
Masakastu Maetani, Hyogo, JP;
Shinji Kotani, Hyogo, JP;
Haruyuki Tsubaki, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Masuda, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for treating a cord for use in a power transmission belt. The apparatus has a guide system for guiding a cord in a predetermined path and a processing liquid application system including a receptacle for a discrete amount of a processing liquid. A container defines a reservoir for a supply of processing liquid. There is a discharge opening on the first container for communicating processing liquid from a supply of processing liquid in the first container reservoir to the receptacle. With a first predetermined amount of processing liquid in the receptacle, the predetermined path extends through the processing liquid in the receptacle. With the discharge opening blocked, the first container reservoir is air tight. A first structure is provided for mounting the first container in an operative position on the apparatus wherein processing liquid in the first container reservoir flows by gravity to the discharge opening. With the first container in the operative position and a second amount of processing liquid in the receptacle, the processing liquid in the receptacle blocks the discharge opening on the first container to thereby stop gravitational flow of processing liquid from the first container reservoir to the receptacle. With the first container in the operative position and a third predetermined amount of processing liquid that is less than the second predetermined amount of processing liquid in the receptacle, the discharge opening is unblocked so that processing liquid from the first container reservoir flows through the discharge opening until the processing liquid accumulates in the receptacle to the point that the processing liquid blocks the discharge opening to thereby stop flow of processing liquid through the discharge opening to the receptacle.