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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A toothed belt having a body with a length, an inside surface, an outside surface, laterally spaced sides, and a plurality of teeth spaced in a lengthwise direction on the inside of the body. An elongate, load carrying cord extends lengthwise of the body and is embedded in the body. A cloth layer is provided on the inside surface of the body. The load carrying cord has a diameter that is greater than 1.1 mm and not greater than 1.5 mm and is prepared by a) bundling glass fiber filaments each having a diameter of from 5 to 10 &mgr;m into strands, b) gathering and primary twisting a plurality of stands in one twist direction to form strings, and c) gathering and final twisting the strings in a direction oppositely to the one twist direction.