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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Houston Channing Brown, West Mansfield, OH (US);
Pedro Emilio Rengifo, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/700 ; B65G 1/534 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/700 ; B65G 1/534 ;
Abstract
An improved method of splicing a belt, and preparing a belt end to be spliced, is disclosed. The ends of the multiple reinforcing layers of the belt are prepared along spaced transverse edges in defined different geometric configurations. At a minimum, the ends of the reinforcing layers are prepared with at least two different geometric configurations.