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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Matthew Thomas Morris, Lincoln, NE (US);
Wei Willie Chien, River Edge, NJ (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A belt ( ), and a method of forming a belt ( ), with at least one row of teeth ( ) formed on at least one surface of the betling ( ). To improve the tooth formation of the belting ( ), and the abrasion of the belting ( ), the outer surface of the teeth ( ) are formed with the disclosed bi-directional stretch woven fabric ( ). The warp ( ) and weft ( ) yarns are formed of a core yarn ( ) about which is helically wrapped at least one yarn ( or ), forming a scaffold construction. The bi-directional stretch characteristics of the fabric ( ) permit greater deformation of the fabric ( ) while forming the belt teeth ( ).