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Treadmill belt with layer of thermoplastic foamed material

US9012341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Habasit AG · CH

Inventors

Stefan Rohr · Langenhagen, DE
Marshall Wright · Ljung, SE
Heinz Lüscher · Reinach, CH
Frank Otte · Mount Prospect, US
Edgar Von Gellhorn · Sins, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2008
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T442/3366
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Continuous treadmill belt comprising a continuous first foamed layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) made of thermoplastic foamed material, with an upper side (25, 26) and an under side (34, 35, 36), wherein a first pulling body (41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48) is arranged on the under side (34, 35, 36) and comprises a first textile layer and a pulling body under side (54, 56, 58), and wherein no layer is arranged between the continuous foamed first layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) and the first pulling body (41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48), which hinders a local shearing displacement of the first pulling body (41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48) parallel to the under side (34, 35, 36) or stiffens said pulling body.

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