Title:
【発明の名称】シームレス開口金属ベルトの製造方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002540996
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for making a seamless apertured belt comprising the steps of: (a) providing a strip of material having two opposing ends and having a length at least equal to a finished belt length; (b) providing an aperture pattern having a length substantially equal to the finished belt length, the pattern including a plurality of two-dimensional geometrical shapes, the pattern having opposing end edges which can be tiled together; (c) removing a pre-determined portion of each end of the pattern and joining the pre-determined portions to one another along the opposing end edges to form a re-etch pattern; (d) forming apertures in the strip corresponding to the two-dimensional geometrical shapes in the pattern, the strip remaining free of apertures in regions near each end comprising fusion zones; (e) fusing the ends of the strip to one another such that the fusion zones form a common fusion zone; and (f) forming apertures in the common fusion zone corresponding to the re-etch pattern. In a preferred embodiment, the two-dimensional pattern is an amorphous two-dimensional pattern of interlocking two-dimensional geometrical shapes. The strip of material may comprise a material selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, fabric, rubber, and combinations thereof.
Inventors:
Maguire, Kenneth Stephen
Hamilton, Peter Worthington
Hamilton, Peter Worthington
Application Number:
JP2000610666A
Publication Date:
December 03, 2002
Filing Date:
April 06, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY
International Classes:
B26F1/00; B29D28/00; B29D29/00; B44B5/02; F16G1/00; (IPC1-7): B29D29/00; B26F1/00; B29D28/00; F16G1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS6087037A | 1985-05-16 | |||
| JP3040697B | ||||
| JPS5518100U | 1980-02-05 |
Foreign References:
| WO1998021410A1 | 1998-05-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue (5 outside)