Method of making side driving v-belts reinforced with laterally spaced cabled tension members

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A SIDE-DRIVING BELT OF THE CLASS IN WHICH A VULCANIZABLE RUBBER BODY IS REINFORCED LENGTHWISE WITH ONLY TWO PARALLEL ALTERALLY SPACED FLEXIBLE CABLED TENSION MEMBERS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING FORMING A LONGITUDINALLY GROOVE IN AN EXTERNAL FACE OF SAID BODY WITH SAID TENSION MEMBERS DISPOSED INSIDE SAID BODY AND WITH SAID BODY IN AN UNVULCANIZED STATE, SAID GROOVE BEING FORMED SO THAT IT EXTENDS LENGTHWISE OF SAID BODY AND ITNO SAID BODY TOWARD A REGION THEREOF BETWEEN THE CABLED TENSION MEMBERS IN SAID BODY, ENCLOSING SAID UNVULCANIZED BODY, INCLUDING SAID GROOVE, IN A CLOTH COVER, THEREAFTER PLACING THE RESULTING ASSEMBLY OF SAID GROOVED BODY AND TENSION MEMBERS AND SAID COVER IN A MOLD CAVITY USING SAID GROOVE UNDER SAID COVER AS A GRUIDE FOR POSITIONING THE ASSEMBLY, SO THAT SAID GROOVE EXTENDS LENGTHWISE OF THE CAVITY BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING MOLDING FACES OF THE CAVITY AND THE PLANE OF SAID TENSION MEMBERS HAS A PRESELECTED ORIENTATION RELATIVE TO SAID MOLDING FACES OF THE CAVITY, AND THEN CONFINING SAID ASSEMBLY IN SAID MOLD CAVITY UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE TO VULCANIZE SAID RUBBER BODY AND TO MOLD SAID ASSEMBLY TO THE SHAPE OF SAID CAVITY.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A SIDE-DRIVING BELT OF THE CLASS IN WHICH A VULCANIZABLE RUBBER BODY IS REINFORCED LENGTHWISE WITH ONLY TWO PARALLEL ALTERALLY SPACED FLEXIBLE CABLED TENSION MEMBERS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING FORMING A LONGITUDINALLY GROOVE IN AN EXTERNAL FACE OF SAID BODY WITH SAID TENSION MEMBERS DISPOSED INSIDE SAID BODY AND WITH SAID BODY IN AN UNVULCANIZED STATE, SAID GROOVE BEING FORMED SO THAT IT EXTENDS LENGTHWISE OF SAID BODY AND ITNO SAID BODY TOWARD A REGION THEREOF BETWEEN THE CABLED TENSION MEMBERS IN SAID BODY, ENCLOSING SAID UNVULCANIZED BODY, INCLUDING SAID GROOVE, IN A CLOTH COVER, THEREAFTER PLACING THE RESULTING ASSEMBLY OF SAID GROOVED BODY AND TENSION MEMBERS AND SAID COVER IN A MOLD CAVITY USING SAID GROOVE UNDER SAID COVER AS A GRUIDE FOR POSITIONING THE ASSEMBLY, SO THAT SAID GROOVE EXTENDS LENGTHWISE OF THE CAVITY BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING MOLDING FACES OF THE CAVITY AND THE PLANE OF SAID TENSION MEMBERS HAS A PRESELECTED ORIENTATION RELATIVE TO SAID MOLDING FACES OF THE CAVITY, AND THEN CONFINING SAID ASSEMBLY IN SAID MOLD CAVITY UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE TO VULCANIZE SAID RUBBER BODY AND TO MOLD SAID ASSEMBLY TO THE SHAPE OF SAID CAVITY.