ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,499, issued on March 11, was assigned to Habasit AG (Reinach, Switzerland).
"Process for welding profiles to a belt" was invented by Peter Hildebrand (Rodermark, Germany) and Tobias Fleckenstein (Eppertshausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for welding profiles (1) of a thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer to a top layer (3) of a belt (2), such as a conveyor belt, also being made of a thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer. The process uses thermal impulse welding and applies the welding heat onto the surface (21) of the belt (2) which is opposite to the top layer (3). The process is in particular suited for...