	US 12,031,027 B2
	Conveyor belt cover compound
Douglas Paschall, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Michael Brendan Rodgers, Leander, TX (US); and Adel F. Halasa, Akron, OH (US)
Assigned to Akron Polymer Solutions, Inc.
Filed by Akron Polymer Solutions, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,852.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,901, filed on Jun. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391989 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. C08L 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 15/32 (2006.01)

CPC C08L 7/00 (2013.01) [B65G 15/32 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A conveyor belt comprising:

natural rubber;

a peptizer;

carbon black;

graphene, wherein the graphene has a thickness of less than about 3.2 nm, a particle size of between about 50 nm and about 10 μm, and contains greater than about 95% carbon;

aliphatic hydrocarbon resin;

treated distillate aromatic extract;

N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-1,4-benzenediamine;

2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline;

paraffinic wax;

microcrystalline wax;

zinc oxide;

stearic acid;

N-tert-butyl-benzothiazole sulfonamide;

sulfur; and

pre vulcanization inhibitor.