abstract |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to methods and improved adhesive compositions for bonding textile reinforcing members to rubber, in particular ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, in the manufacture of rubber articles including power transmission belts.n n n The adhesive composition may be selected from hydrogenated styrene-butadiene rubber, carboxylated and hydrogenated styrene-butadiene rubber, hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber, carboxylated and hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene or mixtures thereof Latex; Aqueous solutions of half-esters of maleated liquid polybutadiene; And optionally up to about 15% by weight of carbon black in an aqueous solution. |