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Not in nature, but Möbius conveyor belts were patented. Here is a 1949 patent to Owen Harris, for an abrasive belt, as described by Clifford Pickover:


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          Image from Pickover, p.44.

Pickover, Clifford A. The Möbius Strip: Dr. August Mobius’s marvelous band in mathematics, games, literature, art, technology, and cosmology. Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York (2006).

Joseph O'Rourke
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