Steel cord and method of manufacturing rubber product
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorRyotaro Suefuji
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Abstract
A steel cord has a stranded structure comprising a plurality of sheath strands intertwined around the outer circumferential surface of a core strand; and a filament having a linear mass density of at least 560 dtex and not more than 2,200 dtex wrapped in a spiral around the outer circumferential surface of the core strand. The steel cord is embedded in an unvulcanized rubber member to mold a molded rubber article, which is then vulcanized.
Claims13
A stranded steel cord comprising a plurality of sheath strands intertwined around an outer circumferential surface of a core strand, the cord being characterized in that an intertwined cord having a linear mass density of at least 1401 dtex and not more than 2,200 dtex is wrapped in a spiral around the outer circumferential surface of the core strand, wherein the intertwined cord comprises a plurality of intertwined filaments, and a wrapping pitch of the intertwined cord is at least ⅕ a cord pitch and not more than five times the cord pitch, the cord pitch being the pitch of the sheath strands intertwined around the core strand.
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