Assembly for tire including impregnated woven or knitted fabric(s) and a sacrificial holder

A tire comprising an assemblage that includes:

• a first impregnated woven or knitted structure including a first woven or knitted fabric and a first layer of a first polymeric composition, the first woven or knitted fabric being impregnated, at least in part, with the first polymeric composition;
• a second impregnated woven or knitted structure including a second woven or knitted fabric and a second layer of a second polymeric composition, the second woven or knitted fabric being impregnated, at least in part, with the second polymeric composition;
• a bearing structure including bearing elements connecting the first and second woven or knitted fabrics together;
• and
• at least one sacrificial holder for temporarily holding the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures in contact with each other, and connecting the first and second woven or knitted fabrics together,
• wherein each sacrificial holder is unbroken in the tire assemblage and structured such that, when the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures are separated from one another during a tire manufacturing process, each sacrificial holder breaks before any breakage of the bearing elements,
• wherein each sacrificial holder includes a threadlike sacrificial temporary holding element, and
• wherein each threadlike sacrificial temporary holding element extends along a length thereof in an alternating pattern from the first woven or knitted fabric toward the second woven or knitted fabric and then from the second woven or knitted fabric toward the first woven or knitted fabric.

A fitted assembly comprising:

• a tire;
• and
• a fitting apparatus structured to fit the tire on a vehicle,
• wherein the tire includes an assemblage that includes:
• a first impregnated woven or knitted structure including a first woven or knitted fabric and a first layer of a first polymeric composition, the first woven or knitted fabric being impregnated, at least in part, with the first polymeric composition,
• a second impregnated woven or knitted structure including a second woven or knitted fabric and a second layer of a second polymeric composition, the second woven or knitted fabric being impregnated, at least in part, with the second polymeric composition,
• a bearing structure including bearing elements connecting the first and second woven or knitted fabrics together, and
• at least one sacrificial holder for temporarily holding the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures in contact with each other, and connecting the first and second woven or knitted fabrics together,
• wherein each sacrificial holder is unbroken in the tire assemblage and structured such that, when the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures are separated from one another during a tire manufacturing process, each sacrificial holder breaks before any breakage of the bearing elements,
• wherein each sacrificial holder includes a threadlike sacrificial temporary holding element, and
• wherein each threadlike sacrificial temporary holding element extends along a length thereof in an alternating pattern from the first woven or knitted fabric toward the second woven or knitted fabric and then from the second woven or knitted fabric toward the first woven or knitted fabric.

A process for manufacturing a tire, the process comprising steps of:

• winding an assembly around a confection cylinder substantially of revolution around an axis of revolution, the assembly including an assemblage that includes:
• a first impregnated woven or knitted structure including a first woven or knitted fabric and a first layer of a first polymeric composition, the first woven or knitted fabric being impregnated, at least in part, with the first polymeric composition,
• a second impregnated woven or knitted structure including a second woven or knitted fabric and a second layer of a second polymeric composition, the second woven or knitted fabric being impregnated, at least in part, with the second polymeric composition,
• a bearing structure including bearing elements connecting the first and second woven or knitted fabrics together, and
• at least one sacrificial holder for temporarily holding the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures in contact with each other, and connecting the first and second woven or knitted fabrics together, wherein, when the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures are separated from one another, each sacrificial holder breaks before any breakage of the bearing elements, wherein each sacrificial holder includes a threadlike sacrificial temporary holding element, and wherein each threadlike sacrificial temporary holding element extends along a length thereof in an alternating pattern from the first woven or knitted fabric toward the second woven or knitted fabric and then from the second woven or knitted fabric toward the first woven or knitted fabric;
• and
• moving at least one of the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures radially with respect to the axis of revolution to separate the first and second impregnated woven or knitted structures from each other so as to break the at least one sacrificial holder.