Pneumatic vehicle tyre with belt bandage
AssigneeContinental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
InventorMichal Kovacik
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Abstract
A tire including a belt having a steel cord belt layer, and a bandage externally bearing radially on the belt. The bandage includes a rubber strip containing reinforcement cord. This rubber strip is wound about the belt at least from one axial belt end up to at least the other axial belt end, the ratio of the axial winding component to the circumferential winding component along the rubber strip is less than 0.01, and, over at least 70% of the axial belt width, does not vary by more than 2%. The spacing of two neighboring cords in two adjacent portions of the wound rubber strip at each circumferential position does not vary by more than 5% compared to the spacing of the cords in the rubber strip. The cords in the bandage are subjected to tension of at least 3 N/mm2 over at least 25% of the axial belt width.
Claims20
A system for producing a pneumatic vehicle tire having a belt including at least one steel cord belt layer, which encircles the tire circumference, and a bandage which externally bears radially on the belt over the entire tire circumference, the system comprising:
- a rotatable drum on which the belt is positioned,
- a feed device which feeds the bandage to the belt positioned on the rotatable drum, the feed device applying the bandage within a first region relative to the rotatable drum when said bandage is being wound about the belt by rotation of the drum, the bandage including a rubber strip in which at least one cord of reinforcement fibers is contained, and
- a contact pressure device which presses the bandage onto the belt positioned on the rotatable drum, the contact pressure device pressing the bandage within a second region relative to the rotatable drum when said bandage is being wound about the belt by the rotation of the drum, wherein the second region where the contact pressure device presses the bandage is spaced apart from the first region where the bandage is applied to the belt by the feed device,
- wherein the system is configured such that the feed device, in cooperation with the contact pressure device and rotatable drum, wind the rubber strip about the belt in a winding direction relative to the circumferential direction of the pneumatic vehicle tire from at least from one axial end of the belt up to at least an other axial end of the belt, the rubber strip during winding being pressed onto the outside of the belt by the contact pressure device, and the rubber strip being fed by the feeding device is wound by rotation of the rotatable drum,
- wherein a ratio of a winding direction component in the axis direction to a winding direction component in the circumferential direction along the rubber strip is less than 0.01, and does not vary by more than 2% over at least 85% of a width of the belt in the axis direction, and
- wherein a spacing of two neighboring cords in two adjacent portions of the rubber strip at each circumferential position does not vary by more than 5% in comparison to the spacing of the cords in the rubber strip, and the cords in the bandage are subjected to a tension of at least 3 N/mm2 over at least 25% of the width of the belt in the axis direction.
A method for producing a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising:
- winding a bandage externally on a belt of the tire, in which the belt is positioned on a rotatable drum, wherein the belt includes at least one steel cord belt layer, which encircles the tire circumference, and the bandage includes a rubber strip containing at least one cord of reinforcement fibers,
- wherein the bandage is fed to the belt positioned on the rotatable drum by a feed device, wherein the feed device applies the bandage within a first region relative to the rotatable drum when said bandage is being wound about the belt by rotation of the drum;
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- the bandage during winding is pressed onto the outside of the belt by a contact pressure device, and the fed rubber strip is wound by the rotation of the rotatable drum, wherein the contact pressure device presses the bandage within a second region relative to the rotatable drum when said bandage is being wound about the belt by the rotation of the drum, wherein the second region where the contact pressure device presses the bandage is spaced apart from the first region where the bandage is applied to the belt by the feed device,
- wherein the axial position of the feeding head during winding moves uniformly from at least one axial end of the belt to an other axial end of the belt,
- wherein the rubber strip, as a result of a movement of the feed device along a movement axis parallel to the axis direction of the rotatable drum, is wound in a winding direction relative to the circumferential direction of the rotatable drum,
- wherein a ratio of a winding direction component in the axis direction to a winding direction component in the circumferential direction along the rubber strip is less than 0.01, and does not vary by more than 2% over at least 85% of a width of the belt in the axis direction, and
- wherein a spacing of two neighboring cords in two adjacent portions of the rubber strip at each circumferential position does not vary by more than 5% in comparison to the spacing of the cords in the rubber strip, and the cords in the bandage are subjected to a tension of at least 3 N/mm2 over at least 25% of the width of the belt in the axis direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.