Tire breaker strip application method and tire fabricated therefrom
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsAlbert Yovichin, Andres Delgado, Mary Dombrosky, Mark Sieverding
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Abstract
A method for applying a breaker or other reinforcement layer to a carcass strip by strip includes the steps of calculating an end gap based upon a nominal strip width, the size of the carcass, and the end count desired; calculating a distributed gap required to distribute the calculated end gap substantially equally between each strip; and applying the breaker strip by strip with each strip being separated from an adjacent strip by the distributed gap spacing.
Claims12
A method for applying a tire breaker reinforcement layer strip by strip comprising the steps:
- a. calculating an end gap based upon a nominal strip width, the size of the carcass, and the end count desired;
- b. calculating a distributed gap required to distribute the calculated end gap substantially equally between each strip;
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- c. applying the breaker strip by strip with each strip being separated from an adjacent strip by the distributed gap spacing.
A tire having a breaker reinforcement layer constructed therein strip by strip, the tire breaker reinforcement layer being formed by the process of:
- a. calculating an end gap based upon a nominal strip width, a size of the tire carcass, and the end count desired;
- b. calculating a distributed gap required to distribute the calculated end gap substantially equally between each strip;
- and
- c. applying the breaker strip by strip with each strip being separated from an adjacent strip by the distributed gap spacing.
Apparatus for constructing a breaker reinforcement layer into a tire strip by strip, the apparatus comprising:
- a. means for calculating an end gap based upon a nominal strip width, a size of the tire carcass, and the end count desired;
- b. means for calculating a distributed gap required to distribute the calculated end gap substantially equally between each strip;
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- c. means for applying the breaker strip by strip with each strip being separated from an adjacent strip by the distributed gap spacing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.