Removable tread belt
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorRichard J. Olsen
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Abstract
A removable tread installed as an annular belt about the circumference of a tire carcass. The inner surface of the removable tread belt and the outer surface of the tire carcass have an interengaging pattern to interlock the two. The removable tread belt has a plurality of axially oriented metal bars and an inextensible circumferential belt radially outwardly of the bars. The bars and the inextensible belt are encapsulated in a matrix of rubber. The ends of the bars extend outwardly to a point beyond the widest portion of the tire carcass sidewall. The tread belt has a tread pattern on its outer circumferential surface.
Claims17
A removable tread belt for installing about the circumferential outer surface of a tire carcass, said removable tread belt comprising:
- an annular belt matrix having a ground contacting tread portion on the outer surface thereof,
- a plurality of rigid bars installed in said belt matrix at spaced intervals around the circumference thereof, said bars extending across substantially the entire axial width of said belt matrix and being spaced radially inwardly of said tread portion, and
- interlocking means on the inner surface of said belt matrix for engaging complementary interlocking means carried by said tire carcass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.