Rubber goods
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorPhilip B. McMullen
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Abstract
This invention relates to a textile reinforcement for use in the manufacture of rubber or polymer products in which the textile elements running in both lengthwise and generally crosswise directions are not interwoven but held together by a stitching of lightweight construction and bonded by rubber or polymer material. In addition, preferably the principal textile members are ones which include only the normal "producer's" twist rather than the usual twisted cord construction.
Claims3
A fabric structure for use in reinforcing material in polymeric structures comprising a plurality of parallel warp threads and at least one layer of a plurality of parallel weft threads extending transversely at an angle of 75.degree. to 90.degree. to said warp threads and positioned on one side thereof and means stitch-bonding said warp and weft threads into a unitary construction, each of said warp threads being formed of a plurality of continuous filaments and having no more than two twists per inch of length whereby the extensibility of said warp threads is reduced to a minimum, said unitary construction providing increased penetration of the polymetric material into the fabric structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.