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US 4,261,393 AGranted
Tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles
AssigneeBridgestone Tire Company Limited
InventorsShigeru Saito, Hiroshi Inoue
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Abstract
A tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles is disclosed. The tire cord fabric is manufactured by lengthwisely arranging a great number of cords as warp cords over a given width and then relatively coarsely interlacing them with weft yarns. In each selvage portion of the fabric is formed a joint part consisting of a special cord arrangement.
Claims3
A tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles comprising:
- a plurality of bodies, each body being composed of selvage portions and a remaining central portion and containing therein a great number or cords lengthwisely arranged side by side as warp cords over a given width and then relatively coarsely interlaced with weft yarns, and a joint part formed by overlapping opposite adjoining selvage portions of said bodies with each other;
- each of said selvage portions being formed by arranging warp cords side by side in a coarse relation;
- and, in said joint part, the warp cords of said selvage portion of one side being interposed within spaced between warp cords of said selvage portion of the other side to establish a thickness of said joint part substantially equal to that of said central portion.
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