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US 4,739,814 AGranted
Radial tire
AssigneeMilliken Industrials Limited
InventorsCharles N. Berczi, Werner K. Hess, Herbert J. Lohr
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Abstract
There is described a novel fabric for use in tire building. The fabric is of open square construction and has a tackified finish to ease construction of tire carcases. A method of making the fabric is described as well as a method of making a tire using the fabric.
Claims6
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a carcass having at least one ply of tire cord, at least one belt ply extending circumferentially of the tire and a shoulder cap ply over and in contact with said ply of tire cord, said cap ply being a fabric of open square weave construction and having a tackified finish, said open weave fabric having a warp set of about 12-130 threads per decimeter and a weft set of about 15-70 threads per decimeter, said cap ply being an open weave fabric with the yarns having counts in the range of 440 to 2500 decitex, said cap ply being adhered directly to said tire cord ply and said belt ply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.