Chopped textile reinforced shock absorber bumper
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorRichard D. Candle
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Abstract
A chopped textile reinforced shock absorber is made by chopping unvulcanized elastomer coated texile into lengths of about 0.25 of an inch (0.63 cm) to about 3.0 inches (7.62 cm) and preferably 1 to 5 cm and shaping the chopped unvulcanized elastomer coated textile into a thickness, width and length to function as a shock absorber when cured.
Claims7
A shock absorbing member composed of a series of plies formed by coating a fiber with unvulcanized elastomer, chopping said coated fiber into specific lengths, said series of plies being intimately merged together into a unitary member, said unitary member being cured to give a chopped fiber reinforced unitary member
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