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US 5,086,815 AGranted
Air less tire with circumferential band reinforcement
OwnerVincent F. Panaroni, Richard Steinkeinventors
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Abstract
An airless tire incorporating a reinforcement chord system that is pre-assembled before placement in a tire mold to provide reinforcement for an airless tire that is formed in that mold and including one or more bands of selective length each formed into a ring with stand-off supports removably attached to each band or to each of the plurality of bands, the stand-off supports including legs or pins that can be formed to desired length appropriate for use in a selected mold.
Claims6
An airless tire comprising, a foamed polyurethane material formed into an airless tire;
- at least one band of reinforcement material for arrangement within said airless tire formed into a ring;
- means for adjusting the circumference of said ring;
- and a plurality of stand-off support means arranged for coupling at spaced intervals along said band and including leg means for projecting therefrom to either the radially outermost or radially innermost surface of the foamed polyurethane material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.