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US 5,323,596 AGranted
Open metallic cord for penetration by elastomer
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorGia V. Nguyen
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Abstract
Metallic cord for reinforcing elastomeric articles and apparatus for making same including a round section and equal diameter filaments and a core (11) of two strands of two filaments (5,6,15,16) one strand being untwisted and the other strand having a twist and a first lay length so as to be twisted around the one strand. An outer layer (12) of filaments (21-28) twisted around the core (11) and having the same twist direction and a second lay length half of the core (11) lay length.
Claims9
A metallic cord for reinforcing elastomeric articles, the cord having a plurality of filaments comprising
- a core of m filaments being untwisted and n filaments twisted about each other and twisted around the m filaments wherein m is 2 to 3 and n is 1 to 3;
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- an outer layer of p filaments twisted around the core and having the same twist direction as the core, wherein p is 6 to 9.
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