Elastomer composition and tire using the elastomer composition
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsYoshihide Kouno, Seiji Kon, Yusuke Nozaki
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide an elastomer composition containing a substance as an alternative raw material for an elastomer component, which is low in environmental load and capable of being produced at low cost, and a tire using the elastomer composition. Here, the elastomer composition and the tire of the invention are characterized in containing residuum generated in a fermentative treatment of an organic matter in an elastomer component. In addition, as the above fermentative treatment, an anaerobic fermentative treatment or an aerobic fermentative treatment can be used.
Claims24
An elastomer composition containing residuum generated in a fermentative treatment of an organic matter in an elastomer component,
- wherein the residuum is residuum generated in a fermentative treatment of an organic matter using fermentation microorganisms, and containing cell walls of the fermentation microorganisms,
- wherein the residuum is residuum generated in a fermentative treatment of an organic matter containing at least one of plant cell walls and short fibers of the plant cell walls in chains, and containing at least one of the plant cell walls and short fibers, and
- wherein the fermentative treatment is a treatment using at least one of aspergillus and yeast, and the short fibers have cell walls of at least one of aspergillus and yeast attached.
An elastomer composition containing residuum generated in a fermentative treatment of an organic matter in an elastomer component,
- wherein the residuum is residuum generated in a fermentative treatment of an organic matter using fermentation microorganisms, and containing cell walls of the fermentation microorganisms,
- wherein the residuum comprises at least one of cellulose particles and hemicellulose particles as a main component of the plant cell walls, and
- wherein the fermentative treatment is a treatment using at least one of aspergillus and yeast, and the cellulose particles and hemicellulose particles have cell walls of at least one of aspergillus and yeast attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.