Method of producing a pneumatic tire with a surface fastener
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Tanno, Shiro Ogawa
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Abstract
A method of producing a pneumatic tire with a surface fastener including filling an uncured rubber between engagement elements of a surface fastener to form a protective rubber layer in which the engagement elements are buried; placing the surface fastener having the protective rubber layer on an uncured tire in a manner that a surface of the surface fastener opposite a surface having the engagement elements is in intimate contact with an inner surface of the tire; and curing the uncured tire having the surface fastener by use of a curing machine equipped with a bladder.
Claims8
A method of producing a pneumatic tire with a surface fastener characterized by comprising:
- filling an uncured rubber between engagement elements of a surface fastener to form a protective rubber layer in which the engagement elements are buried;
- placing the surface fastener having the protective rubber layer on an uncured tire in a manner that a surface of the surface fastener opposite a surface having the engagement elements is in intimate contact with an inner surface of the tire;
- and
- curing the uncured tire having the surface fastener by use of a curing machine equipped with a bladder,
- wherein the engagement elements comprise hook-like fastening elements.
A method of producing a pneumatic tire with a surface fastener characterized by comprising:
- filling an uncured rubber between engagement elements of a surface fastener to form a protective rubber layer in which the engagement elements are buried;
- placing the surface fastener having the protective rubber layer on an uncured tire in a manner that a surface of the surface fastener opposite a surface having the engagement elements is in intimate contact with an inner surface of the tire;
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- curing the uncured tire having the surface fastener by use of a curing machine equipped with a bladder,
- wherein the surface fastener is a surface fastener having an anchor element on the surface opposite the surface having the engagement elements, and
- when the surface fastener is placed on the uncured tire, the anchor element penetrates into the tire inner surface.
A method of producing a pneumatic tire with a surface fastener characterized by comprising:
- filling an uncured rubber between engagement elements of a surface fastener to form a protective rubber layer in which the engagement elements are buried;
- placing the surface fastener having the protective rubber layer on an uncured tire in a manner that a surface of the surface fastener opposite a surface having the engagement elements is in intimate contact with an inner surface of the tire;
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- curing the uncured tire having the surface fastener by use of a curing machine equipped with a bladder,
- wherein before the surface fastener is placed on the uncured tire, a back-surface rubber layer is pasted in advance on the surface of the surface fastener opposite the surface having the engagement elements, the back-surface rubber layer being made of an uncured rubber identical to that of an inner liner layer of the tire.
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