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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083876 | Machine and method for applying a tread to a tyre carcass A machine and method for applying a tread to a carcass of a tire; the machine has a rotary drum supporting the carcass, a feed conveyor for feeding the tread to the rotary drum, a pressure roller contacting the tread, an actuating device for pushing the pressure rol... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7479196 | Method for manufacturing or retreading a pneumatic tire A method for manufacturing a tire includes forming a carcass structure, forming a tread band, placing the tire in a curing mold, and molding and curing the tire. The carcass structure includes a crown portion defined between two axially opposed sidewalls that extend... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7334617 | Solid rubber tire with flexible hub and replaceable tire tread A solid rubber tire with a flexible drive hub having a multiplicity of hub ribs and grooves formed around the periphery of the flexible drive hub and a solid rubber tire tread replaceably mounted on the flexible drive hub having a multiplicity of interior tread groo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332047 | Adherent, removable barrier film for tire carcass A bond of a rubbery component to a virgin surface of a tire's cured innerliner which virgin surface has never been contaminated by the remnants of a release agent left after buffing with a wire brush and solvent-cleaning the cured innerliner, is unexpectedly stronge... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326745 | Tread for a tire A tire tread comprising a rubber composition based on at least: (i) a diene elastomer; (ii) more than 60 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler; (iii) between 2 and 15 phr of a coupling agent; and | 02/05/2008 |
| 7208061 | Raw tire forming apparatus and raw tire forming method It is an object of the present invention to precisely and efficiently paste a tread ring and a raw tire base body with each other. A ring-like base body 5 is aligned with a former 3. The ring-like base body 5 relatively approaches and separates ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200915 | Method for continuously joining a handrail for an escalator or moving walkway Two opposite ends of a handrail stock member are joined to form a handrail having a closed-loop configuration for an escalator or the like. A slot is cut into each end, parallel to a longitudinal reinforcement layer of the handrail stock member. A joint reinforcemen... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178669 | Tire storage system A tire storage system is disclosed, for securely storing one or more tires. The tire storage system consists of two identical tire caps and a connecting spacer. One of the tire caps is placed horizontally on a flat surface. The used tire is placed upon one of the ti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152648 | Re-treading method and apparatus A re-treading method and an apparatus therefor can detect a deviation amount of the position distant by a required tread length from the leading edge of the tread material from a predetermined pattern position near that position planned to be cut, cut the tread mate... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128799 | Method of manufacturing precured tread with reflective grooves A laminar “precured” or “replacement” tread for wheeled vehicles operating at night on retreaded tires is made more readily visible when grooves in the tires are provided with elastomeric strips or bands in which are embedded retroreflective elements such as... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128794 | Method for retreading a tire The invention is a method for retreading a tire comprising the step of using a supercritical fluid as a carrier to spray a gum cushion layer on the outer surface (radially outermost) of the carcass of a tire. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the supercrit... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125012 | Rotatable feed wheel for sheet converting machine A feed wheel includes a hub and a discontinuous tread removably fitted about the hub. At leading and trailing ends of the discontinuous tread are mateable non-planar female and male surfaces which interfit with one another and tend to interlock the tread ends togeth... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114935 | Curing envelope for and method of retreading tires The present invention provides for proper air bleed without using air wicking fabric strips and/or the perforated polyethylene material or the like. Instead, an inside surface of a curing envelope is molded with a unique embossed pattern which is designed to channel... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101262 | Apparatus and methods for texturizing tread surfaces of tires An apparatus may include a stand, a tire mount supported by the stand and releasably attachable to a tire, a tire rasp, and a tire rasp mount attachable to the tire rasp. The tire rasp mount includes a pair of handles. A four bar support pivotally attaches the tire ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083695 | Tires with non-black tread grooves A pneumatic tire comprising a black colored tread with at least one colored groove wherein the top surface of the tread designed to be ground-contacting is essentially free of non-black color. A non-black component is placed over the tread strip and covered with a t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7052568 | Tire retreading method A retreading method wherein a base composition and a cap composition are applied to a carcass (10) as two ribbons (14) and (16) extruded from separate extruders (18) and (20). The ribbons (14) and (16) can be layered ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6973949 | Tire laminate bonded by contact metathesis A method for bonding a material to a first substrate surface that includes providing a catalyst at the first substrate surface and then contacting that surface with a material that undergoes a metathesis reaction to bond the material to the first substrate surface. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966814 | Hoop-type amusement device An improved hoop-type amusement system is disclosed wherein a plurality of variously sized and shaped connectable components may be selectively interconnected by the user to form simple and complex hoop configurations of a particular size and complex geometric shape... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960272 | Contact metathesis polymerization A method for bonding a material to a first substrate surface that includes providing a catalyst at the first substrate surface and then contacting that surface with a material that undergoes a metathesis reaction to bond the material to the first substrate surface. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6916163 | Device for treading a tire carcass The invention relates to a device for treading a vulcanized tire carcass using an uncured tread comprising a rim (6) for mounting the carcass, an elastic annular mold (7) whose circumferential outer surface is covered with an elastic sleeve (16)... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6872271 | Process for retreading solid tires An improved means for retreading a solid tire is disclosed. The retreading means comprises wrapping uncured rubber around the periphery of the tire, clamping the tire body and uncured rubber assembly in a C mold comprising a tread ring and a sidewall ring and curing... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6841017 | Re-treading method and apparatus A re-treading method and an apparatus. An image of a zone of the tread material including its cut position is compared with a stored tread pattern image to detect a deviation amount. The tread material or the cut position are moved relative to each other by the devi... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6832637 | Tire preparation using partially pre-cured component The present invention relates to preparation an article of manufacture, such as of a tire, via application of at least one partially pre-cured component. Tires are often prepared with pre-cured, pre-shaped components such as for example, application of pre-cured tre... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6824633 | Method and apparatus of treading a tire carcass A method and apparatus for treading a tire carcass in which a crude rubber tread is deposited on a tire carcass to be treaded, the tire carcass thus covered having been mounted on a rim and inflated, a resilient ring-shaped mold possessing an inner annular surface e... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6808579 | Bonding elastomeric articles An improved method of bonding at least two cured or uncured elastomeric layers is disclosed. The method comprising placing an uncured elastomeric component (22) between the two elastomeric layers, and curing the elastomeric component to bond the elastomeric l... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6632307 | Tread band applicator device and method for applying a tread band to a tire being retreaded A tread band applicator device is provided for building a tread band on a tire carcass and includes a press applicator head for applying a tread band raw material mass onto the tire carcass as the tire carcass is rotated. The press applicator head is mova... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6630044 | Method and wire element for retreading a tire A method of applying a tread (3) to a tire casing (1) wherein a prevulcanized tread (3) is applied to the tire casing (1) via an intermediate layer of non-vulcanized rubber binder (2), and wherein the layer of rubber binder (2) is heated by supplying curr... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6588471 | Tire preparation using partially pre-cured component The present invention relates to preparation an article of manufacture, such as of a tire, via application of at least one partially pre-cured component. Tires are often prepared with pre-cured, pre-shaped components such as for example, application of pr... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6521070 | Method and equipment for mixing hard granules for tire treads A method and equipment for mixing hard granules into tire tread bodies and into sundry rubber strips and tread stock. Rubber stock is extruded into tread bands of a suitable shape which are rolled under control, in a suitable thickness and number of layer... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6521071 | Tread application apparatus with automated tread centering feature An improved method for applying an annular tread (10) to a pneumatic tire casing (20) which has the steps of mounting the tread (10) on a tread expander assembly (200) wherein the tread (10) pass over a mount wheel (300) prior to the casing (20) being mou... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6517653 | Process for improving the cured adhesion of a precured rubber compound to an uncured rubber compound The present invention relates to a process for improving the cured adhesion of at least two rubber components which contact each other in a pneumatic tire. The process involves the steps of assembling and vulcanizing a pneumatic tire wherein prior to vulc... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516847 | Low rolling resistance tire for vehicles having a composite tread A low rolling resistance tire (1) for vehicles is described which comprises at least one belt layer (7) coaxially extending around at least one carcass ply (3), a composite tread (10) coaxially extending around the belt layer (7) and comprising a radially... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6506849 | Rubber composition and pneumatic tire There are provided a rubber composition having a high modulus of elasticity and a good workability, and a pneumatic tire. A rubber composition comprising at least one of natural rubber and synthetic diene rubbers as a rubber ingredient, at least one maleimide ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6406282 | Sealing ring and rim assembly for use in retreading tires A sealing ring and rim assembly for use with an outer curing envelope to retread a tire casing. The assembly includes a rigid annular rim having a fixed diameter and a resiliently expandable elastomeric annular sealing rim captured on the rim. An inflatab... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406575 | Process for producing a pneumatic tire Process for producing a pneumatic tire that includes an inner liner of a layer that is as air-impermeable as possible, at least one carcass ply provided with strength supports, horn profiles, bead cores, sidewalls, a belt assembly, and a tread. The proces... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6397910 | Retreaded tire having tread with oil rich rubber-based adhesive A retreaded tire comprised of a tread and carcass with an intervening rubber layer, conventionally referred to as a cushion, wherein the tread has an oil rich rubber-based adhesive on its inner surface at the interface between said tread and cushion. Said... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6368439 | Retreaded tires and method for making the same without spray cement A retreaded tire assembly and method for making the same is disclosed. The method and assembly provide for the application of new tread to a buffed tire casing with only a layer of cushion gum disposed therebetween. The cushion gum is applied directly to ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6299717 | Method of renewing worn tread portions of reinforced rubber tracks A method of renewing worn tread portions of reinforced rubber tracks which is particularly applicable to the heavy reinforced tracks used on mechanical diggers, mobile cranes and other vehicles, such method involving placing a previously buffed track circ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6270602 | Air removal and fastener extraction system An air removal and fastener extraction system for use in retreading tires is disclosed. The system includes a strap that is disposed over a splice region of the tread during precure retreading. A plurality of fasteners are inserted through the strap and a... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267084 | Apparatus for curing retread tire assemblies An apparatus for curing retread tire assemblies includes an autoclave in which retread assemblies are placed and a heated water system for heating the autoclave. The heated water system provides heated water under pressure to the autoclave to achieve heat... | 07/31/2001 |
