Method of manufacturing a repair patch

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RUBBER REPAIR PATCHES FOR TIRES, INNER TUBES AND THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES INTERLEAVING BETWEEN TWO IDENTICAL SIZED RECTANGULAR SHEETS OF UNCURED RUBBER COMPOSITION OF INDENTICAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS WHEN SUBJECTED TO HEAT AND PRESSURE AND ELONGATED IN LENGTH AS COMPARED TO THEIR WIDTH A SHEET OF THE SAME AREA SIZE OF OPEN MESH FABRIC OF A TYPE THROUGH WHICH THE RUBBER COMPOSITION CAN FLOW TO BE INTERMIXED AND INTERGRATED AND WHICH SHEET OF FABRIC IS RELATIVELY THIN AS COMPARED TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID TWO SHEETS OF UNCURED RUBBER COMPOSITION, APPLYING SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO THE INTERLEAVED SHEETS OF RUBBER COMPOSITION AND OPEN MESH FABRIC TO CAUSE THE RUBBER OF THE TWO SHEETS OF RUBBER COMPOSITION TO FLOW THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE FABRIC AND BECOME INTERMINGLED AND INTERGATED TO UNITE THE TWO SHEETS OF RUBBER COMPOSITION, THEN SERVERINGV THE UNITED INTERLEAVED SHEETS INTO A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR PATCH PIECES THE AGGREGATE SURFACE AREA OF WHICH EQUALS THE SURFACE AREA OF THE INDIVIDED INTERGRATED INTERLEAVED SHEETS AND THEN SUBJECTING EACH PATCH PIECE TO HEAT AND PRESSURE IN COOPERATING MOLD MEMBERS DEFINING A MOLD CAVITY OF CURVED OUTLINE AND OF GREATER AREA THAN THE AREA OF THE PATCH PIECE AND WITH ONE OF THE MOLD MEMBERS OF CONCAVE CONFIGURATION ON THE SIDE THAT ENGAGES THE PATCH PIECE AND THE OTHER OF THE MOLD MEMBERS OF PLANULAR SHAPE ON THE SIDE THAT ENGAGES THE PATCH PIECE AND THEREBY FORMING EACH PATCH PIECE INTO A PATCH HAING A RELATIVELY THICK CONVEX CENTRAL BODY PORTION AND A PERIPHERALLY CURVED SKIRT PORTION OF RUBBER EXTENDING BEYOND THE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR MESH FABRIC IN THE PATCH PIECE AND THINNED OUT TO FORM A FEATHER EDGE, WITH SAID BODY PORTION AND SKIRT PORTION HAVING A CONTINUOUS PLANULAR SURFACE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PATCH.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RUBBER REPAIR PATCHES FOR TIRES, INNER TUBES AND THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES INTERLEAVING BETWEEN TWO IDENTICAL SIZED RECTANGULAR SHEETS OF UNCURED RUBBER COMPOSITION OF INDENTICAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS WHEN SUBJECTED TO HEAT AND PRESSURE AND ELONGATED IN LENGTH AS COMPARED TO THEIR WIDTH A SHEET OF THE SAME AREA SIZE OF OPEN MESH FABRIC OF A TYPE THROUGH WHICH THE RUBBER COMPOSITION CAN FLOW TO BE INTERMIXED AND INTERGRATED AND WHICH SHEET OF FABRIC IS RELATIVELY THIN AS COMPARED TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID TWO SHEETS OF UNCURED RUBBER COMPOSITION, APPLYING SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO THE INTERLEAVED SHEETS OF RUBBER COMPOSITION AND OPEN MESH FABRIC TO CAUSE THE RUBBER OF THE TWO SHEETS OF RUBBER COMPOSITION TO FLOW THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE FABRIC AND BECOME INTERMINGLED AND INTERGATED TO UNITE THE TWO SHEETS OF RUBBER COMPOSITION, THEN SERVERINGV THE UNITED INTERLEAVED SHEETS INTO A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR PATCH PIECES THE AGGREGATE SURFACE AREA OF WHICH EQUALS THE SURFACE AREA OF THE INDIVIDED INTERGRATED INTERLEAVED SHEETS AND THEN SUBJECTING EACH PATCH PIECE TO HEAT AND PRESSURE IN COOPERATING MOLD MEMBERS DEFINING A MOLD CAVITY OF CURVED OUTLINE AND OF GREATER AREA THAN THE AREA OF THE PATCH PIECE AND WITH ONE OF THE MOLD MEMBERS OF CONCAVE CONFIGURATION ON THE SIDE THAT ENGAGES THE PATCH PIECE AND THE OTHER OF THE MOLD MEMBERS OF PLANULAR SHAPE ON THE SIDE THAT ENGAGES THE PATCH PIECE AND THEREBY FORMING EACH PATCH PIECE INTO A PATCH HAING A RELATIVELY THICK CONVEX CENTRAL BODY PORTION AND A PERIPHERALLY CURVED SKIRT PORTION OF RUBBER EXTENDING BEYOND THE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR MESH FABRIC IN THE PATCH PIECE AND THINNED OUT TO FORM A FEATHER EDGE, WITH SAID BODY PORTION AND SKIRT PORTION HAVING A CONTINUOUS PLANULAR SURFACE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PATCH.