Reinforced

Claim 1

A REINFORCING NETWORK FOR STRENGTHENING ROTATING ARTICLES SUBJECTED TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCES SUCH AS GRINDING WHEELS AND THE LIKE, SAID REINFORCING NETWORK COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE REINFORCING MEMBER COMPRISING A CONTINOUS FIBERGLASS CORD POSITIONED IN A CUSPATE GEOMETRICAL PATTERN AND DISPOSED IN AN ANNULAR REGION DEFINED BY AN INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE DISPOSED IN CONCENTRIC AXIAL ALIGNMENT TO EACH OTHER, SAID PATTERN COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY PROJECTING CUSPS HAVING THE APEXES THEREOF LYING ON THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALY EQUAL ANGULAR INCREMENTS THEREALONG, SAID CUSPS FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF CHORD ELEMENTS LYING IN THE ANNULAR REGION AND EXTENDING BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND INTERSECTING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL ARCUATE SEGMENTS THEREOF, AT LEAST ABOUT HALF OF SAID CHORD ELEMENTS PASSING THROUGH AN INNER CHORDAL REGION WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE ANDAN INTERMEDIATE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE CONCENTRIC TO THE INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND SPACED OUTWARDLY THEREFROM A DISTANCE OF ABOUT ONE-THIRD THE RADIAL DEPTH OF THE ANNULAR REGION, SAID REINFORCING MEMBER FURTHER CHARACTERIZED AS HAVING A DISTRIBUTION OF SAID CONTINOUS FIBERGLASS CORD WHEREIN THE VOLUME OF SAID CORD INCREASES IN THE DIRECTION FROM THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE TO THE CHORDAL REGION.