Grinding wheels with reinforcing elements

Claim 1

AN ANNULAR ROTATIVE ABRASIVE ARTICLE HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS OF ROTATION, SAID ARTICLE BEING FORMED OF ABRASIVE GRAINS BONDED TOGETHER WITH A BONDING AGENT, WITH INTEGRALLY BONDED REINFORCING MEANS IMBEDDED IN SAID ARTICLE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT A MAJOR PORTION OF THE AXIAL AND RADIAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID ARTICLE, SAID REINFORCING MEANS COMPRISING FABRIC ELEMENT MEANS OF SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER WIDTH THAN THICKNESS AND CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF STRANDS EACH COMPOSED OF A MULTIPLICITY OF GLASS FIBERS WITH SAID STRANDS BEING DISPOSED IN OVER AND UNDER INTERCROSSING AND INTERLACING RELATIONSHIP PROVIDING A MULTIPLICITY OF STRAND CROSSINGS IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN WITH A SURFACE PATTERN OF STRAND PROJECTIONS AND DEPRESSIONS, SAID ELEMENT MEANS BEING IMPREGNATED WITH AN ADHERENT COATING COMPATIBLE WITH THE BONDING AGENT OF SAID ARTICLE, AND BEING POSITIONED AROUND THE CENTRAL AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE ARTICLE WITH ITS GREATER WIDTHWISE DIMENSION PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS, SAID FABRIC ELEMENT MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PORTIONS THEREOF IN THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID ARTICLE EXTENDING IN BOTH THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL AND RADIAL DIRECTIONS AROUND THE AXIS OF SAID ARTICLE, THE GREATER WIDTHWISE DIMENSION OF SAID FABRIC ELEMENT MEANS EXTENDING FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE AXIAL DIMENSION OF SAID ARTICLE, PROVIDING AN ANNULAR ROTATIVE ABRASIVE ARTICLE INTEGRALLY REINFORCED WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF GLASS FIBERS.