US3256123A
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Automobile tire
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-05-28
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Granted: 1966-06-14
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Expires: 1982-05-28
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank A Hart
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 20:31
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60C; B60C5/00; B60C5/20; B29; B29D; B29D30/00; B29D30/04; B60C17/00; B60C17/04; B60C17/06; B60C17/066; B60C5/001; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T152/00; Y10T152/10; Y10T152/10279; Y10T152/10378; Y10T152/10387; Y10T152/10396; Y10T152/10432; Y10T152/10441; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49481; Y10T29/49492; Y10T29/49538
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
THE METHOD OF MAKING A PNEUMATIC TIRE WHICH COMPRISES TAKING PLURALITY OF SEPARATE ELASTIC ELEMENTS, EACH OF WHICH IS CONSTITUTED O A RESILIENT MATERIAL FORMED TO PROVIDE A CLOSED CHAMBER AND A GAS CONTAINED IN SAID CHAMBER, AND PACKAGING SUCH ELEMENTS IN CARRIER MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING INSERTED INTO THE CASING OF A FINISHED PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING AN INNER TUBE OPENING, SAID ELASTIC ELEMENTS BEING PACKAGED TOGETHER BY FEEDING THEM IN ALIGNED RELATION TO A WRAPPING STATION AND AT SUCH STATION WRAPPING A STRIP OF MATERIAL ABOUT SAID ALIGNED ELEMENTS TO CONFINE THE LATTER IN A TUBING OF SUCH STRIP MATERIAL THEN INSERTING THE ELEMENTS PACKAGED IN SUCH CARRIER MEANS THROUGH SUCH INNER TUBE OPENING OF A FINISHED, DISMOUNTED TIRE BY FEEDING SUCH TUBING PROGRESSIVELY INTO THE TIRE CASING UNTIL SUCH PACKAGED ELEMENTS COMPLETELY FILL THE INSIDE SPACE OF THE TIRE CASING DEFINED BY THAT PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS SUBJECTED TO ROAD HAZARDS AND WEAR, AND THEN SECURING SUCH PACKAGED ELEMENTS IN SUCH SPACE OF THE TIRE.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
167 words
THE METHOD OF MAKING A PNEUMATIC TIRE WHICH COMPRISES TAKING PLURALITY OF SEPARATE ELASTIC ELEMENTS, EACH OF WHICH IS CONSTITUTED O A RESILIENT MATERIAL FORMED TO PROVIDE A CLOSED CHAMBER AND A GAS CONTAINED IN SAID CHAMBER, AND PACKAGING SUCH ELEMENTS IN CARRIER MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING INSERTED INTO THE CASING OF A FINISHED PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING AN INNER TUBE OPENING, SAID ELASTIC ELEMENTS BEING PACKAGED TOGETHER BY FEEDING THEM IN ALIGNED RELATION TO A WRAPPING STATION AND AT SUCH STATION WRAPPING A STRIP OF MATERIAL ABOUT SAID ALIGNED ELEMENTS TO CONFINE THE LATTER IN A TUBING OF SUCH STRIP MATERIAL THEN INSERTING THE ELEMENTS PACKAGED IN SUCH CARRIER MEANS THROUGH SUCH INNER TUBE OPENING OF A FINISHED, DISMOUNTED TIRE BY FEEDING SUCH TUBING PROGRESSIVELY INTO THE TIRE CASING UNTIL SUCH PACKAGED ELEMENTS COMPLETELY FILL THE INSIDE SPACE OF THE TIRE CASING DEFINED BY THAT PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS SUBJECTED TO ROAD HAZARDS AND WEAR, AND THEN SECURING SUCH PACKAGED ELEMENTS IN SUCH SPACE OF THE TIRE.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1973-06-13 | 1973-12-13 | 1974-06-14 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1977-06-13 | 1977-12-13 | 1978-06-14 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |