US4506500A
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Steel cord for reinforcing a rubber structure
Assignee: Tokusen Kogyo Co Ltd
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Filing: 1983-04-07
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Granted: 1985-03-26
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Expires: 2003-04-07
Abstract
Abstract A steel cord having a basic construction constituted by a group of at least two wires of the same diameter twisted together and a single wire or a bundle of a plurality of parallel wires are intertwisted. This steel cord provides better adhesion between a rubber compound and the steel cord because of better infiltration of the rubber compound into a central cavity formed by adjoining steel cords and also better elastic force in the lengthwise direction of the cord.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiaki Miyauchi
- 👤 Osamu Yoneda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 19:04
CPC Classifications
D; D07; D07B; D07B1/00; D07B1/06; D07B1/0606; D07B1/0613; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S57/00; Y10S57/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a group of at least two wires of the same diameter intertwisted with each other, and a single wire intertwisted with said group, at least one of the twist direction and the twist pitch of the wires in said wire group being different from the corresponding twist direction and twist pitch of the single wire and wire group constituting said steel cord.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a group of at least two wires of the same diameter intertwisted with each other, and a single wire intertwisted with said group, at least one of the twist direction and the twist pitch of the wires in said wire group being different from the corresponding twist direction and twist pitch of the single wire and wire group constituting said steel cord.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
83 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a group of at least two wires of the same diameter intertwisted with each other, and a bundle of at least two untwisted wires of the same diameter intertwisted with said group, at least one of the twist direction and the twist pitch of the wires in said wire group being different from the corresponding twist direction and twist pitch of the bundle of wires and wire group constituting said steel cord.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
83 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a group of at least two wires of the same diameter intertwisted with each other, and a bundle of at least two untwisted wires of the same diameter intertwisted with said group, at least one of the twist direction and the twist pitch of the wires in said wire group being different from the corresponding twist direction and twist pitch of the bundle of wires and wire group constituting said steel cord.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a plurality of intertwisted strands, each strand being constituted by two wires intertwisted with each other and in turn intertwisted with a single wire having a different diameter from the diameters of said two wires.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a plurality of intertwisted strands, each strand being constituted by two wires intertwisted with each other and in turn intertwisted with a single wire having a different diameter from the diameters of said two wires.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A steel cord as claimed in claim 3 wherein the diameter of said single wire is in the range of from 1.2 to 2.0 times the diameter of said two wires.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a plurality of intertwisted strands, each strand being constituted by two wires intertwisted with each other and a bundle of at least two wires extending in parallel to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A steel cord for use as reinforcement for rubber structures, comprising a plurality of intertwisted strands, each strand being constituted by two wires intertwisted with each other and a bundle of at least two wires extending in parallel to each other.
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