US4762589A
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Method of making a tubular rubber product having a polyamide or polyester resin layer
Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1986-10-16
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Granted: 1988-08-09
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Expires: 2006-10-16
Abstract
Abstract A process for producing a tubular rubber product such as a rubber hose and a rubber coupling in which a polyamide resin and/or polyester resin layer is formed to the main body of a tubular rubber product. The resin layer is formed either by coating an organic solvent-soluble nylon to the surface of the main body of the tubular rubber product applied with the surface treatment of a halogenoid compound, or by polyamide resin or polyester resin film having a softening point in the vulcanization temperature region and treated with an adhesive mainly comprising a resorcine-formaldehyde resin and a rubber latex or treated with an adhesive rubber mainly comprising a resorcine, a formaldehyde-forming substance and a vinylpyridine-butadiene-styrene copolymer rubber and then bonding under vulcanization onto the main body of the non-vulcanized tubular rubber product.
Inventors
- 👤 Setsuo Akiyama
- 👤 Yukio Fukuura
- 👤 Masato Yoshikawa
- 👤 Takeyuki Matsuda
- 👤 Hisanobu Monobe
- 👤 Shigeki Ohkubo
- 👤 Shiro Yoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:10
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L33/00; F16L33/20; F16L33/207; F16L33/2071; F16L33/2073; F16L33/2076; F16L11/00; F16L11/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A process for producing a tubular rubber product, in which a polyamide resin and/or polyester resin layer is formed to an inner circumferential surface, outer circumferential surface or an intermediate layer of the main body of the tubular rubber product, which comprises: (a) laminating a polyamide resin film or a polyester resin film having a softening point in a vulcanization temperature region of a subsequently applied rubber to an adhesive rubber comprising a resorcine, a formaldehyde-forming substance and a vinylpyridine-butadienestyrene copolymer rubber; (b) laminating said laminated film from step (a) to the surface of the main body of a non-vulcanized tubular rubber product so that the adhesive rubber faces the surface of the main body; and (c) vulcanizing the non-vulcanized tubular rubber product to bond said film to the main body of said tubular product through said adhesive rubber, thereby forming a layer of said resin film on the tubular rubber product main body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A process for producing a tubular rubber product, in which a polyamide resin and/or polyester resin layer is formed to an inner circumferential surface, outer circumferential surface or an intermediate layer of the main body of the tubular rubber product, which comprises: (a) laminating a polyamide resin film or a polyester resin film having a softening point in a vulcanization temperature region of a subsequently applied rubber to an adhesive rubber comprising a resorcine, a formaldehyde-forming substance and a vinylpyridine-butadienestyrene copolymer rubber; (b) laminating said laminated film from step (a) to the surface of the main body of a non-vulcanized tubular rubber product so that the adhesive rubber faces the surface of the main body; and (c) vulcanizing the non-vulcanized tubular rubber product to bond said film to the main body of said tubular product through said adhesive rubber, thereby forming a layer of said resin film on the tubular rubber product main body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
283 words
The process defined in claim 1, wherein the tubular rubber product has attached at one end portion thereof a hose head, comprising: a nipple; a sleeve operatively associated with said nipple; the outer diameter of the nipple at a first end portion being larger than the outer diameter thereof at a second end portion, at least one ring-like rounded ridge being formed at the outer circumference on the second end portion and each of the rounded ridges having a seizing surface opposing the larger diameter portion and extended in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the nipple; the sleeve having a ring-like inward flange at the first end portion; the distance between the end face at the larger diameter portion of the nipple and the seizing surface of the ridge is four times or more as large as the thickness of the inward flange; and the nipple being inserted from the second end portion thereof having the ridge into the opening on one end of the flexible hose having the synthetic resin layer at its inner circumference surface, the sleeve being disposed so as to cover the outer circumference at one end portion of the hose so that the inward flange is situated between the larger diameter portion of the nipple and the ridge adjacent therewith and in contact with one end face of the hose, the sleeve being subjected to caulking at a portion between the ridge adjacent with the larger diameter portion of the nipple and one end of the hose, and the inner diameter of the inward flange of the sleeve being smaller than the outer diameter at the top of the ridge of the nipple after caulking.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein the film laminated in step (a) is a polyamide film having a thickness of less than 500 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process defined in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the resin film is between 10-500 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process defined in claim 1, wherein the resin film is a polyamide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process defined in claim 1, wherein the resin film is a polyester.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the rubber ingredient of the adhesive rubber is 50-90% by weight based on the total weight of the adhesive rubber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive rubber is a blend containing 3-12% by weight resorcine and 1-6% by weight of formaldehyde-forming substance each based on the total weight of the adhesive rubber.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process defined in claim 1, wherein the adhesive consists essentially of a resorcine, a formaldehyde-forming substance and a vinylpyridine-butadienestyrene copolymer rubber.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process defined in claim 1, wherein the rubber constituting the tubular rubber product main body is selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, polybutadiene rubber and polyisoprene rubber.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
283 words
The process defined in claim 4, wherein the tubular rubber product has attached at one end portion thereof a hose head, comprising: a nipple; a sleeve operatively associated with said nipple; the outer diameter of the nipple at a first end portion being larger than the outer diameter thereof at a second end portion, at least one ring-like rounded ridge being formed at the outer circumference on the second end portion and each of the rounded ridges having a seizing surface opposing the larger diameter portion and extended in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the nipple; the sleeve having a ring-like inward flange at the first end portion; the distance between the end face at the larger diameter portion of the nipple and the seizing surface of the ridge is four times or more as large as the thickness of the inward flange; and the nipple being inserted from the second end portion thereof having the ridge into the opening on one end of the flexible hose having the synthetic resin layer at its inner circumference surface, the sleeve being disposed so as to cover the outer circumference at one end portion of the hose so that the inward flange is situated between the larger diameter portion of the nipple and the ridge adjacent therewith and in contact with one end face of the hose, the sleeve being subjected to caulking at a portion between the ridge adjacent with the larger diameter portion of the nipple and one end of the hose, and the inner diameter of the inward flange of the sleeve being smaller than the outer diameter at the top of the ridge of the nipple after caulking.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process defined in claim 4, wherein the rubber constituting the tubular rubber product main body is selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer rubber, polybutadiene rubber and polyisoprene rubber.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
A tubular rubber product produced by the process defined in claim 2.
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