CA1105808A - Tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles - Google Patents

Tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles

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CA1105808A
CA1105808A CA360,500A CA360500A CA1105808A CA 1105808 A CA1105808 A CA 1105808A CA 360500 A CA360500 A CA 360500A CA 1105808 A CA1105808 A CA 1105808A
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Hiroshi Inoue
Shigeru Saito
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Bridgestone Corp
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles is disclosed. The tire cord fabric is manufactured by lengthwisely arranging a great number of cords as warp cords over a given width and then relatively coarsely interlacing them with weft yarns. In each selvage portion of the fabric is formed a joint part consisting of a special cord arrangement.

Description

~58~8 The present invention relates to tire cord fabrics suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles and more particularly, it relates to an improvement of both selvage portions in the tire cord fabric influencing on per~ormances of tire when it is used as a reinforcing member for rubber tire.
In general, tire cord fabrics of this type are widely used as the reinforcing member for tires, belts and other rubber articles. In the application of tire reinforce-ment, the cord fabric i9 particularly composed of thickcords, each having a structure of more than 400 deniers/2, preferably about 1890 d/2, as warp cords and common spun yarns as weft yarns wherein the warp density or end is not less than 20 cords per 5 cm, preferably about 50 cords per 5 cm over a width of fabric of about 1.5 m an~ the weft density s not more than 15 yarns per 5 m in a lengthwise direction. The overall length of the tire cord fabric is usually about 2,000 to 3,000 m. As the warp cord are frequently used fiber cords, metal cords such as steel cords and the like~
Recently, labor-saving and mechanization have been advanced even in the tire industry like the other industries. In this connection, the automating on the above mentioned cut piece joint has been examined and as a result, some means have been put to practical use.
Apart from this, it is necessary to reduce the number of plies in the tire construction by increasing the thickness of tire cord to be used in view of tire performances, especially soft riding and heat building. E`or this reason, a recent tendency of increasing the number of denier is unavoidable.

8~!8 However, there are caused the following problems in the joint part at the step of manufacturing the afore-mentioned intermediate material in connection with the increase of denier number. That is, as the cord diameter of the warp cord becomes large, the difference of thickness between the cut piece and the joint part i9 considerably large, so that inconveniences occur in the step of winding the intermediate material. Especially, the joint part is strongly compressed in a course of tire molding and vulca-nization, particularly at a step of subjecting green tireto a stitching after the intermediate material is assembled with other tire-forming materials and as a result, a space S between the upper and lower warp cords in the joint part is considerably made small by the fluidizing of the coating rubber and in some occasions the upper and lower warp cords fall one upon another and strongly come into direct contact with each other. Consequently, the above thickness differen-ce is liable to produce a nucleus causing interlaminar separation during the running, which seriously degrades the tire performances, particularly the durability~
Further, when the intermediate material is used as a carcass ply, if the ply number is small, the joint part affects tire uniformity (i.e. runout or force variation) and the like. MOreover, excessive cord number in the joint part is apparently disadvantageous in the cost.
In the manufacture,of the intermediate material by manual labor, the cut pieces can be, of course, jointed to each other only by abutting one selvage portion of the cut piece on the corresponding selvage portion of another ~ut piece. While, when such a joint operation is conducted by mechanical workingl it is necessary to overlap one selvage ll~S8~

portion of the cut piece with the corresponding selvage portion of another cut piece at an overlap distance w in the joint part.
It is, therefore, an object of the present inven-tion to provide a tire cord fabric suitable for reinforce-ment of rubber articles which is adapted for automatic jointing of cut pieces in the manufacture of the intermediate material and has not a bad influence on performances of the rubber article.

The inventors have made various studies with respect to the warp cord in the joint part of the overlapped portion indispensable for automating of the joint operation and as a result, it has been found that the aimed object can be achi0ved by taking the cord di~neter or the space between the adjoining cords in both selvage portions of the tire cord fabric into consideration.
A construction in accordance with the present invention includes a tire cord fabric suitable for reinforce-ment of rubber articles which comprises a plurality of bodies, each body being composed of selvage portions and a remaining central portion and contains a great number of cords lengthwisely arranged side by side as warp cords over a given width and then relatively coarsely interlaced with weft yarns. A joint part is formed by overlapping opposite adjoining selvage portions of the bodies with each other.
Each of the selvage portions are formed by arranging warp cords side by side in a coarse relation~ The joint in the joint part for warp cords of the selvage portion of one side are interposed with a space between the warp cords and the selvage portion of the other side to establish a thickness of the ,oint parts substantially equal to that of the central portion.

The present invention will now be described in , greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of the conventional tire cord fabric as mentioned above, Fig. la is a schematic illustration of an inter-mediate material obtained by jointing cut pieces of the fabric shown in Fig. 1, Fig. lb is a cross sectional view of a joint part taken along line Z-Z of Fig. la, Fig. 2 i5 a schematic illustration of an embodi-ment of the tire cord fabric according to the present invention, and Figs. 2a and 2b are cross sectional views of embodiments of the joint part according to the present invention, respectively.
In Fig. 1 is shown an embodiment of the conven-tional tire cord fabric T. This fabric T is manufactured by interlacing warp cords with weft yarns 2 at a given width W, subjecting the resulting woven Eabric to an adhesive treatment and a heat treatment under a certain condition so as to stabilize its properties and then coating it with an unvulcanized coating rub~er. ~ext, the fabric T is cut at an angle a inclined with respect to the warp line with a given width B by means of a suitable machine such as a bias cutter to produce cut pieces C, which are successively jointed to each other by overlapping a selvage portion o~
one cut piece with a corresponding selvage portion cf another 3~ cut piece as shown in Fig. la, whereby an intermediate material usable for the tire reinforcement is prepared in a L~LIII ~f successive jointcd piece.
Fig. lb shows a cross section of the intermediate material including a joint part J taken along line Z-Z of Fig. la. In the joint part J, two cut pieces C are jointed to each other at a constant overlap distance wl by the tackiness of the unvulcanized coating rubber.
In Fig. 2 is shown a plan view of an embodiment of a tire cord fa~ric T used as a reinforcing member for tires according to the present invention and in Figs. 2a and 2b are shown partly enlarged cross sectional views of embodi-ments of a joint part J produced by jointing cut pieces of the fabric T to each other. First of all, the inventors have made various studies with respect to cord arrangement in both selvage portions 4, 4 and the remaining central portion of the fabric T provided that each selvage portion 4 corresponds to the overlap distance w2 of the joint part J
and as a result, it has been found out that a good result is given by making a cord diameter gl of warp cords 1~ in the both selvage portions 4, 4 of the fabric T smaller than the cord diameter g of the warp cords l in the remaining central portion, i.e. the cord diameter gl being with a range of 40-80%, preferably 45-70% with respect to the cord diameter g, or by making a space dl between the adjoining cords in the selvage portion larger than a space d between the cords in the remaining central portion and equal at least to the cord diameter g.
When the cord diameter gl of the warp cord 1~ in the selvage portion is less than 40% with respect to the cord diameter g of the warp cord 1 in the remaining central portion, the strength of the cord in the joint part J is deficient and also there is caused a trouble in the manu-facture of the tire cord fabric T. While, when the cord 1 1~ 5 8f~8 diameter ~l exceeds 80%, there is caused the same problem as in the prior art.
The selvage portion 4 of the tire cord fabric T, i.e. the width corresponding to the overlap distance w2 in the joint part J is determined by an accuracy of automatic jointing, taking-off at subsequent step and the like, but it is usually 3-lO mm, preferably about 5 mm.
Moreover, it is preferable to select the cord diameter and number of the warp cord 1~ so that the strength O of the joint part J is substantially equal to that of the remaining central portion as a result of overlapping the selvage portions with each other at the overlap distance w2.
Furthermore, the material of the warp cord 1l is desired to be the same as in the warp cord l because the properties of the warp cords l, l~ become very important in the tire cord fabric as a finished product.
As shown in Fig. 2b, when the warp cords l' in the selvage portion 4 of the tire cord fabric T are arranged at a space d7 corresponding to the cord diameter g and larger than a space d in the remaining central portion over the overlap distance w2 and the cord diameter of the warp cord l' in the selvage portion is equal to the cord diameter g of the warp cord l, if it is intended to use the resulting tire cord fabric as a reinforcing member for tire, there is not caused the problem of falling the upper and lower warp cords l', l~ one upon another as mentioned above because the warp cords l' in the joint part J are forcedly pushed in the upper and lower spaces dl between the adjoining warp cords l~ in the vulcanization step of tire.

The following examples are given in illustration of the invention and are not intended as limitations thereof.

11t~58~8 Example 1 In accordance with Figs. 2 and 2a, there was manufactured a tire cord fabric A having the following dimensions:
Warp cord 1 : nylon cord of 1890 d/2 Warp density of warp cords 1 : 50 cords/5 cm Width of selvage portion 4 : 5 mm Warp cord 1' : nylon cord of 840 d/2 Warp density of warp cords 1~ : 50 cords/5 cm 10 Cord diameter g of warp cord 1 : 0.76 mm Cord diameter g of warp cord 1~ 1 : 0.51 mm Ratio of cord diameter gl to cord diameter g : 67%

Overlap distance w2 in joint part J : 5 mm Example 2 : In accordance with Figs. 2 and 2b, there was manufactured a tire cord fabric B having the same dimensions as described in Example 1 except that the cord diameter of the warp cord 1~ is equal to the cord diameter g of the warp cord 1 and the warp density in the selvage portion 4 is coarser by 2 times than that in the remaining central portion.
In order to compare the carcass ply composed of the tire cord fabric A or B with the carcass ply composed of the conventional tire cord fabric, interlaminar separation test of the carcass ply was carried out with respect to the following bias-type pneumatic tire.

Tire size : TB 10.00-20 14PR of usual bias construction Carcass ply : 6 plies each being composed of cords of 1890 d/2 11~5~

Breaker : 3 plies each being composed of cords of 1890 d/2 All of test tires were run on an indoor drum at a speed of 65 km/hr under a normal load of 100% and a normal inflation pressure and thereafter the occurrence of separation was examined. In the test tires, only the structure of the joint part J was different from each other.

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Conventional Tire cord Tire cord tire cord fabric fabric A fabric B
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; 10 The occurrence There was indicated none none of interlaminar the separation in separation between the warp cords 1 of the carcass plies the joint part J
after the running Oc 30,000 km - _ From the above table, it can be seen that the present invention advantageously solves the problem that the joint part between the cut pieces of the tire cord fabric produces a nucleus of causing interlaminar separation between the carcass plies.
Although the present invention has been described with respect to the bias-type pneumatic tire, it will be obvious that the present invention is, of course, applicable to the joint part as the intermediate material such as carcass ply, belt and the like in a radial-type pneumatic tire.
This application is a division of application Serial No. 310,140, filed August 28, 1978.

Claims (4)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles comprising: a plurality of bodies, each body being composed of selvage portions and a remaining central portion and containing therein a great number of cords lengthwisely arranged side by side as warp cords over a given width and then relatively coarsely interlaced with weft yarns, and a joint part formed by overlapping opposite adjoining selvage portions of said bodies with each other; each of said selvage portions being formed by arranging warp cords side by side in a coarse relation;
and, in said joint part, the warp cords of said selvage portion of one side being interposed within spaced between warp cords of said selvage portion of the other side to establish a thickness of said joint part substantially equal to that of said central portion.
2. A tire cord fabric as claimed in claim 1, wherein the space between the warp cords in each of said selvage portion is at least equal to the cord diameter of said warp cords in said central portion.
3. A tire cord fabric as claimed in claim 1, wherein the space between the warp cords in each of said selvage portions is at least equal to the cord diameter of said warp cords in said central portion, and the warp cords in each of said selvage portions have the same cord diameter as used in said central portion.
4. A tire cord fabric as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bodies are rubberized bodies.
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JP52103266A JPS6051579B2 (en) 1977-08-30 1977-08-30 Rubberized cord cloth for main reinforcement of tires
JP103,266/77 1977-08-30
CA310,140A CA1096273A (en) 1977-08-30 1978-08-28 Tire cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber articles
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