JPH10193922A - Tire provided with semicircular ring, decorative belt composed of many ridges - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire whose emblems provided on the surface of a side wall have high visibility by constituting a ring emblem display belt of a semicircular ring, decorative region having a lot of ridges formed on its surface and a semicircular ring, undecorative region with the smooth surface. SOLUTION: The surface of a side wall is provided with a ring emblem display belt 1 displaying emblems formed of letters, numbers, and marks or figures. The ring emblem display belt 1 is formed of a semicircular, ring, decorative region 2 having a lot of small ridges R1 formed on its surface and a semicircular, ring undecorative region 3 having the surface formed smooth. The lot of small ridges mean here the small ridges having the height 2mm or less and spaced at intervals of 5mm or less. There are same two emblems 41, 42 having the same width in the diametrical direction and length in the circumferential direction are displayed in the semicircular, ring, decorative region 2 and the semicircular, ring, undecorative region 3 of the ring emblem display belt 1 respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, and more particularly, to a pneumatic tire provided with an annular mark display band for displaying a mark composed of letters, numbers, symbols or figures on the surface of a sidewall. It relates to a pneumatic tire.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional pneumatic tires are provided at small intervals in the circumferential direction in order to improve the visibility of a mark composed of letters, numbers, symbols or figures displayed on the surface of a sidewall. It has been proposed to provide an annular decorative body composed of a large number of small ridges on the surface of the side wall and display a mark on the annular decorative body, which has been put into practical use.

[0003]

Generally, in addition to a mark such as a trade mark or a trade dress made up of letters, numbers, symbols or figures on the surface of a sidewall of a tire, a large number of letters or letters based on a standard are provided. It is obligatory to have markings. Therefore, even if you lay out a trademark, trade dress, etc. consisting of many letters, numbers, symbols or figures in a limited space,
It is required that these trade marks and the like have high visibility.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tire having excellent visibility of a mark such as a trade mark or a trade dress formed of letters, numbers, symbols or figures provided on the surface of a sidewall. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a pneumatic tire according to the present invention has an annular mark which displays a mark composed of letters, numbers, symbols or figures on the surface of a sidewall. In a tire provided with a chapter display band, the annular mark display band includes a semi-annular decorative area having a large number of small ridges formed on the surface and a semi-annular non-decorative area having a smooth surface. And a pneumatic tire comprising: In the present invention, the “semi-annular region” refers to 180 of the 360-degree annular region around the entire circumference.
Needless to say, it does not refer to an area having a length of about one-third but about one-third to about two-thirds of the entire circumference due to the nature of the invention. In addition, in the present invention, “a large number of small ridges” specifically refers to small ridges having a height of about 2 mm or less and provided at intervals of about 5 mm or less.

In order to achieve the above object, in the pneumatic tire according to the present invention, the semi-annular decorative area and the semi-annular non-decorative area of the annular mark display band each have a radial direction. It is preferable that two marks, which are the same or different and have the same or substantially the same width or circumferential length, are displayed.

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, in the pneumatic tire according to the present invention, it is preferable that the two marks are displayed point-symmetrically about the tire rotation axis.

In order to achieve the above object, in the pneumatic tire according to the present invention, a number of small ridges are formed on the surface of the mark displayed in the undecorated area, and the mark displayed in the decorated area is formed. The surface of the chapter is preferably formed to be smooth.

In order to achieve the above object, in the pneumatic tire according to the present invention, the direction in which a large number of small ridges formed on the surface of the semi-annular decorative region extend and the direction indicated by the non-decorative region. Preferably, the direction in which the many small ridges formed on the surface of the mark extend is the same direction.

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, in the pneumatic tire of the present invention, it is preferable that a character, a numeral, a symbol, a figure, or the like forming the mark is bordered.

[0011] The pneumatic tire according to the present invention is provided with an annular mark display band for displaying a mark composed of letters, numbers, symbols or figures on the surface of the sidewall as described above. The mark display band consists of (1) a semi-annular decorative area with a number of small ridges formed on the surface,
(2) It is composed of a semi-annular non-decorative region having a smooth surface, and preferably, the semi-annular decorative region and the non-decorative region each have a radial width and a circumferential length. Since two marks that are the same or different from each other are displayed as being the same or substantially the same, the gaze of the tire viewer follows the decorative area and the undecorated area.
The effect of improving the visibility of a mark (trademark) formed of characters, numbers, symbols, figures, or the like displayed in the decorative area and the non-decorative area can be obtained.

In the pneumatic tire according to the present invention, as described above, the two marks displayed in the semi-annular decorative area and the non-decorative area are displayed point-symmetrically about the tire rotation axis. The effect of making the decoration areas stand out from each other is obtained.

In the pneumatic tire according to the present invention,
As described above, many small ridges are formed on the surface of the mark displayed in the non-decorative area, and the surface of the mark displayed in the decorative area is formed smoothly. Use double ridge characters for the displayed mark, and combine solid characters for the mark displayed in the decoration area.
Marks such as letters, numbers, symbols or figures are more easily recognized visually.

In the pneumatic tire according to the present invention,
As described above, the direction in which many small ridges formed on the surface of the semi-annular decorative area extend and the direction in which many small ridges formed on the surface of the mark displayed in the undecorated area extend. Since the tires are in the same direction, a unified design will be applied to the whole tire, so that it is possible to prevent the trouble of distracting attention that tends to occur when it looks discrete, letters and numbers The effect of improving the visibility of a mark (trademark) composed of a symbol, a symbol, a graphic, or the like is obtained.

In the pneumatic tire according to the present invention,
Since the characters, numbers, symbols, figures, and the like forming the mark are bordered as described above, the mark is more easily recognized visually.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 according to the present invention will be described below.
The second to second tires will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 is a side view of a tire according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the tire according to the first embodiment includes an annular mark display band 1 that displays a mark including characters, numerals, symbols, or figures on the surface of the sidewall. The annular mark display band 1 is composed of a semi-annular decorative area 2 having a large number of small ridges R1 formed on the surface, and a semi-annular non-decorative area 3 having a smooth surface. The semicircular decorative area 2 and the semicircular non-decorative area 3 of the circular mark display band 1 have the same two marks 41 having the same radial width and circumferential length, respectively. And 42 are displayed. The two marks 41 and 42 are displayed on the annular mark display band 1 in point symmetry with respect to the tire rotation axis. Many small ridges R2 are formed on the surface of the mark 42 displayed in the non-decorative area 3, and the surface of the mark 41 displayed in the decorative area 2 is formed smoothly. The direction in which the many small ridges R1 formed on the surface of the semi-annular decorative area 2 extend is different from the direction in which the many small ridges R2 displayed on the non-decorative area 3 and formed on the surface of the mark 42 extend. Direction. The letters, numbers, symbols or figures forming the marks 41 and 42 are bordered.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a tire according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the tire according to the second embodiment includes an annular mark display band 1 that displays a mark including characters, numerals, symbols, or figures on the surface of the sidewall. The annular mark display band 1 is composed of a semi-annular decorative area 2 having a large number of small ridges R1 formed on the surface, and a semi-annular non-decorative area 3 having a smooth surface. In the semicircular decorative area 2 and the semicircular non-decorative area 3 of the circular mark display band 1, two different marks 41 and two having the same radial width and circumferential length are respectively provided. 4
2 is displayed. The two marks 41 and 42 are displayed on the annular mark display band 1 substantially point-symmetrically with respect to the tire rotation axis. Many small ridges R2 are formed on the surface of the mark 42 displayed in the undecorated area 3, and many similar small ridges R2 are formed on the surface of the mark 41 displayed in the decorative area 2. . The direction in which the many small ridges R1 formed on the surface of the semi-annular decorative area 2 extend is different from the direction in which the many small ridges R2 displayed on the non-decorative area 3 and formed on the surface of the mark 42 extend. Direction. The letters, numbers, symbols or figures forming the marks 41 and 42 are bordered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a tire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a tire according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 mark display band 2 decorative area 3 undecorated area 41 mark 42 mark R1 ridge R2 ridge

Claims (6)

[Claims] Claims: 1. Letters, numbers,
In a tire provided with an annular mark display band for displaying a mark composed of a symbol or a figure, the annular mark display band includes a semi-annular decorative area having a large number of small ridges formed on a surface thereof. And a semi-annular non-decorative region having a smooth surface. 2. The semi-annular decorative area and the semi-annular non-decorative area of the annular mark display band have the same or substantially the same radial width and circumferential length. 2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein two marks which are the same or different from each other are displayed. 3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2, wherein the two marks are displayed point-symmetrically about the tire rotation axis. 4. A large number of small ridges are formed on the surface of the mark displayed in the non-decoration area, and the surface of the mark displayed in the decoration area is formed smoothly. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1. 5. A direction in which a large number of small ridges formed on the surface of the semi-annular decorative region extend, and a direction in which a large number of small ridges displayed on the non-decorated region and formed on the surface of the mark extend. Are in the same direction. 6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a character, a numeral, a symbol, a graphic, or the like forming the mark is bordered.