Abstract: A segmental annular tire safety support for mounting on a wheel rim to support a pneumatic tire in the deflated condition. The safety support includes a segmental curved member having a generally cylindrical radially outer supporting surface of revolution with a substantially constant radius circumferentially of the tire safety support. The ends of the curved member have radially outer end surfaces which are relatively flat and are spaced from the axis of the support a distance less than the length of the radius of the outer supporting surface of the curved member to reduce the stresses generated at the end edges and to provide warning vibrations and noise during operation of the tire in the deflated condition.

Abstract: The drawings disclose a pneumatic tubeless tire including either one or two load support running bands adapted to support the weight of a vehicle should the tire become deflated. The circumferential centers of the support bands are substantially coplanar with the planes of respective annular tire beads. In one embodiment the applicable bead is a third bead integrally formed adjacent one of the normal beads on the inner surface of the beaded edge of the tire. Double rows of circumferentially oriented, spaced apart tension spokes, with alternate pairs thereof oppositely angularly disposed so as to cross one another, rigidly connect each support band to the respective annular bead. An annular ridge is formed on the rim adjacent the inner edge of each beaded end to retain the beaded ends in position during deflated tire conditions.

Abstract: A traction device includes a series of elastomeric traction elements adapted to the circumference of a tire of an automotive vehicle. Each traction element has a substantially U-shaped elastomeric body, a plurality of reinforcing wires arranged in parallel and embedded in the elastomeric body along the lengthwise direction thereof, cross bars also embedded in the elastomeric body and integrally connected to opposite ends of the reinforcing wires at substantially right angles therewith, and a plurality of openings formed through the elastomeric body adjacent to the inner edges of the cross bars. Metal fasteners extend through the openings and are anchored to the traction element and connect the latter to ropes to be disposed at both side circumferences of the tire.

Abstract: A method of increasing the tread and sidewall life of a radial belted pneumatic tire with an open end belt in which the tire is cured in a mold with the central portion of the tread in a curved configuration having the same tread radius and the margins of the tread having an increased tread radius. The sidewalls are cured with the maximum sectional width of the tire spaced from the bead baseline a predetermined distance greater than 55 percent of the maximum section height of the tire so that upon inflation of the completely manufactured tire to design inflation pressure, the tread surface of the tire will have a substantially constant tread radius across the tread profile for even wear of the tread and the tension in the sidewalls will be reduced for increased life of the tire.

Abstract: A plurality of traction devices are positioned transversely in spaced relation on a tire tread. Each traction device has a first end portion arranged to be guided into one of a plurality of troughs that are positioned on the periphery of a circular member mounted to the unexposed or inside rim of a vehicle wheel. The troughs are separated by crests to form a wave-like configuration on the periphery of the circular member. The first end portion is guided into a trough without the need to visually locate the point of attachment on the circular member. A portion of the first end portion is too large to pass through the trough and serves to secure the traction device to the inside circular member. A second end portion of the traction device is secured on the opposite side of the tire by connection to a second circular member or to the ends of the other traction devices to tightly position an antiskid body portion of the traction device on the tire tread.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread formed of a rubber composition consisting essentially of rubber and carbon black having specifically limited iodine adsorbability, dibutyl phthalate absorbability and tinting strength, has excellent cut resistance, chipping resistance, wear resistance and resistance against heat build-up, and is excellent in the running durability on both of paved road and off road.

Abstract: A dispenser of latch hooking yarns provides a container having one or more wells for receiving a sheaf of yarn in each well and a port large enough to admit a latch hooking tool in the wall of the container communicating with the interior of each well at a point intermediate the ends of the strands of yarn disposed within the well. The strands are pulled out of the well through the container wall by means of the latch hook and the remaining strands are held in place until needed.

Abstract: Apparatus for remotely controlling the internal pressure in a pneumatic tire, in which the inside of a pneumatic chamber mounted on a wheel is divided into a first chamber communicating with a fluid-supply source and a second chamber communicating with an air space in the tire by a diaphragm made of a flexible material. In an operation controlled from a vehicle cab, a fluid is introduced into the first chamber, thus compressing the second chamber so as to change the volume thereof, and thereby control the pressure in the air space with the tire by controlling the pressure in said second chamber.

Abstract: A wheel with a rim having a drop center well and a retainer member for a tubeless pneumatic tire. In use the bead of the inflated tire is prevented from moving inwardly off the bear seat and into the drop center well of the rim by the retainer member which is fixed to the rim axially inwardly of and adjacent a bead of the tire. If during mounting and inflation of the tire a bead thereof becomes caught on the retainer, a gas bleed passage through the retainer prevents the tire from being inflated while the bead is caught thereon, thereby preventing damage to the bead of the tire and minimizing the risk of personal injury.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire, after manufacture, is provided with a propellant material and a foam forming sealant material in its interior pressurizable space. The propellant and sealant are isolated from each other during normal running conditions of the tire and have no significant effect on the normal running characteristics of the tire. When a tire fails due to a puncture or the like, a loss of tire pressure and/or collapse of the tire structure and/or heat build up in the bead area due to friction permit the propellant and the foam forming materials to interreact.In one embodiment of the invention the propellant and sealant are enclosed in separate chambers of a plurality of dual-chamber containers secured to the bead portion of the tire and/or a rim base. In other embodiments a plurality of mono-chamber containers house one of the materials, the other material being uncontained in the pressurizable space.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor is located inside a drum which is shown as a capstan. The motor is mounted in a support tube/rod unit which in turn fastens to the fixed support using a three point fastening flange. The motor is fastened with its drive shaft facing away from the fixed support and directly connected to one end of the drum, the other end of the drum being journalled on the support tube/rod assembly. Both ends of the drum can be journalled on the support tube/rod. Suitable hydraulic lines can be passed through the support tube/rod assembly to power the hydraulic motor.

Abstract: A tire-slip preventing device or "chain" for a vehicle tire comprise a ladder-like arrangement of cross belts attached to two parallel cords. The belts and cords are made from an easily deformable material so that the device may be wrapped around a tire. Rotatable discs are mounted at each end of each cross belt between the cross belts and the side walls of the tire to reduce wear on the side walls as the belts move relative thereto. The cross belts may be permanently attached to both parallel cords, or permanently attached at one end to one cord and detachably attached at the other end to the other cord.

Abstract: Projections made of a different and less abrasion resistant kind of rubber to that constituting the exterior of the tire are arranged to contact the road during low pressure conditions, whereby the amount of rubber worn off indicates the amount of fatigue accumulated and degree of internal damage done by running the tire at that pressure.

Abstract: A safety device suitable for escaping a building through a window thereof which includes a slide capable of lowering a building occupant along a cable in a controlled descent path. The slide comprises a plurality of pulleys through which the cable slidingly passes in a serpentine path. One of the pulleys includes a brake which is capable of closely controlling the rate of travel of the cable about the pulley. External controls permit the user to closely regulate the speed of descent by varying the braking pressure applied at the brake pulley.

Abstract: A traction increasing chain for vehicular tires that may be installed thereon without moving the tire relative to the surface supporting it. The chain provides plural rigid side elements articulately interconnected and carrying cross-chains, all so configured that when installed on a tire the cross-chains will cover a portion, but not the supported portion, of the peripheral surface of the tire. A medial fastening linkage maintains the chain on the tire during usage.

Abstract: A chain attachment structure interconnects the end of a chain to the takeup drum of a winch or hoist so that the chain load is applied directly to an integral part of the drum even if the chain is fully unwound. A recess extends inward from the periphery of the drum and includes a pair of spaced walls. A lug integral with one wall extends toward the opposite wall. The space between the lug and the opposite wall defines a path for inserting a chain link into the recess and over the lug. A keeper inserted into the path prevents removal of the link from the lug.

Abstract: A quick release latch assembly for a portable cabinet, such as that of a tape player, for providing ready attachment and release of a carry strap or like accessory to said cabinet. The latch assembly comprises a fixed member integrally constructed with said cabinet having a pair of angled grooves and resilient tongue means, and a removable member including a lower portion having a pair of pivot rod ends and an upper portion having means for coupling to the carry strap, the rods ends inserting into the grooves when the tongue is depressed and upon reaching beyond the angled corners of the grooves being held in position by said tongue abutting the lower portion of said removable member.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a sealant material to be primarily used in pneumatic tires to seal punctures made by external objects, such as nails. The sealant may be a single layer or a laminate of sealant layer and covered layers. The sealant layer contains a material that is at least partially degraded by irradiation or heat in the presence of a peroxide. The laminate may be in sheet or strip form with various cross-sectional shapes. The layers in the laminate comprise rubber compounds, some of which may contain agents which either assist or retard cure by irradiation so that the layers will have different physical characteristics during the manufacture of end products containing the laminate. The laminate may be cured by any known method, either irradiation or thermal, after its assembly into the final product.

Abstract: A reinforced, pneumatic tire and method of manufacture in which the tire body is formed in at least two sections each including a side wall and a plurality of annular bands each including an annular reinforcing belt embedded in an elastomer. The tire sections are assembled in a mold with the annular bands of each section interleaved with the annular bands of another section and the elastomer is cured to form an integral tire body. The tire may be formed of two reinforced sections with the interleaved bands forming the annular tread section of the tires, or as three reinforced sections, including two sections each including a side wall and annular bands and a connecting section including annular bands with reinforcing belts which are interleaved with the annular bands of the other two sections to form a tread section. An annular, elastomeric tread section may be formed separately and bonded around and to the annular bands of the reinforced sections.

Abstract: Belted pneumatic tire having a reinforcing textile layer disposed between the tread and the carcass. The reinforcing textile layer can be transversely continuous or discontinuous across the crown region of the tire and extends into the shoulder areas. In the shoulder areas the reinforcement is a plural layer formed by a folding over of the textile. The tire may include a metallic breaker located above or below the textile reinforcement. The folded portion of the textile extends beyond the marginal edges by the metal breaker. The cords of either the textile or metal layers can be oriented at zero degrees to the equatorial plane of the tire.