Abstract: Noise-reducing device intended to be added to a groove of the tread of a tire comprising an elastic sole preferably extending in a given longitudinal direction, wherein the said sole on one of its faces comprises one or several flexible walls the planes of which run substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sole.

Abstract: Tubeless tire in the form of a torus open radially inwards with an outer wall and an inner wall, characterized in that at least part of the inner wall is covered with a self-sealing layer comprising a thermoplastic styrene (TPS) elastomer having a Shore 0 hardness of less than 35.

Abstract: Pneumatic tyre with built-in self-sealing layer comprising an outer rubbery tread, a carcass reinforcement, a gastight layer positioned on the inside relative to the carcass reinforcement, a protective layer positioned innermost and a self-sealing layer adjacent to the protective layer and positioned on the inside relative to the gastight layer, characterized in that said protective layer is a chlorinated thermoplastic polymer film.

Abstract: A pneumatic tyre with a built-in self-sealing layer includes an outer rubbery tread, a carcass reinforcement, a gastight layer located at an inside position relative to the carcass reinforcement, a separable protective layer positioned innermost, and a self-sealing layer adjacent to the separable protective layer and located at an inside position relative to the gastight layer. The separable protective layer is a thermoplastic film that includes at least one fluoropolymer.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a self-sealing elastomer composition, said process comprising the following steps: a masterbatch, comprising at least one diene elastomer and more than 30 phr of a hydrocarbon resin, is firstly manufactured by compounding these various components in a mixer at a temperature or up to a temperature called the “hot compounding” temperature which is above the softening point of the hydrocarbon resin; and then at least one crosslinking system is incorporated into the masterbatch thus prepared, by compounding everything in the same mixer or in a different mixer, at a temperature or up to a temperature which is kept below 100° C., in order to obtain said self-sealing composition.

Abstract: A device (20) comprising a pressure measurement surface (28) functionally attached to a proof body (22) and a rigid component (30), functionally attached to the proof body (22), the measurement surface (28) forming a surface of the rigid component (30). In addition, the device comprises a support (38), functionally separated from the proof body (22), of generally annular shape, housing the rigid component (30) and a flexible mass (40) radially inserted between the support (38) and the rigid component (30) such that the contour of the measurement surface (28) is bounded by the flexible mass (40), this flexible mass (40) adhering to the support (38) and to the rigid component (30).

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a self-sealing elastomer composition, wherein the process comprises the following steps: firstly a masterbatch comprising at least one diene elastomer and a thermoplastic plasticizing hydrocarbon resin with a content greater than 30 phr is manufactured by compounding these various components in a mixer at a temperature or up to a temperature called the “hot compounding temperature” which is above the softening point of the hydrocarbon resin; and then at least one crosslinking system is incorporated into the masterbatch thus prepared, by compounding everything, in the same mixer or in a different mixer, at a temperature or up to a maximum temperature which is kept below 100° C., in order to obtain said self-sealing composition, and wherein at least one liquid plasticizer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) below ?20° C. is furthermore incorporated in an amount of less than 60 phr into said masterbatch or into said composition.

Abstract: A self-sealing elastomer composition that can be used especially as a puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, comprising: as predominant elastomer, an unsaturated diene elastomer; a thermoplastic hydrocarbon plasticizer resin with a weight content of between 30 and 90 phr; a liquid plasticizer, the Tg (glass transition temperature) of which is below ?20° C., with a weight content between 0 and 60 phr; and 0 to less than 30 phr of a filler. Also disclosed is an article such as a tire provided with the puncture-resistant layer comprising the self-sealing elastomer composition. The puncture-resistant layer is advantageously combined with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber, so as to form, in the inflatable article, a puncture-resistant airtight laminate.

Abstract: Self-sealing elastomer composition that can be used especially as a puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, comprising: as predominant elastomer, an unsaturated diene elastomer; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; and 0 to less than 30 phr of a filler. Also disclosed is an article such as a tire provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising the self-sealing elastomer composition. The puncture-resistant layer is advantageously combined with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber, so as to form, in the inflatable article, a puncture-resistant airtight laminate.

Abstract: Method of applying a layer of material (25, 26) to the inner wall of a cycle tyre (20) in the form of a torus, with an inner wall (28) and an outer wall (29) and having a crown (22) extended by two sidewalls (21), two beads (23a, 23b) and two bead wires (30a, 30b) placed in said beads, said tyre having a given nominal inflation pressure, which comprises the following steps: the tyre (20) is turned inside-out so as to bring the inner wall (28) to the outside of the torus and the outer wall (29) to the inside of the torus; the outer torus wall (29) of the tyre is extended by applying an internal inflation pressure to said outer wall (29) above the nominal inflation pressure of said tyre; the layer of material (25, 26) is applied to the inner wall (28) of the tyre (20); and the tyre (20) is turned inside-out so as to bring the inner wall (28) and the outer wall (29) back into their initial positions.

Abstract: Inner tube for a pneumatic tyre, notably for a bicycle, characterized in that it has an elastomeric gastight layer consisting of an elastomeric composition comprising at least one styrene/isobutylene/styrene thermoplastic elastomer (called “SIBS”) and in that it includes a self-sealing material disposed inside the cavity formed by the airtight elastomeric layer.

Abstract: Tubeless tyre in the form of a torus open radially inwards with an outer wall and an inner wall, characterized in that at least part of the inner wall is covered with a self-sealing layer comprising a thermoplastic styrene (TPS) elastomer having a Shore 0 hardness of less than 35.

Abstract: Method of applying a layer of material (25, 26) to the inner wall of a cycle tyre (20) in the form of a torus, with an inner wall (28) and an outer wall (29) and having a crown (22) extended by two sidewalls (21), two beads (23a, 23b) and two bead wires (30a, 30b) placed in said beads, said tyre having a given nominal inflation pressure, which comprises the following steps: the tyre (20) is turned inside-out so as to bring the inner wall (28) to the outside of the torus and the outer wall (29) to the inside of the torus; the outer torus wall (29) of the tyre is extended by applying an internal inflation pressure to said outer wall (29) above the nominal inflation pressure of said tyre; the layer of material (25, 26) is applied to the inner wall (28) of the tyre (20); and the tyre (20) is turned inside-out so as to bring the inner wall (28) and the outer wall (29) back into their initial positions.

Abstract: A device (20) comprising a pressure measurement surface (28) functionally attached to a proof body (22) and a rigid component (30), functionally attached to the proof body (22), the measurement surface (28) forming a surface of the rigid component (30). In addition, the device comprises a support (38), functionally separated from the proof body (22), of generally annular shape, housing the rigid component (30) and a flexible mass (40) radially inserted between the support (38) and the rigid component (30) such that the contour of the measurement surface (28) is bounded by the flexible mass (40), this flexible mass (40) adhering to the support (38) and to the rigid component (30).

Abstract: A process and a device for moulding elastomeric articles. The device comprises: a mould (2) having a mould cavity (3); injection means (4), for injecting an uncured elastomeric material (1) into the mould cavity; a shut-off valve (9), for shutting off the mould cavity, which can move between an open position and a closed position; and control means (10), for controlling the temperature of the elastomeric compound contained in the mould cavity.

Abstract: A tire reinforcement structure having parallel threads is made by providing a substantially toroidal rotatable form and a reinforcement-constructing an apparatus disposed adjacent the form. At a forming section of the apparatus a group of multiple parallel threads is formed. The group of threads is fed to a joining section where the threads are embedded in an elastomeric composition to form a strip which is fed to a cutting section where the strip is successively cut into portions. The strip portions are successively fed to a depositing section which successively deposits the portions of the strip along a predetermined trajectory onto the surface of the rotating form. The strip portions are formed in situ at the form and are deposited directly onto the form from the depositing section.

Abstract: Apparatus for fabricating a reinforcement structure for a tire, the said reinforcement structure comprising threads disposed substantially parallel to each other, the said apparatus being intended to be used in cooperation with a substantially toroidal form (1) on which the said reinforcement structure is progressively constructed by depositing arches of the said thread side by side along a desired trajectory for the said thread on the surface of the said form, the said apparatus comprising an assembler (5) comprising an entry for receiving the threads (2), a rubber-coating chamber (50), a volumetric pump for delivering a rubber composition inside the rubber-coating chamber, an outlet orifice for a strip (20) comprising the threads joined by the said composition, a device (4) for depositing the said strip comprising a reference framework with respect to which it is possible to install the said form at a known position.

Abstract: Apparatus for fabricating a strip-like reinforcement structure for a tire, which includes a laying head for laying the strip. The laying head includes a guidance passage for the strip formed by slots, rolling-down rollers intended to cooperate with a form, a cutter for cutting the strip into separate arches, and a turning-over mechanism for turning over the strip about its own longitudinal axis for causing an opposite face of the strip to face the form. The turning-over mechanism includes a frame mounted on two bearings in a cradle of the laying head. The frame can turn through at least 180° with respect to the cradle for inverting the strip.

Abstract: A process of depositing at least one uncured colored rubber mix forming a contrasting motif on an outer surface of a tire includes preparing a blank of the uncured tire to be moulded, including all the constituents except for the colored rubber mix(es), depositing the colored rubber(s) in at least one cavity formed on a removable insert, each cavity having the general form of the motif to be moulded and having a total volume V2, the total volume of non-vulcanized colored rubber V1 placed in each cavity being less than the volume V0, mounting the insert in a suitable housing provided on the moulding surface of the mould for the tire, engaging the tire blank within the mould, and moulding and vulcanizing the tire.

Abstract: Apparatus for fabricating a reinforcement structure for a tyre, the said apparatus comprising a head (4) for laying the said strip, the laying head comprising a guidance passage for the strip formed by slots (61), comprising a rolling-down device comprising rollers (47), intended to cooperate with a form, a member (48) for cutting the strip disposed between the rolling-down device and the laying head, and a mechanism for turning over the strip for inverting the face of the strip which is brought in contact with the form by the laying head. The turning-over mechanism is formed essentially by a frame 6 which is mounted on two bearings 60 in a cradle 41. The frame 6 can turn through at least 180° with respect to the cradle 41.