摘要 |
An improved cord fabric suitable for reinforcement of rubber tires is disclosed. The fabric is comprised of a plurality of bodies and at least one splice. Each body is composed by two selvedge portions and a remaining central portion and contains a large number of warp cords arranged side by side and parallel to the selvedge portions. The warp cords are relatively coarsely interlaced with weft yarns. The splice is formed by overlapping the selvedge portion of one body with the selvedge portion of an adjoining body. The improvement is that each of the selvedge portions has warp cords with a degree of twist at least three times as high as the degree of twist of the warp cords in the central portions. The tire fabric is useful for improving the uniformity of radial tires and for reducing considerably the indentations in the tire sidewalls in the areas of the splices. DC-2091 |