The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

John M Sawyer

Terry Frank Allen

Karl K Kluss

John R Harris

Ernest W DeMarse

A hose structure resistant to pressure and vacuum as well as kinking or collapsing which exhibits good recovery from crushing includes in its wall structure elastomer embedded reinforcing cords extending in opposite hand helical patterns about the hose axis and a filler layer of elastomeric material having a thickness from about one fifth to about one fifteenth of the mean radius of the filler layer from the hose axis. The filler layer elastomeric material is of high tensile modulus and hardness and preferably includes short length fibers dispersed throughout oriented predominantly generally in the circumferential direction of the hose.

Hose structure

Hose structure suitable for transport of highly abrasive media including at least two concentric tube layers of elastomeric material. The radially innermost tube layer material is of greater abrasion resistance than a tube layer radially outwardly thereof. A radially outer tube layer material is of greater resilience than that of the radially innermost tube layer. The tube layers may be made visually distinguishable, for example, by being of different colors, so as to serve as a wear indicator.

A woven fabric belt having a coating of polyurethane on each face and extending through the interstices of the fabric. The polyurethane is the reaction product of a polytetramethylene ether glycol of 4,4'-methylene di(cyclohexylene isocyanate) cured with m-phenylene diamine and having at least one face of said belt covered with the polyurethane having walnut shell powder incorporated therein.

Coated fabric belt

A woven fabric belt having a coating of polyurethane on each face and extending through the interstices of the fabric. The polyurethane is the reaction product of a polypropylene ether glycol of 4,4'-methylene di(cyclohexylene isocyanate) cured with p,p'-methylene dianiline and having at least one face of said belt covered with the polyurethane having walnut shell powder incorporated therein.

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Cuyahoga Falls, OH, United States of America

John M Sawyer