The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Kenneth Michael Kot

Robert John Gartland

Byung-Lip Lee

Paul Michael Bujak

Jon Michael Madaras

Johnny Dale Massie, Ii

Italo Marziale Sinopoli

Kenneth J Palmer

Charles Elmer Hamiel

Jimmy L Richards

Dennis R Brandyberry

Rene Seyll

A resonant cavity frequency sensing device is used to sense the moisture content of a substrate. Data obtained by the sensing device can be used in a feedback loop in the apparatus employing the device, to help control the operation of the apparatus in order to obtain consistent results. The sensor may employ one pair of sensing plates or an array of pairs of sensing plates to obtain data from each part of the substrate. In an illustrated embodiment, the device is used to monitor and control dip uptake in a fabric adhesive dipping process.

Resonant sensor for dip

An apparatus ( ) for welding materials has a flat anvil ( ) having a width of at least two inches and a length of at least eighteen inches. A welding apparatus ( ) having at least one welding head ( ) is mounted on a rail ( ) which is parallel to said anvil ( ). The apparatus ( ) may be mobile. In an illustrated embodiment, welding apparatus ( ) is an ultrasonic welding unit, and apparatus ( ) is used to weld thermoset materials. As illustrated, the method is used to weld thermoset plastic monofilament fabric ( ) to provide a continuous method of treating the monofilament fabric ( ).

Method for tying rolls of fabric

Apparatus for tying rolls of fabric

Method for controlling deposited polymer on a substrate

An apparatus for welding monofilaments at a loom makes possible a method for a continuous process for weaving monofilaments into fabric. The apparatus comprises a stand ( ) on which is mounted welding apparatus ( ) and a filament alignment block ( ). In the method, a monofilament ( ) in the loom is welded to the leading end of a monofilament ( ) on a new spool of monofilament. By welding new monofilament to monofilament in the loom, restringing of the loom is avoided.

Method and apparatus for connecting cords/filaments

The invention is directed to several embodiments of metallic cord for the reinforcement of tires wherein one or more coaxial layers of metallic filaments are arranged around the metallic core filaments and twisted in the same direction at the same pitch. In one embodiment, the ratio of the diameter of the core filaments to the layer filaments is at least 1.28. In another embodiment, two of the core filaments have a first diameter and the third core filament has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter daimeter. In still another embodiment, two of the core filaments have a first diameter and a third of the core filaments has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter while the coaxial layer filaments have a third diameter equal to the second diameter. In another embodiment, the core has three core filaments twisted about each other and a coaxial layer of eight layer filaments arranged around the core filaments. In yet another embodiment, the core filaments have a first diameter and the layer filaments have a second diameter which is larger than the first diameter.

Having a core and at least one coaxial layer of filaments twisted in the

One or more plies of reinforced elastomer, particularly two plies (10),(12) of rubber reinforced with twisted filament metallic cords (14) and more particularly a tire belt made up of the two plies (10),(12) is disclosed having cords (14) of 2.times.0.30 HT construction with opposed 23.degree. angles to the direction of reinforcement of the belt.

Reinforced composite structure

Apparatus for stranding together high tensile steel filaments to produce metallic cords, including a flyer having a forming die with its drawing axis merged with the flyer axis.

Apparatus for making metallic cord

One or more plies of reinforced elastomer, particularly two plies (10),(12) of rubber reinforced with twisted filament metallic cords (14) and more particularly a tire belt made up of the two plies (10),(12) is disclosed having cords (14) of 2x.30HT construction with opposed 23.degree. angles to the direction of reinforcement of the belt.

A single strand cord of single filaments having similar diameter lay length and direction with at least one core filament positioned with the filaments in the next layer and filaments laid on the cord in one layer positioned with another layer.

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Canton, OH, United States of America

Kenneth Michael Kot