Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

Motoshi Tanigawa

Takashi Nishimura

Kouji Ichikawa

Kiyoshige Muraoka

Hidehiko Dohi

Ryozo Okada

Shigeki Yamanaka

Tetsuo Koishi

A pneumatic-shaped solid tire in which rim slip is improved, the tire main body (4) comprises a tread rubber layer (3) and a base rubber layer (2) made of a rubber composition having a JIS(A) hardness from 75 to 90 in which short cordlike or fiberlike reinforcing materials are not mixed, the thickness (TC) of the base rubber layer measured from the base line (BL) to the radially outer face thereof is 0.3 to 0.7 times the tire section height (TH), and the base rubber layer is provided therein with a radially inner band (7) and a radially outer band (6) which are spaced apart from each other in the radial direction of the tire, each of the bands comprising at least one ply of heat-shrinkable organic fiber cords laid at an angle from 0 to 15 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

Pneumatic-shaped solid tire

A cushion tire especially intended for industrial or construction vehicles such as a forklift truck wherein the cushion tire has a triple layered structure comprising a base rubber layer, a middle rubber layer and a tread rubber layer arranged radially outwardly in that order, and the middle rubber layer is provided with a hollow part extending circumferentially of the tire, whereby the ride is softened while durability and driving stability are maintained at a good level.

Three layer cushion tire

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Himeji, Japan

Motoshi Tanigawa