Tag attachment for tires and method of attaching tags to tires
First Claim
1. A method of mounting a tag to an inner surface of a tire including the steps of:
- obtaining materials to be made into a tire;
making a premask with a pressure sensitive adhesive on a first side of the premask;
cutting the premask in a shape that is compatible with the tag to be mounted;
adhering the first side of the premask to a surface that will be the inner surface of the tire;
curing the tire after the pressure sensitive adhesive is adhered to the inner surface; and
mounting the tag on the premask.
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Abstract
The present invention is tag connected to an inner surface of a tire and the method of attaching a tag to the inner surface of a tire. Methods of mounting a tag on an inner surface of a tire include coating a tag or a premask film with a pressure sensitive adhesive on a side and adhering that side of the tag or premask to the inner surface of a tire. With the premask film, the tag is adhered to adhesive on the premask, normally after a release liner is removed. Similarly, direct mount of a tag with a pressure sensitive adhesive, the tire is cured after the tag is mounted, which allows the pressure sensitive adhesive on the tag to cure into the tire. The tire is ideally cured after attachment of the tag or premask film so the pressure sensitive adhesive strongly bonds to the inner surface of the tire.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of mounting a tag to an inner surface of a tire including the steps of:
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obtaining materials to be made into a tire;
making a premask with a pressure sensitive adhesive on a first side of the premask;
cutting the premask in a shape that is compatible with the tag to be mounted;
adhering the first side of the premask to a surface that will be the inner surface of the tire;
curing the tire after the pressure sensitive adhesive is adhered to the inner surface; and
mounting the tag on the premask. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of mounting a tag directly on an inner surface of a tire comprising the steps of:
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coating the tag with a pressure sensitive adhesive on a side;
attaching the adhesive-coated side of the tag to the inner surface of the uncured tire;
curing the tire with the tag attached to allow the pressure sensitive adhesive to cure into the tire. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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