BALLASTED VEHICLE TIRE AND SELF-SEALING THIXOTROPIC BALLAST COMPOSITION THEREFOR
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2. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 1, wherein said ballast material additionally includes a minor amount of a water-soluble salt of boric acid.
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Abstract
Vehicle tire at least partially filled with leak-sealing, tire ballast composition in the form of an aqueous, thixotropic mixture consisting essentially of a gel-forming clay, and an alkali metal hexametaphosphate.
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2. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 1, wherein said ballast material additionally includes a minor amount of a water-soluble salt of boric acid.
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3. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 2, wherein said water-soluble salt is an alkali metal salt of boric acid.
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4. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 3, wherein said boric acid salt is sodium tetraborate.
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5. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 1, wherein said alkaline metal hexametaphosphate is sodium hexametaphosphate.
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6. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 1, wherein said ballast material is composed of between about 5 and about 35 percent by weight of said clay and between about 10 and about 40 percent by weight of said sand.
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7. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 1, wherein said ballast material additionally includes a liquid antifreeze material.
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8. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 1, wherein said tire is substantially completely filled to capacity with said ballast material.
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9. A leak-sealing tire ballast composition which comprises an aqueous, thixotropic mixture consisting essentially of between about 5 and about 35 percent of a gel-forming clay, between about 10 and about 40 percent sand, and between about 0.005 and about 0.01 percent sodium hexametaphosphate.
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10. A tire ballast composition as defined in claim 9, wherein said mixture additionally contains a rust inhibiting amount of a water-soluble salt of boric acid.
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11. A tire ballast composition as defined in claim 10, wherein said boric acid salt is borax.
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12. A ballasted vehicle tire as described in claim 3, wherein said ballast material has a viscosity of between about 140 and about 260 centipoises, when measured at 70* F.
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13. A tire ballast composition as defined in claim 9, wherein said composition contains between about 25 and about 35 percent by weight water.
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14. A tire ballast composition as defined in claim 9, wherein said ballast composition has a viscosity of between about 140 and about 260 centipoises when measured at 70* F.
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