Continuous plastic tire body and tire
First Claim
1. A tire, sized to be stretch-snapped over a rim, comprising a selected cut portion of tire body material in finished form, having a first end and a second end, said selected cut portion having been cut from a strip of flexible heat spliceable plastic tire body material of indeterminate length comprising tread means and rim fit means, said selected cut of material having been curved into an annular shape with said first end and said second end held in abutting relationship and spliced with means comprising a thin hot blade held temporarily between said abutting ends.
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Abstract
A tire suitable for all types of wheels, including vehicles and wheels, such as in automobiles, motorcycles or bicycles, in which the tire body is an extruded or molded plastic material formed in indeterminate length complete with conventional tread and shape means to fit the usual rim of a wheel. The tire is completed by cutting a length from the indeterminate length of tire body equivalent to the rim size of the wheel for which it is intended, then bonding the ends together. The finished tire may then be stretched and snapped on the wheel frame or rim.
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30 Claims
- 1. A tire, sized to be stretch-snapped over a rim, comprising a selected cut portion of tire body material in finished form, having a first end and a second end, said selected cut portion having been cut from a strip of flexible heat spliceable plastic tire body material of indeterminate length comprising tread means and rim fit means, said selected cut of material having been curved into an annular shape with said first end and said second end held in abutting relationship and spliced with means comprising a thin hot blade held temporarily between said abutting ends.
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29. A tire as claimed in claim 38, in which the supply of plastic material is in a plurality of portions which foam when mixed together for application.
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