US3987136A
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Process for the production of a synthetic fiber cord
Assignee: Oerlikon Barmag AG
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Filing: 1973-11-12
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Granted: 1976-10-19
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Expires: 1993-11-12
Abstract
Abstract Production of cord fabrics by continuous, melt spun polyamide or polyester filaments which are plied and twisted and then are formed into a tire cord layer or fabric consisting essentially of planar, parallel, longitudinal cord yarns with or without weft yarn interweaving, characterized by multifilament melt spinning with a predraw at more than 3000 meters/minute, cooling, plying and twisting into cord yarns without further stretching, and then residual stretching of less than 2.4:1 at 50°-130° C of the filaments before or after incorporation into the web or fabric.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Schippers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 14:15
CPC Classifications
D; D02; D02G; D02G3/00; D02G3/44; D02G3/48; D10; D10B; D10B2331/00; D10B2331/02; D10B2331/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S57/00; Y10S57/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A process for the production of synthetic cord yarns, useful as cord webs or fabrics in tires and the like wherein continuous, melt-spun synthetic polymer filaments of nylon 6,6 or polyethyleneterephthalate are fabricated into cord yarns by plying and twisting of said filaments and the cord yarns are laid together with or without interweaving of weft threads in a cord layer consisting essentially of planar, parallel, cord yarns, the improvement which comprises subjecting the spun filaments of nylon 6,6 or polyethyleneterephthalate immediately after the spinning thereof to a pre-orientation at a drawing off speed of more than 3,000 m/min. for the polyethyleneterephthalate filaments and 3,500 m/min. for the nylon 6,6, then cooling the drawn filaments, and plying and two-for-one twisting said filaments into cord yarns without further stretching, and subjecting said yarns to a residual stretching at a stretch ratio correlated with the drawing off speed so that the coordinates thereof fall within the shaded area on the graph of FIG. 9 (a) marked PES for the residual stretching of the polyethyleneterephthalate yarns and (b) marked PA 6.6 for the residual stretching of the nylon 6,6 yarns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
A process for the production of synthetic cord yarns, useful as cord webs or fabrics in tires and the like wherein continuous, melt-spun synthetic polymer filaments of nylon 6,6 or polyethyleneterephthalate are fabricated into cord yarns by plying and twisting of said filaments and the cord yarns are laid together with or without interweaving of weft threads in a cord layer consisting essentially of planar, parallel, cord yarns, the improvement which comprises subjecting the spun filaments of nylon 6,6 or polyethyleneterephthalate immediately after the spinning thereof to a pre-orientation at a drawing off speed of more than 3,000 m/min. for the polyethyleneterephthalate filaments and 3,500 m/min. for the nylon 6,6, then cooling the drawn filaments, and plying and two-for-one twisting said filaments into cord yarns without further stretching, and subjecting said yarns to a residual stretching at a stretch ratio correlated with the drawing off speed so that the coordinates thereof fall within the shaded area on the graph of FIG. 9 (a) marked PES for the residual stretching of the polyethyleneterephthalate yarns and (b) marked PA 6.6 for the residual stretching of the nylon 6,6 yarns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the completely twisted cord yarns are fabricated into cord fabric or web of planar, parallel cord yarns prior to said residual stretching.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the residual stretching takes place with the application of heat to the yarns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 3 wherein the residual stretching takes place at a temperature of 50° C to 130° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said filaments are nylon 6,6 filaments.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said filaments are polyethyleneterephthalate filaments.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the cord layer is subjected to heat fixing treatment after the residual stretching.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process according to claim 7 wherein the heat fixing treatment and the residual stretching are carried out together in a continuous manner wherein the heat stabilizing treatment is operated continuously, and in combination with the residual stretching step.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plying and two-for-one twisting of said filaments is achieved by drawing said filaments off double-twist twisting spindles.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plying and two-for-one twisting of said filaments is achieved by drawing said filaments off double-twist twisting spindles, and said cord yarns are after-twisted, in a subsequent two-for-one twisting stage, by drawing said cord yarns off a double-twist, twisting spindle.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1979-10-19 | 1980-04-19 | 1980-10-19 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1983-10-19 | 1984-04-19 | 1984-10-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-10-19 | 1988-04-19 | 1988-10-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |