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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles having improved cut resistance without decreasing the strength in the cord axis direction nor increasing tire weight, and to provide tires using the steel cord. SOLUTION: Thesteel cord 10 for reinforcing rubber articles, has double twist structure obtained by twisting plural sheath strands 2 formed by twisting plural filaments, around one core strand 1 formed by twisting plural filaments. The sheath strands 2 include strands having a two-layered twist structure and strands having a three-layered twist structure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article having improved cut resistance and a tire produced by using the steel cord. SOLUTION: The steel cord is a multitwisted steel cord having a core strand and a sheath strand each having a double-layer structure. The gap ratio X cs between the sheath filaments of the core strand satisfies formula A, and the sheath filament diameter ϕ cs of the core strand, the sheath filament diameter ϕ ss of the sheath strand, the center-to-center distance r of the core strand and the sheath strand, the cross-sectional area S of the sheath strand, and the twist angle α of the sheath strand expressed by formula B meets formula C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chafer cord which improves the adhesiveness of the chafer cord to a rubber on the vulcanization or employment of a tire, and to provide a vehicle tire. SOLUTION: The chafer cord 20 includes brass-plated steel wires in which laminated structure portions formed by laminating amorphous portions having a composition comprising 55 to 66 wt.% of Cu and the remainder of Zn and formed from crystal particles having a particle diameter of not more than 20 nm to crystalline portions including crystal particles having a particle diameters of less than 20 nm are formed, wherein the rate of the area occupying the surfaces of the amorphous portions of the laminated structure portion to the whole surface of the brass-plated layers is not less than 20%; the rate of the volume occupied by the amorphous portions to the whole volume of the layer-twisted structure portion is not less than 20 and not more than 80%; the brass-plated steel wires are applied to 50% or more of the outermost sheath filaments in the layer-twisted structure, and to 50% or more of the outermost layer sheath filaments of the outermost strands in the multitwisted structure. The chafer cord 20 is applied to a vehicle tire. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rubber-steel cord composite material which holds good adhesiveness and can simultaneously sufficiently reduce the compounded amounts of an adhesive promoter and sulfur in a coating rubber, and to provide a pneumatic radial tire using the rubber-steel cord composite material as a reinforcing layer. SOLUTION: This rubber-steel cord composite material produced by twisting a plurality of sheath filaments or sheath strands together around a core prepared by coating or filling a filling rubber (A) on the peripheries or spaces of one or more core filaments or core strands, thus forming a layer-twisted steel cord or composite twisted steel cord, and coating the outer surface of the layer-twisted steel cord or composite twisted steel cord with a coating rubber (C), is characterized in that the filling rubber (A) contains an adhesive promoter. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an annular metal cord wherein a continuously repeated load does not cause any loosening of strands and the wound shape can be maintained, and also to provide an endless metal belt and a method of producing an annular metal cord. SOLUTION: The annular metal cord C1 is configured in such a manner that one strand material 1 unstranded from a metal cord, where a plurality of strand materials 1 are stranded with a set-height/diameter ratio of 92-112% to surround the center including no core material, is made in an annular shape having the number of laps more than that of the metal cord by one lap, and is wound annularly while fitting the extra length in the spiral gap from where other strand materials are removed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance a traction property at acceleration while ensuring controllability and stability. SOLUTION: A band layer 7 in which a band cord 10 in helically wound in a tire circumferential direction is provided at an outer side of a carcass 6 of a bias structure or a semi-radial structure. The band cord 10 includes a steel cord 11 in which the N number of secondary strands 13 are twisted by upward twisting, and the secondary strands 13 is formed by further twisting the M number of primary strands 12 in which the L number of steel strands f having a wire diameter d of 0.08-0.20 mm are twisted by downward twisting by middle twisting. The steel cord 11 has a low elastic area Y1 reaching from the origin to a point of inflection P in the load-elongation curve and a high elastic area Y2 exceeding the point of inflection P, and the point of inflection P is in a range of elongation of 2-7%, and the load at 2% elongation is further made to 60 N or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pneumatic radial tire suitable for use for a heavy load with improved uneven wear of a tread part and improved belt durability. SOLUTION: This pneumatic radial tire comprises main belts 11, 13 extending to cross each other, and a 0° belt having a steel cord extended at an angle of 0° relative to a tire peripheral direction. The pneumatic radial tire has a ply twist structure using strands S having a 1×n structure (n=2 to 5) in which element wires F are twisted so that each element wire F has spiral continuous waves in the longitudinal direction, a corrugated height H of the continuous waves and an element wire diameter d satisfy the relation of 1.1≤H/d≤1.5, and a corrugated pitch L and a strand twist pitch P1 satisfy the relation of 0.25≤L/P1≤0.55, and the strands S are further twisted together. The 0° belt 12 is composed of the steel cord C in which a cord twist pitch P2 and a cord outer diameter D satisfy the relation of 7≤P2/D≤14. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT