Preparation of tires

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CURED PNEUMATIC TIRE WHICH COMPRISES DISPOSING BEAD ELEMENTS AT RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE ENDS OF A MANDREL, POSITIONING A PLURALITY OF NON-RUBBERIZED FILAMENTOUS ELEMENTS UNDER TENSION BETWEEN SAID PERIPHERAL BEAD ELEMENTS, SAID FILAMENTOUS ELEMENTS BEING POSITIONED SO THAT THEY ARE OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF SAID MANDREL AND ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, SAID FILAMENTOUS ELEMENTS BEING POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BEAD ELEMENTS SO THAT THE VALVE OF THE CROWN ANGLE IN THE ULTIMATE PNEUMATIC TIRE RANGES FROM 0* TO 45*; PLACING SAID MANDREL WITHIN A MOLD SO AS TO FORM THEREWITH A DRUM-SHAPED MOLD CAVITY, SAID MOLD COMPRISING SHELL ELEMENTS WHICH COMPLETELY ENCLOSE SAID MANDREL WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SHELL ELEMENTS HAVING RECESSES CORRESPONDING TO THE TREAD AREA OF THE ULTIMATE PNEUMATIC TIRE; INTRODUCING A CURABLE FLUID ELASTOMER COMPOSITION INTO SAID DRUM-SHAPED MOLD CAVITY; ALLOWING SAID ELASTOMER COMPOSITION TO FORM A HOMOGENEOUS SOLID PLASTIC DRUM-SHAPED COMPOSITE ARTICLE CONTAINING SAID BEAD AND FILAMENTOUS ELEMENTS, WITH SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF SAID FILAMENTOUS ELEMENTS BEING COATED WITH SAID ELASTOMER COMPOSITION; REMOVING SAID COMPOSITE ARTICLE FROM SAID MOLD CAVITY; FORCING SAID COMPOSITE ARTICLE UNDER PRESSURE INTO THE SHAPE OF A TIRE; FOLLOWED BY A CURING STEP TO PRODUCE A CURED PNEUMATIC TIRE.