TIRE WITH COMPONENT OF CARBON BLACK RICH RUBBER COMPOSITION WHICH CONTAINS ESTER OF POLYHYDROXY ALCOHOL
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October 29, 2003
A pneumatic rubber tire having at least one visually exposed component comprised of a carbon black reinforced rubber composition which is exclusive of silica particularly synthetic amorphous silica, synthetic organo-silica material and silica coupler particularly organosilane polysulfide based silica coupler and contains a significant amount of at least one ester of a polyhydroxy alcohol, including ethoxylated esters thereof. Such tire component particularly including a film thereof on the visually observable outer surface of such tire component. Such tire component may be, for example, at least a portion of a tire sidewall. Such ester, particularly said film, may be, for example, a sorbitan ester, or mixtures thereof, and particularly, for example, sorbitan monostearate.
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