Cover covering vehicle wheel, and production method of cover covering vehicle wheel, with notable innovations and advantages over conventional techniques

Abstract

To maintain a correct arrangement position on a wheel during the use of a cover covering a vehicle wheel, and improve its adhesion performance and / or tribological and mechanical properties in general.SOLUTION: A cover covering a vehicle wheel comprises a fabric band having an annular arrangement whose shape results in a circumferential path in an annular shape, the fabric band having proportions making it possible to cover and surround an external region of the vehicle wheel. The fabric band has a central area along its circumferential path. At least one adjacent lateral area of the band has a surface density value lower than the surface density value of the central area of the same band. The band also presents a textile or fabric continuity in the mutual contact between its central area and at least one adjacent lateral area because the band is formed in one and the same fabric piece or textile body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The object of this application is to register a cover for a vehicle wheel and a method for manufacturing the cover for a vehicle wheel, which adds significant innovation and advantages over the existing technology.

[0002] Specifically, the present invention proposes a cover for a vehicle wheel and a method for manufacturing the cover for the vehicle wheel, the special arrangement of which allows for improved performance when using the cover for the vehicle wheel. [Background technology]

[0003] It is well known that, according to the current state of the art, existing wheel covers used to cover vehicle wheels are covers consisting of annular textile strips, which have been developed with the primary objective of ensuring proper adhesion of the wheel to the road surface, particularly when rolling on surfaces prone to undesirable slippage, such as wet, snowy or icy surfaces.

[0004] Despite the known good properties of such covers, it is also known that, during use, as a result of the rotation of the wheel, the covers can move out of their correct position on the wheel and even become completely detached.

[0005] In this situation, primarily because when the aforementioned cover is installed and covers a vehicle wheel, the cover is subject to the same rotational movement as the wheel, resulting in the wheel being subjected to outward inertia and centrifugal forces which may cause the cover to move out of position covering the wheel, or at least cause the cover to move out of position on the wheel.

[0006] Moreover, current state-of-the-art covers offer the possibility of significantly improving adhesion on different surfaces, or improving tribological and general mechanical properties as well as resistance, which is especially necessary on difficult rolling surfaces such as wet, snowy or icy roads.

[0007] The present invention contributes to solving and eliminating the current problems by improving the adhesion performance and the tribo-engineering and / or mechanical properties in general, as well as the performance in terms of maintaining the correct position on the wheel when the cover is used to cover the wheel of a vehicle, and by significantly improving the performance in terms of improving durability. Summary of the Invention

[0008] The present invention has been developed with the objective of providing a cover for a vehicle wheel, consisting of a textile band attached in an annular manner so as to wrap around the circumference of the vehicle wheel at a constant rate, so that, along the circumferential path of a central portion of the textile band, at least the density of the surface of the side portions adjacent to the central portion is lower than the density of the surface of the central portion of the same band, and furthermore, since the band is constructed from a single piece of textile, there is continuity in the mutual contact between the central portion of the textile band and at least the adjacent side portions.

[0009] In a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, the band is preferably attached so as to cover at least the rotation band and the whole or part of the side of the vehicle wheel.

[0010] Alternatively, in a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, the central portion of the band corresponds to at least the rotational band of the wheel, and at least one side portion corresponds to at least one side (entire) of the same wheel.

[0011] Alternatively, in a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, the central portion of the band corresponds to at least the rotational band and also corresponds to a portion of at least one side surface of the wheel.

[0012] Alternatively, in a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, there are at least two adjacent side portions, so that at least one adjacent side portion on either side of the central portion of the band follows the same circumferential path as the annular shaped path of the band.

[0013] In a cover for a vehicle wheel, the central portion of the band preferably corresponds to the rotational band of the wheel and at least adjacent side portions preferably correspond to each side of the wheel.

[0014] In a cover for a vehicle wheel, the band preferably has adjacent side portions disposed on each side of a central portion which follow the annular circumferential path of the band.

[0015] Furthermore, in the cover for covering the vehicle wheel, the side portions of the band are symmetrical with respect to the center portion of the same band.

[0016] Further, the cover for covering the vehicle wheel includes a resilient method for at least one side portion of the band along the annular circumferential path.

[0017] Alternatively, the cover over the vehicle wheel is made of a polymer or similar material.

[0018] With respect to covers for vehicle wheels, it is desirable for the wheels to house tires.

[0019] Furthermore, the cover for covering the vehicle wheel has a protrusion on the central surface of the band.

[0020] In a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, it is desirable for the projections to be arranged in a straight line.

[0021] In a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, it is desirable that the projections be arranged in a straight line and a rectangular shape.

[0022] In a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, the projections are preferably arranged in a linear and rectangular pattern and oriented parallel to the axis of the annular arrangement of the band.

[0023] Alternatively, in a cover for a vehicle wheel, a fibrous band has metallic threads incorporated into all or part of its constituent fabric.

[0024] Alternatively, in a cover for covering a vehicle wheel, the metal threads are entirely or partially made of titanium.

[0025] Alternatively, all or a portion of the metal thread in a cover for covering a vehicle wheel is stainless steel.

[0026] Alternatively, the projection of the band on the cover that covers the vehicle wheel is made of metal.

[0027] Alternatively, the projections of the band in the cover for covering the wheel of the vehicle may incorporate at least a polymeric or similar thread and a metallic or similar thread in their formation.

[0028] A method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel comprising a warp beam and an arrangement and supply of warp threads along the warp beam, and an arrangement and supply of weft threads along the creel, the warp beam and the creel being positioned relative to one another to deliver a woven band, the quantity and / or characteristics of the supplied warp threads being non-uniform along the same warp beam, resulting in non-uniform quantities and / or characteristics of the warp threads in the supplied woven fabric.

[0029] Furthermore, in the method of manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel, the quantity and / or nature of the weft yarns supplied is non-uniform along the creel, so that the woven band has protrusions on its surface resulting from said different weft yarns supplied from the creel, and is arranged in the direction of arrangement of the weft yarns supplied from the creel.

[0030] Alternatively, in the method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel of the present invention, different weft threads have different thicknesses.

[0031] Alternatively, in the method of manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel of the present invention, the different weft yarns are the result of joining a plurality of weft yarns supplied to the same creel.

[0032] Alternatively, in the method of manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to the present description, all or some of the warp and / or weft threads are made of metal.

[0033] Alternatively, in the method of manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to the present description, all or a portion of the warp and / or weft threads are made of titanium.

[0034] Alternatively, in the method of manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to the present description, all or a portion of the warp and / or weft threads are made of stainless steel.

[0035] Alternatively, in the method of manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to the present description, at least warp and / or weft yarns having a polymeric or similar nature are simultaneously interwoven with at least warp and / or weft yarns having a metallic or similar nature.

[0036] COVER FOR VEHICLE WHEEL OBTAINED BY METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COVER FOR VEHICLE WHEEL

[0037] Thanks to the invention, the performance of the cover for a vehicle wheel is significantly improved in terms of maintaining its correct position on the wheel when in use, and also in terms of improving its adhesion performance and / or tribological, mechanical properties overall.

[0038] Further characteristics and advantages of the vehicle wheel cover are apparent from the description of the preferred embodiment, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but is not limited thereto. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0039] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective and schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, also showing its use on a wheel; [Diagram 2] 1 is a schematic diagram showing a preferred use form of a cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to the present invention; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0040] As shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1, the vehicle wheel cover of the proposed invention consists of a textile band 1 arranged in an annular shape, which band has an axis, indicated by a curved arrow in FIG. 1, and which is envisaged as being able to follow a circumferential path resulting from its annular shape.

[0041] In this preferred embodiment, band 1 is made of a polymer or similar material.

[0042] Band 1 is proportioned to envelop the outer area of ​​a vehicle wheel 2, which is shown in FIG.

[0043] In this preferred embodiment, the wheel 2 is fitted with a tire.

[0044] As seen in this preferred form in FIG. 1, the band 1 of the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention is positioned over a rotational band 21 and a side surface 22 of a wheel 2 of a vehicle.

[0045] In accordance with the invention itself, the woven band 1 has a central portion 11 along its circuitous path and at least one side portion 12 adjacent to the central portion 11, as indicated by the curved arrow in Figure 1 with reference to the circuitous path described above. In this preferred form shown in Figure 1, there are two side portions 12, one located on either side of the central portion 11 of the band 1, although only one side portion 12, located on either side of the central portion 11, is visible in Figure 1.

[0046] As can be seen in FIG. 1, in the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, the central portion 11 of the band 1 corresponds to or covers at least the rotational band 21 of the wheel 2, and the side portions 12 correspond to or cover the side surfaces 22 of the same wheel.

[0047] In some preferred embodiments of the invention, the central portion 11 may extend and cover a portion of the side surface 22 of the wheel 2 .

[0048] On the other hand, in the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, the band 1 incorporates elastic means 13 on its side edges to assist and ensure correct adjustment and positioning of the rotating band 21 and the band 1 over the side surface 22 of the wheel 2.

[0049] The vehicle wheel cover of the proposed invention has the particularity that the side portions 12 adjacent to a central portion 11 of a textile band 1 have a surface density value lower than that of the central portion 11 of the same band 1.

[0050] This technical detail is meant to represent a very important technical advantage in the use of the proposed inventive cover for a vehicle wheel.

[0051] This is due to the fact known in the current state of the art that when the cover of the present invention is placed over a vehicle wheel 2, the function of the wheel 2 must be to roll and rotate on itself, as shown in Figure 1.

[0052] This further means that the band 1 of the cover for covering a vehicle wheel of the invention, which is placed over the wheel 2, is subjected to the same rotational movement as the wheel 2, with the result that the same band 1 is subjected to inertial and centrifugal forces towards the outside of the wheel 2, with the result that the side part 12 of the band 1 runs off from its correct position on the side 22 of the wheel 2, even if it overcomes the resistance of the elastic means 13 on the side edge of the band 1.

[0053] This technical detail accounts for the fact that the lateral portions 12 adjacent to a central portion 11 have a lower surface density value than the surface density value of the central portion 11 of the same band, meaning that the centrifugal forces experienced by the adjacent lateral portions 12 are significantly lower than the forces experienced by the central portion 11 of the same band 1 due to the same rotational movement of the wheel 2 and band 1.

[0054] Thanks to this, the side portion 12 of the band 1 is able to maintain its correct position on the side surface 22 of the wheel 2 much better, without slipping or moving due to the centrifugal forces caused by the rotational movement of the wheel 2 .

[0055] By maintaining the side portions 12 and the band 1 itself in the correct position, the possibility of the side portions 12 and the belt 1 themselves becoming tangled, chafing or otherwise interfering with different internal elements of the vehicle itself as the wheel 2 undergoes rotational movement is also avoided.

[0056] In addition, the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, thanks to its described arrangement, allows the vehicle to travel at higher speeds, without the higher rotational speeds of the wheel 2 resulting in deviation of the side portions 12 and the band itself from their correct position.

[0057] Moreover, due to the difference in surface density noted in the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, it is believed that the central portion 11 of the band 1 will experience less wrinkling during use than the adjacent side portions 12.

[0058] Therefore, the described positioning of band 1 on wheel 2 is expected to result in fewer wrinkles on rotation band 21 and more wrinkles on the side surface 22 of the same wheel 2. This means that the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention is expected to be more durable, because wrinkles are more likely to break during use, and although the wear and stress on rotation band 21 of wheel 2 is greater than the wear and stress on side surface 22, the final durability is greater because rotation band 21 has significantly fewer wrinkles.

[0059] The vehicle wheel cover of the present invention can be provided in a number of preferred embodiments, including a number of configurations of side portions 12 adjacent to both sides of the central portion 11 of the band 1 having different surface density values, for example lower than the surface density value of the central portion 11.

[0060] Also, in this preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 1, in the same band, the side portions 12 are symmetrical with respect to the central portion 11 of the band 1.

[0061] Another very important technical detail in the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention is that the band 1 has a textile or fiber continuity in the mutual contact between its central portion 11 and the adjacent side portions 12, and thus the band 1 is assumed to be formed and constituted by the same textile piece or body.

[0062] This means that in the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, there is no need to join the central portion 11 and the side portions 12 of the band 1 by sewing or a similar method of joining, which would involve a significant risk of fracture or delamination under the stress and wear experienced during rotation of the wheel 2.

[0063] Thanks to the continuity of the fibres between the central portion 11 and the side portions 12 of the band 1, due to the fact that the band 1 of the cover of the invention is not sewn but is produced directly from the sewing machine as a single piece of fabric, or body, it has a high resistance to breakage and delamination that may occur in that area during use.

[0064] Another additional detail in the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention is that the band 1 can have several projections 14 on its surface in its central portion 11, as can be seen in FIG.

[0065] In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the projections 14 are arranged in a linear and rectangular fashion and are oriented parallel to the axis of the annular arrangement of the band 1.

[0066] These projections 14 in the central part 11 of the band 1 can exhibit tribo-engineering properties which are very useful for ensuring the correct adhesion of the cover for the vehicle wheel of the invention to the ground during the rotation of the wheel 2 on slippery surfaces, for example wet or snowy surfaces.

[0067] The projections 14 also provide improved mechanical tensile properties during use of the band 1 and the cover for the vehicle wheel of the invention.

[0068] In another preferred embodiment of the vehicle wheel cover of the present invention, the textile band 1 may incorporate threads of a metallic nature, such as titanium, stainless steel threads, or other suitable metallic or metallic alloy materials, in the total or partial formation of its constituent textile.

[0069] In this way, the mechanical properties and tensile performance of the proposed cover for the vehicle wheel of the present invention can be significantly improved, resulting in better durability and / or resistance under more severe stresses during use.

[0070] Therefore, the projections 14 can also be made of metal, which improves mechanical properties and performance.

[0071] Thus, the cover for covering a vehicle wheel of the present invention can have woven bands capable of simultaneously varying threads of different nature, such as polymeric or metallic, depending on the different specific needs and requirements expected in its use, and can thus be adapted to multiple use needs and requirements and / or expected commercialization.

[0072] The present invention also includes a method for making a particular cover for a vehicle wheel.

[0073] As shown generally in FIG. 2, the manufacturing method involves the placement and feeding of warp threads 100 and weft threads 200 using a textile machine or loom.

[0074] Warp yarns 100 are supplied from and fed along a warp beam or warp folder, or warp creel, which is part of a textile machine or loom.

[0075] The weft yarn 200 is fed from and fed along a weft creel 201 of the same textile machine or loom, with mutual positioning between the warp beam 101 and the creel 201 as is known in the art.

[0076] As shown generally in Figure 2, warp threads 100 are fed from a warp beam 101 in a direction shown as unidirectional in Figure 2, and weft threads 200 are fed from a cone or creel cone 201 and are continuously shuttled and distributed by grippers (not shown in the drawings) of the same loom, transverse to the warp threads 100 in a unidirectional direction shown by the double arrow in Figure 2.

[0077] The above-described arrangement and supply of the warp threads 100 on the warp beam 101 and the weft threads 200 on the creel 201 and their mutual interweaving results in a textile band 1 for a particular vehicle wheel cover, for example in the above-mentioned possible cases.

[0078] The manufacturing method encompassed by the present invention further includes the detail that the distribution or distribution of the quantity and / or properties of the warp threads 100 delivered from the warp thread beam 101 is non-uniform or variable along the same warp thread beam 101 .

[0079] As shown in overview in figure 2, in this preferred embodiment the warp threads 100 have the property of varying different thicknesses along the warp beam 101. This means that the textile band 1 resulting from the initial manufacturing method has different surface densities along its surface, depending on the inhomogeneity or variability in the distribution or distribution of the quantity and / or properties of the warp threads 100 fed along the same warp beam 101.

[0080] The same manufacturing method included in the present description may also show the additional detail that the distribution or distribution of the quantity and / or properties of the weft threads 200 is non-uniform and variable along the same creel 201. Thus, the textile band 1 resulting from said manufacturing method means, for example in one possible case as described above, that said different weft threads 200 coming from the creel 201 have linear projections 14 on their surface, said projections 14 being oriented in the alignment direction of the weft threads 200 coming out of the creel 201.

[0081] In a preferred embodiment of the manufacturing method included in the present description, the weft thread 200 can have different thicknesses along the creel 201, as shown, for example, in overview in Fig. 2. Alternatively, several weft threads 200 can be joined simultaneously, resulting in an increased thickness, i.e. in this way the above-mentioned projections 14 are formed, which correspond to the resulting thickened weft threads 200 delivered from the creel 201.

[0082] In another preferred embodiment of the manufacturing method encompassed by the present invention, the warp threads 100 and / or weft threads 200 may be made entirely or partially of a metal, such as titanium, stainless steel, or other suitable metallic material or metal alloy.

[0083] The manufacturing method described in the present invention therefore also makes it possible to interweave warp threads 100 and weft threads 200 of different nature, for example polymers or metals, according to the exact and specific different needs and requirements expected for the cover for the vehicle wheel, thus adapting to multiple expected needs of use and / or sale.

[0084] The manufacturing methods encompassed by the present invention also provide the technical advantage of increasing the speed of production.

[0085] Another advantage is that warp threads 100 and weft threads 200 of different colors can be incorporated to provide a desired distribution of tones in the woven band.

[0086] The present invention includes a cover for covering a vehicle wheel as described above, and also includes a special feature if it can be manufactured by the manufacturing method as described above.

[0087] In particular, the details described above for the cover for covering a vehicle wheel of the proposed invention, in which the surface density value of the central portion 11 of the woven band 1 and the side portions 12 adjacent to the central portion 11 is lower than the surface density value of the central portion 11 of the same band 1, can be achieved by the manufacturing method described and included in the invention.

[0088] In particular, the non-uniformity and variability in the quantity and / or property distribution and allocation of the warp threads 100 supplied from and fed along the warp beam 101 means that the band 1 resulting from production may have a longitudinal central portion 11 which has a higher surface density than the surface density of the adjacent longitudinal side portions 12, as also shown diagrammatically in FIG.

[0089] Depending on the number of warp threads 100 fed from and distributed along the warp beam 101, or the different characteristics of these warp threads 100 along the warp beam 101, such as their thickness, a central portion is formed in the band 1 having a surface density greater than the surface density of the adjacent side portions 12, as can be seen diagrammatically in FIG. 2.

[0090] Another very important detail mentioned above for the cover for covering a vehicle wheel of the invention, that the band 1 has textile continuity between its central portion 11 and its lateral portions 12, since the band 1 is formed by the same piece or body of textile, can also be a consequence of the manufacturing method described and included in the present invention.

[0091] In fact, the manufacturing method included in the present description makes it possible to provide a textile continuity between the central portion 11 and the adjacent side portions 12 in the same textile band 1 without the need for intermediate seams. The band 1 is formed as the same textile piece or body and is produced as a single textile directly from a textile machine suitable for this purpose, resulting in the above-explained advantage of not requiring seams between the central portion 11 and the adjacent side portions 12 in the same textile band 1, as can also be seen in FIG. 2.

[0092] The central part 11 of the band 1 has on its surface projections 14 with improved frictional engineering and mechanical tensile properties, and other possible details present in the cover for the vehicle wheel of the invention can also be achieved by the manufacturing method contained in the same invention description.

[0093] In fact, the manufacturing method included in the present invention allows the formation of protuberances 14 on the surface of the central portion 11 of the band 1. This is because, due to the non-uniformity and variability in the quantity and / or properties of the weft threads supplied by the creel 201, the manufacturing process may result in the formation of protuberances 14 arranged in the direction of the weft threads 200, which are thicker or have several joined threads, supplied by and along the creel 201 in the band 1. In FIG. 2, the protuberances 14 formed in the band 1 by the thicker weft threads 200 can be seen.

[0094] The details, shapes, dimensions and other accessory elements and materials used in the manufacture of the cover for covering a vehicle wheel of the present invention and the method for manufacturing the cover for covering a vehicle wheel may be suitably replaced with others that are technically equivalent and do not depart from the essence of the present invention and the scope defined by the following claims.

Claims

1. A cover for a vehicle wheel formed from a woven fabric band (1) arranged in an annular shape and having a circumferential path resulting from the annular shape, a band (1) having a proportion such that it can cover and encase the outer area of ​​a vehicle wheel (2), said textile band (1) having a central portion (11) along a circular path and at least one side portion (12) adjacent to said central portion (11) along the same circular path, said at least one adjacent side portion (12) of said band (1) having a surface density value lower than the surface density value of said central portion (11) of the same band (1); A cover for covering a vehicle wheel, wherein the band (1) has a continuity of fabric or cloth at the mutual contact between the central portion (11) and the at least one adjacent side portion (12), and the band (1) is formed as one and the same piece or body of fabric.

2. 2. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein the band (1) can cover all or part of at least a rotation band (21) and at least a side portion (22) of the vehicle wheel (2).

3. 3. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 2, wherein the central portion (11) of the band (1) corresponds to at least the rotation band (21) of a wheel (2), and at least one of the side portions (12) corresponds to at least one side portion (22) of the same wheel (2).

4. 4. The cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 3, wherein the central portion (11) of the band (1) corresponds to the rotation band (21) and corresponds to a part of at least one of the side portions (22) of the wheel (2).

5. 2. A cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein on either side of the central portion (11) of the band (1) there are at least two adjacent side portions (12) that follow the circular path of the annular shape of the band (1), so that on either side of the central portion (11) of the band (1) there are at least two adjacent side portions (12) that follow the circular path of the annular shape of the band (1).

6. 6. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 5, wherein the central portion (11) of the band (1) corresponds to at least a rotation band (21) of a wheel (2), and at least one adjacent side portion (12) corresponds to each side (22) of the wheel (2).

7. 7. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 6, wherein the band (1) has adjacent side portions (12) arranged on both sides of the central portion (11) along the circular path of the annular shape of the band (1).

8. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 6, wherein the side portions (12) of the band (1) are symmetrical with respect to the central portion (11) of the same band (1).

9. A cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein said band (1) incorporates elastic means (13) on at least one of its lateral sides along the circumferential path of said annular shape.

10. 10. A cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, made in whole or in part from a polymeric or similar material.

11. 2. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein the wheel (2) houses a tire.

12. 2. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein the central portion (11) of the band (1) has a protrusion (14) on its surface.

13. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 12, wherein said projections (14) are arranged in a straight line.

14. 14. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 13, wherein said projections (14) are arranged in a linear and rectangular pattern.

15. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 14, characterized in that the projections (14) are arranged in a linear and rectangular manner and are oriented parallel to the axis of the annular arrangement of the band (1).

16. 2. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein said fabric band (1) incorporates metal threads in the whole or partial shape of its constituent fabric.

17. 17. The cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 16, wherein all or part of said metal threads are made of titanium.

18. 17. The cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 16, wherein all or part of the metal threads are made of stainless steel.

19. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 16, when relying on any one of claims 12 to 15, wherein the projections (14) of the band (1) are metallic.

20. A cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, wherein said band (1) incorporates in its construction at least threads of polymeric or similar nature and threads of metallic or similar nature at the same time.

21. 1. A method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel, comprising: warp threads (100) supplied from a warp beam (101) and arranged and fed along the warp beam (101); and weft threads (200) supplied from a creel (201) and arranged and fed along the creel (201), so that the warp beam (101) and the weft creel (201) are positioned relative to each other, thereby enabling the formation of a fabric band (1), comprising:

1. A method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel, wherein the amount and / or properties of the supplied warp threads (100) are non-uniform along the same warp beam (101), so that the textile band (1) has different surface densities along its surface depending on the non-uniformity in the amount and / or properties of the warp threads (100) supplied along the same warp beam (101).

22. 22. A method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 21, wherein the quantity and / or properties of the weft threads (200) supplied are non-uniform along the creel (201), as a result of which the fabric band (1) has protrusions (14) on its surface which are the result of different weft threads (200) supplied from the creel (201), the protrusions (14) being arranged in the direction of arrangement of the weft threads (200) supplied from the creel (201).

23. 23. The method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 22, wherein different weft threads (200) have different thicknesses.

24. 23. The method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 22, wherein a plurality of the weft threads (200) supplied to the same creel (201) are collected to result in different weft threads (200).

25. 22. The method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 21, wherein all or part of the warp threads (100) and / or the weft threads (200) are made of metal.

26. 26. A method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 25, wherein all or part of the warp threads (100) and / or the weft threads (200) are made of titanium.

27. 26. A method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 25, wherein all or part of the warp threads (100) and / or the weft threads (200) are made of stainless steel.

28. 26. The method for manufacturing a cover for a vehicle wheel according to claim 25, wherein the warp threads (100) and / or the weft threads (200) are simultaneously interwoven with at least one thread of polymeric or similar nature and at least one thread of metallic or similar nature.

29. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 1, obtained by the manufacturing method according to claim 21.

30. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 12, obtained by the method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel cover according to claim 22.

31. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 16, obtained by the manufacturing method according to claim 25.

32. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 17, obtained by the manufacturing method according to claim 26.

33. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 18, obtained by the manufacturing method according to claim 27.

34. A cover for covering a vehicle wheel according to claim 20, obtained by the method according to claim 28.

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