CA1057693A - Strip conveyor with steering means - Google Patents

Strip conveyor with steering means

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CA1057693A
CA1057693A CA272,326A CA272326A CA1057693A CA 1057693 A CA1057693 A CA 1057693A CA 272326 A CA272326 A CA 272326A CA 1057693 A CA1057693 A CA 1057693A
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strip
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guide
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Antony Harding
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29DPRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D30/00Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • B29D30/06Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
    • B29D30/08Building tyres
    • B29D30/20Building tyres by the flat-tyre method, i.e. building on cylindrical drums
    • B29D30/24Drums
    • B29D30/26Accessories or details, e.g. membranes, transfer rings
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29DPRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D30/00Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • B29D30/06Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
    • B29D30/08Building tyres
    • B29D30/20Building tyres by the flat-tyre method, i.e. building on cylindrical drums
    • B29D30/30Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G39/00Rollers, e.g. drive rollers, or arrangements thereof incorporated in roller-ways or other types of mechanical conveyors 
    • B65G39/02Adaptations of individual rollers and supports therefor

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Tyre Moulding (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure A roller conveyor for carrying a running length of untensioned tire building strip material is provided with roller elements which rotate about axes displaced at smaller angler relative to the general direction of movement of the strip so that the strip being conveyed is urged into contact with a fixed guide. The arrange-ment is improved by substituting for conventional rollers cylindrical brushes having radially extending bristles sufficiently stiff to support the strip satisfactorily and as well to yield axially of the brush so as to limit the force applied to urge the strip against the guide.
The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawing and the following detailed description.

Description

The present invention relates to conveying9 and par-ticularly to conveying a running length of tire making material in web or strip form while steering the same to a predetermlned lateral alignment with respect to a given reference llne.
Broadly~ the in~ention comprises~ in an apparatus for conveying a t~re building component ln a desired direction which apparatus includes a longitudinal frame~ a plurality of rotatable carrylng elements supported on the frame and cooperable to form a com-ponent carrying surface~ the improvement wherein the elements comprise brushes of cylindrical form rotatable about axes~ said axes being parallel to each other and disposed ang~larly with respect to the desired direction.
The invention is found to be particularly useful - in the delivery to a tire building machine of components such as chafer stock and/or shoulder pad stock for building a tire These components are formed~ normally~ of ~ -- uncured rubber~ being of natural and/or synthetic rubber and compounds thereof without filamentary;reinforcement materials. The in~ention~ however~ can flnd application as well in web materials ~or building tires which in-clude filamentar~ rein~orcement materials.
A preferred embodiment of the invention illustrating the best mode now contemplated for the practice thereof will be described hereinbelow with reference to the attached drawings forming a part of the present specifica-tion and in which drawings:

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~5~7~i~3 Fig. l is a plan ~iew of an apparatus according to the lnvention;
Fig. 2 is a partial cross-section in elevation taken as indicated by the line 2-2 in Fig l;
Fig. 3 is a vièw of a conveying ~nd guidlng element of the apparatus of Fig. 1 oriented as indicated by the line 2-2 in Fig. l;
Figs~ ~ and 5 illustrate alternative embodiments of the element illustrated in Fig. 3.
Making reference to Figo l~ a rw~ning length strip S
of tire building material is illustrated as baing conveyed by the apparatus lO from its receiving end 12 to its delivery end l~o It will be appreciated that the apparatus 10 illustrated in Fig. 1 pre~erably is one of a pair of conveyors arranged symmetrically with respect to a .:
plane 15 coincident with or parallel to the mid-circumferential plane o~ a tire building drum (not . .
- shown) me conveyors~ being identical except as to hand~ are represented and described by the apparatus lO.
As the strip is moved forward by the apparatus lO
it is progressively displaced laterally from its path upon entering the apparatus at 12 to a new alignment with respect to a given reference line 16 before the strip leaves the apparatus at 14 as may be seen in the figure. The preferred alignment of the strip S as it leaves the apparatus 10 ~s de~ined by a gentle abutment ~ -2-.

i ~ S7 ~ ~ 3 of the edge S' with a flxed guide 18 forming a part of the apparatus 10. ~:.
me reference line 16, and in the apparatus 10, the guide 18~ can be positioned to suit the requirements of the succeeding operation on the strip. For example~
the guide 18 can be located in a plane normal to the axis of the tire building drum and at a selected distance from the mid-circumferential plane of such drum whereby the strip is delivered to the building drum at its intended location~ axially of the tire being built~
Making reference also to Fig. 2~ the strip is - conveyed forYard, in the direction of its own length~
as well as urged gently toward the alignment guide 18.
by a plurality of rotatable carrying elements 20 which ~ .
are rotatably supported in the frame 22 and cooperate to form a supporting surface. m e conveying elements comprise brushes of cylindrical form each rotatable about its own cylindrical axis 2~. The axes 24 of the several ~ rotatable elements 20 are parallel to each other These : ~ 20 axes are angularly adjustable with respect to the guide ;~
member 18. me apparatus 10 provides for ad~ustment of the angles of the respective axes from about 89 degrees to about 80 degrees with respect to the guide member.
` The degree o~ angularity of the axes controls the rate of lateral mo~ement of the strip. In building tires~
it is particularly important that the strip materials not be distorted and it is thus desirable that the strip S not be urged laterally so forcefully as to crowd it .:
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In accordance with the lnvention~ therefore~ the :
rota-table carrying elements 20 comprise brushes of cylindrical form in which a nmltiplicity of bunches of fiber bristles 21 are fixed in and extend radially 5 from a central core 23 which is mounted on a shaft 25 for rotation about the axis 24, In this way the carrying elements are provided with a soft elastically resilient surface which satisfactorily supports the running length strip S~ tends to carry the strip in a direction normal to the axis 2~ of the carrying element and yet is so yieldable as to prevent the exertlon of an ~ndue lateral thrust on the strip being carried thereon~
The apparatus illustrated in Fig, 1 comprises the rigid rectangular frame 22 comprising a pair of spaced .
parallel structural angles 31 and a parallel pair of end bars 33 connecting the respective ends of the structural angles, : .
The frame 22 includes a bar 35 of rectangular cross~
section fixed to and extending along one of the i:
structural angles 31 to accommodate a plurality of bearings 37 siaced therealong, ~: :
The frame 22 is carried on a parallel pair of cross rails 40 affixed to a suitable support structure l~2 so that the frame and a strip carried thereon can be disposed : .
in suitable alignment with a tire building drum ~not ~ :
shown). To provide lateral movement of the frame 22 in a direetion parallel to the axis of the tire building -~ ' .

~ 6 ~ 3 drum~ a parallel pair of traverse screws 44 are rotatably supported on the support structure tu co-operate with the threaded bushings 46 which are non-rotatably fixed to the frame so that the frame is moved laterally in response to rotation of the screws. The two traverse screws are corotatab7y connected by a chain 48 drivingly engaging the sprockets 49 co-rotatably fixed on the respective screws. The lateral adjustment of the position of the frame i5 e*fected by a crank 51 or the like engaged with the crank stub 53 on one of the traverse scre~s.
Rotation of the rotatable elements 20 is effected by a plurality of stub shafts 54 mounted rotatably in the bearings 37 and connected by the flexible couplings 56 to the shafts 25 of the respective elements. The stub shafts ~4 are corotatably connected by an endless chain 58 engaging each of the respective sprockets 60 corotatably mounted on the stub shafts 54, The stub shaft 54'~also aarries a sprocket 62 which is connected by a chain 64 to a sprocket 66 mounted corotatably on and laterally slidable along a drive shaft 68 which is mounted rotatably in a bearing 70 fixed to the support structure~ The drive sprocket 72 corotatably fixed on the shaft 68 is connected to drive means (not shown) which is drivable in timed relation with a tire bul}ding drum to which the strip is carried, ' : :
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~ ~7 ~ 3 To provide rOr adjustment of the angle o~ ~he axes 2'~ with respect to the guide 18, the ends o~ the shafts 25 are supported in the bushlngs 76. me plurality o~ bushings 76 are supported~ respecti~ly~
in sockets 78 in a slide bar 80. me bar 80 can be adjusted in the direction of the arrow 81 so that the angle between each of the axes 24 and the guide 18 Carl be adjusted ~rom 89 degrees to 80 degrees or less. ~lus, the rate at which the moving strip is steered toward and into contact with the guide can be adjusted to suit the particular strip being carried as well as the particular characteristics of the brush elements 20.
Referring to Fig. 3~ the preferred form o~ the rotatable conveying elemen-t 20 is a cylindrical brush comprising a multiplicity o~ ~iber bristles 21 disposed in bunches each of whlch is pressed into a hole 23a formed in the cylindrical core 23 and which core is mounted on the shaft 25. In the present embodiment a cylindrical brush 80 mm. in outside aiameter has a core ~0 of 50 mm. in diameter and is filled with nylon bristles ;~
the individual ~ibers of which are 0.5 mm. and disposed .
in bundlas of approximately 60 bristles each. me depth of the brush radially o~ the core is thus approximately 15 mm. at which dimensions the brushes have been ~ound to be su~iciently flexible to limit satis~actorily the lateral force on the strip ~ d t~ s inhlbit the ~. ~ . . : .~ :

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distortion of the edge of the strip as the same is urged toward the guide 18, Similarly~ the stiffness of the bristles is sufficient adequately to support the strip being con~eyed and to provide tangential ~orce ' sufficient to move the strip forward, ~ , :
With reference to Figs~ 4 and 5, the conveying elements 20 can be provided in al~ernate forms such as the element 90 of Fig, ~, or the element 95 of Fig. 5.
The conveying element 90 comprises a core 91 oylindrical in form of any suitable material arranged ~or mounting on a shaft such as the shaft 25, A sheet 92 of preformed ' material such a's rubber:~or a suitable plasti~c having ~ , atta`ched or integrally molded fingers 93 is~wrapped , about and secured to the core 91 by a suitable adhesive~
The fingers 93 are spaced axially and circumferentially of the core and project radially therefrom a sufficient distance to provide the desired~elastic resilience .
comparable to that described with respect to the bristles ~ . ' 21 of Fig, :3:0 : : .
20 ~ m e~conveying element 95 provides a multiplicity o~
radially proaecting fingers 96 spaced axially and circum~
ferentially of the element so as to pro~ide a suita'ble `~
degree of elastic resilience compara'ble to that descri'bed ln connection with Fig, 3. The .fingers 96 can 'be formed of a soft rubber or plastic sheet comparable in sti~ness : :' to the bristles 21~ integrally with:discs 97 a plurality o~ which c~n be stacked coaxially and mounted on the shaft 98, .
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~hile certain representative embodiments and details have been shown for the purpose of illustrating ~;
the invention, it wlll be apparent to those s~illed in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departin~ from the spirit or scope of the invention, ~.
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Claims (5)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. In apparatus for conveying a tire building component in a desired direction including a frame, a plurality of rotatable carrying elements supported on the frame and cooperable to form a component carrying surface supporting said component by contact only with its lower surface, the improvement wherein said elements comprise soft, elongated, cylindrical brushes each rotatable about an axis, the axes being parallel to each other and disposed angularly with respect to the desired direction, the upper surface of said component remaining free of contact.
2. Apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, further comprising a guide mounted on said frame and extending parallel to said direction and normal to said carrying surface.
3. Apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, further comprising drive means including a flexible coupling connected to each said element for rotating said elements at a common surface speed.
4. Apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, wherein each said element comprises a cylindrical core adapted for mounting on a shaft and a multiplicity of bunches of bristles in and extending radially of the core.
5. Apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, wherein each said element comprises a multiplicity of yieldable fingers extending radially with respect to said axis.
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