EP0000265A1 - Anneau expansible de transfert pour machine de confection des pneus - Google Patents

Anneau expansible de transfert pour machine de confection des pneus Download PDF

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EP0000265A1
EP0000265A1 EP78300068A EP78300068A EP0000265A1 EP 0000265 A1 EP0000265 A1 EP 0000265A1 EP 78300068 A EP78300068 A EP 78300068A EP 78300068 A EP78300068 A EP 78300068A EP 0000265 A1 EP0000265 A1 EP 0000265A1
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Marcus H. Collins
Kiritkumar R. Patel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
    • B29D30/08—Building tyres
    • B29D30/20—Building tyres by the flat-tyre method, i.e. building on cylindrical drums
    • B29D30/24—Drums
    • B29D30/26—Accessories or details, e.g. membranes, transfer rings
    • B29D30/2607—Devices for transferring annular tyre components during the building-up stage, e.g. from the first stage to the second stage building drum

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  • the present invention relates to an expandable carrier apparatus for transferring a tire portion from a first work station to a second work station and more specifically to an expandable carrier apparatus including an annular fluid expandable tube element including a plurality of gripper means disposed in an annular array on an annular peripheral surface thereof with the gripper means being operable to grip a tire portion disposed centrally thereof upon expansion of the tube element and the resultant decrease'in the diameter of the annular array of gripper means.
  • Transfer apparatus for tire building machines are known in the art. Most of the known transfer apparatus are extremely complicated which decreases their reliability and increases their cost.
  • One known such mechanism is disclosed in the Henley U.S. Patent No. 3 475 254 wherein a transfer apparatus 31 is disclosed.
  • the complexity of devices such as disclosed in the Henley patent leave much to be desired in providing a carrier apparatus which is reliable, simple in construction, and yet economical.
  • the present invention provides a new and improved expandable carrier apparatus for transferring a tread and a radial tread ply band from a building station to a further work station including an annular support member having an annular inner peripheral surface and a fluid expandable tube element having an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion.
  • the lower wall portion of the tube element is movable radially away from the upper wall portion upon expansion of the tube element and is t movable radially toward the upper wall portion upon contraction of the tube element.
  • the upper wall portion includes an annular peripheral surface bonded along a portion of the width thereof to the annular inner peripheral surface of the support member.
  • the lower wall portion includes an annular outer peripheral surface having a plurality of gripper means supported in an annular array thereon and operable to engage a tread and a radial tread ply band upon expansion of the tube element.
  • the gripper means is operable to engage and grip a tread and a radial tread ply band disposed centrally of the annular array of gripper means upon expansion of the tube element and the resultant decrease in diameter of the annular array of gripper means.
  • the tube elemeut when contracted effects an increase in the diameter of the annular array of gripper means to thereby release a tread and a radial tread ply band gripped thereby.
  • a plurality of ply bands are disposed in the lower wall portion of the tube element adjacent the plurality of gripper means to increase the rigidity of the lower wall portion to provide for uniform radial movement of the lower wall portion and gripper means upon expansion of the tube element to effect gripping of a tread and a radial tread ply band thereby and to prevent col-. lapse of the tube element upon contraction.
  • the present invention further provides a new and improved expandable carrier apparatus for transferring a portion of a built tire from a first work station to a second work station including an annular support member having an annular peripheral surface and a fluid expandable annular tube element having an upper wall portion having an outer peripheral surface adapted to be bonded to the annular peripheral surface of the support member and a lower wall portion cooperating with the upper wall portion to define an annular chamber for receiving fluid therein to effect expansion of the tube element.
  • the lower wall portion is movable in a radially inwardly direction away from the upper wall portion upon expansion of the tube clement and is movable in a radially outwardly direction toward the upper wall portion upon contraction of the tube element.
  • the lower wall portion includes an annular outer peripheral surface including a plurality of gripper means disposed in an annular array thereon.
  • the gripper means are operable to engage and grip a tire portion disposed in a position surrounded by the outer peripheral surface of the lower wall portion upon expansion of the tube element and operable to ungrip the tire portion upon subsequent contraction of the tube element.
  • the lower wall portion includes a plurality of ply bands disposed adjacent the outer peripheral surface to increase the rigidity of the outer peripheral surface to provide for uniform radial movement of the gripper means upon expansion of the tube element and to provide increased resiliency in the outer peripheral surface of the lower wall portion to enable the gripper means to release a tire portion gripped thereby upon contraction of the tube element.
  • Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the carrier apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a reduced scale side view of the carrier apparatus taken approximately along the lines of 2-2 of Figure 1 and showing the tube element in its contracted condition in full lines and in its expanded condition in phantom lines.
  • the expandable carrier apparatus 10 for transferring a portion of a built tire from a first work station to a second work station has been illustrated.
  • the expandable carrier apparatus 10 includes an annular support drum 12 having an annular peripheral surface 14 disposed thereon.
  • An annular fluid expandable tube element 16 is bonded to the annular peripheral surface 14 of the support drum 12.
  • a valve 18 is secured through an opening 20 in the support drum 12 and a suitable opening in the tube element 16.
  • the valve 13 is connected to a suitable source of fluid pressure (not illustrated), such as an air line, to enable fluid to be introduced into an annular cavity 22 in the tube element 16 to effect expansion of the tube element 16 and gripping of a portion of a tire as will be described more fully herein below.
  • the tube element 16 includes an upper wall portion 24 and a lower wall portion 26.
  • the upper and lower wall portion 24, 26 are connected by side wall portions 28.
  • the upper wall portion 24 includes an annular peripheral surface 30.
  • the annular peripheral surface 30 includes a raised portion 32 which is bonded to the annular peripheral surface 14 of the support drum 12. The width of the raised portion 32 of the annular peripheral surface 30 is less than the width of the tube element 16 and less than the width of the annular support drum 12.
  • the tube 16 it is necessary for the tube 16 to withstand approximately up to 30% circumferential strain or elongation upon expansion. The majority of this strain is concentrated in the side walls 28 of the tube 16. Thus, it is desirable to provide flexibility in the side walls 28 to allow for 30% circumferential strain. Minimizing the bonding area of the surface 30 enables the side walls 28 to flex without interference.
  • the annular raised surface portion 32 minimizes the area of bonding of the tube 16 to the support drum 12 to enable the tube 16 to be expanded without interfering with the movement of the side walls 28. This enables the lower wall portion 26 of the tube element 16 to uniformly expand in an inwardly radially direction away from the support drum 12.
  • the lower wall portion 26 includes an annular periphera- surface 34 upon which an annular array of gripper means or gripper blocks 36 is disposed. T'ne plurality of gripper blocks 36 are operable to engage with a portion of a tire 27, schematically illustrated in phantom lines in Figure 2, which has been disposed centrally of the annular array of gripper blocks 36 upon expansion of the tube element 16. Upon expansion of the tube element 16, the lower wall portion 26 moves in a radially inwardly direction along with the gripper blocks 36 to decrease the diameter of the annular array of gripper blocks.
  • the diameter of the annular array of gripper blocks 36 will decrease to enable the gripper blocks 36 to firmly grip the tire portion disposed centrally thereof. This will enable the carrier apparatus 10 to grip the tire portion and effect movement thereof to a desired position.
  • the tube element 16 is contracted, the tire portion which is gripped thereby will be released due to an increase in the diameter of the annular, array of gripper blocks 36.
  • the gripper blocks 36 are preferably constructed of a low durometer rubber which is softer than the rubber from which the walls of the tube element 16 are constructed to enable the gripper blocks 36 to conform to a tire portion to be gripped thereby.
  • the gripper blocks 36 are bonded to or formed integrally with the annular peripheral surface 34 of the tube element 16.
  • the adjacent gripper blocks 36 in the annular array of gripper blocks are separated by the rubber portions 38 which basically have a thickness equal to the thickness of the lower wall portion 34 of the tube'element 16.
  • the relatively thin portions 38 between the adjacent gripper blocks 36 allows movement of the wall portion 34 between adjacent gripper blocks 36 upon contraction and expansion of the tube element 16. This enables the annular array of gripper blocks 36 to maintain a substantially annular configuration upon expansion and contraction of the tube element 10 due to the resiliency of the portions 38 which connect the gripper blocks 36.
  • Such a construction enables the gripper blocks 36 to move in a substantially radial direction upon expansion and contraction of the tube element 16 to thereby insure that all of the gripper blocks positively engage a portion of the tire which is desired to be gripped. If the portions 38 were not flexible, deformation of the annular array of gripper blocks 36 would occur which would prevent all of the gripper blocks 36 from uniformly engaging with the surface of a tire portion to be gripped.
  • the tube element 16 includes an annular inner tube 40 which is constructed of rubber and preferably neoprene.
  • rubber and neoprene will be used interchangeably and it is Applicants intention that both such terms denote rubber or a resilient, nonporous rubber-like substance or the equivalent).
  • Bonded to the inner tube 40 are four bias plys 42 (schematically illustrated) which add strength to the tube element 16 without unduly increasing its stiffness which would limit its expandability.
  • a cover 44 which is in part (in the upper wall portion 24) bonded to the four biased plys is provided and is constructed of rubber and preferably neoprene.
  • a pair of ply bands 46 is interposed between the cover 44 and the four biased plys 42 in the lower wall portion 26 of the tube element 16.
  • the ply bands 46 may be bias ply bands or radial ply bands to add strength to the lower wall portion 26 but in the preferred embodiment are radial ply bands.
  • the two radial ply bands 46 are coextensive with the lower wall portion 26 of the tube element 16.
  • the two radial ply bands stiffen the lower wall portion 26 to prevent the tube 16 from collapsing upon contraction thereof.
  • the bands 46 add strength to the lower wall portion 26 to allow the gripper blocks 36 to be contracted upon contraction of the tube element 16 without the use of axuiliary springs.
  • the radial ply bands 46 do not extend around the total circumference of the tube 16 but rather are limited to the lower wall portion 26 adjacent the gripper blocks 36. This provides weaker side walls for large expansion to enable the tube to withstand a 30% circumferential strain upon gripping a portion of a tire.
  • the radial ply bands 46 also provide a strong lower wall portion 26 which support the gripper blocks 36. It is important in the construction of the tube that the side walls 28 remain flexible to allow for uniform radial expansion and contraction of the gripper blocks 36 while the lower wall portion 26 has an increased strength to control the radial movement of the gripper blocks 36 while providing for retraction of the lower wall portion 26 and the gripper blocks 36 upon contraction of the tube element 16.
  • the radial ply bands were to extend totally around the circumference of the tube 16, the side walls would be made too stiff to allow a 30% circumferential strain which normally occurs on expansion of the tube element 16. Accordingly, the radial ply bands only extend in the lower wall portion 26 and a portion of the side walls 28.
  • the carrier apparatus 19 is utilized to transfer a tread and a radial treat ply band for a radial tire from a work station in which the. band is constructed to a work station wherein the uncured tread is cured.
  • the carrier 10 is centered over a tread and a radial tread ply band when the tube element 10 is in its contracted condition.
  • the tube element is pressurized and expanded to decrease the diameter of the array of gripper blocks 36 and enable the gripper blocks 36 to engage and grip the peripheral edge of the tread and radial tread ply band.
  • the carrier is then moved to transfer the gripped tread and radial tread ply band to a predetermined location.
  • the tube element 16 is contracted to increase the diameter of the array of gripper blocks 36 to thereby release the gripped tread and radial tread ply band.
  • the present carrier apparatus could also be utilized for gripping and transporting other annular portions of a built tire between workstations.
  • the expandable carrier apparatus includes an annular support member having an annular inner peripheral surface and a fluid expandable annular tube element having an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion.
  • the upper wall portion includes an annular peripheral surface bonded along a portion of the width thereof to the inner peripheral surface of the support member and the lower wall portion includes an annular outer peripheral surface having a plurality of gripper means supported thereupon and operable to engage and grip a radial tread ply band upon expan- si.on of the tube element.
  • the lower wall portion includes a plurality of radial ply bands disposed adjacent to the plurality of gripper blocks to increase the. rigidity of the lower wall pcrtion to provide for uniform radial movement of the lower wall portion and the gripper means upon expansion of tube element and to prevent collapse of the tube element upon contraction.

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US05/813,152 US4148681A (en) 1977-07-05 1977-07-05 Expandable carrier apparatus for a tire building machine

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CA (1) CA1119933A (fr)
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IN (1) IN152173B (fr)
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GB2179912A (en) * 1985-09-03 1987-03-18 Kilner Vacuumation Limited Air operable article gripping device
EP0685324A2 (fr) * 1994-04-01 1995-12-06 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Procédé et dispositif d'application d'une bande de roulement

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FR1311177A (fr) * 1961-07-04 1962-12-07 Dunlop Sa Dispositif d'application d'éléments d'enveloppes de bandages pneumatiques
GB1149723A (en) * 1965-06-11 1969-04-23 Dunlop Co Ltd Improvements in and relating to tyre building apparatus
DE2360162A1 (de) * 1973-12-03 1975-06-12 Continental Gummi Werke Ag Vorrichtung zum aufnehmen und transportieren von ringfoermig aufgebauten einzelteilen fuer luftreifen
DE2459020A1 (de) * 1974-12-13 1976-06-16 Phoenix Gummiwerke Ag Vorrichtung zum anpressen von laufstreifen auf eine torusfoermige reifenkarkasse
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GB2179912A (en) * 1985-09-03 1987-03-18 Kilner Vacuumation Limited Air operable article gripping device
EP0685324A2 (fr) * 1994-04-01 1995-12-06 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Procédé et dispositif d'application d'une bande de roulement
EP0685324A3 (fr) * 1994-04-01 1996-03-13 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Procédé et dispositif d'application d'une bande de roulement.

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ES471455A1 (es) 1979-02-01
CA1119933A (fr) 1982-03-16
EP0000265B1 (fr) 1981-01-07
AR216334A1 (es) 1979-12-14
IT1109146B (it) 1985-12-16
IN152173B (fr) 1983-11-05
BR7804289A (pt) 1979-04-17
TR19870A (tr) 1980-03-21

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