US3355346A - Automatic tire building apparatus - Google Patents

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US3355346A
US3355346A US338326A US33832664A US3355346A US 3355346 A US3355346 A US 3355346A US 338326 A US338326 A US 338326A US 33832664 A US33832664 A US 33832664A US 3355346 A US3355346 A US 3355346A
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Sheppard A Black
John D Heide
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Uniroyal Inc
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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
    • B29D30/005—General arrangement or lay-out of plants for the processing of tyres or parts thereof
    • 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

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  1. 5. A MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY BUILDING TIRES ON A SERIES OF DRUMS MOVABLE THROUGH THE MACHINE AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR WINDING LAYERS OF PLY FABRIC ON THE DRUMS AND MEANS FOR ADDING BEAD RINGS TO THE ENDS OF THE PLY LAYERS TO FORM CYLINDRICAL TIRE CARCASSES ON THE DRUMS, COMPRISING: A PLURAILTY OF MOVABLE DRUM CARRIERS; MEANS AT A LOADING STATION FOR LOADING SAID CARCASS BEARING DRUMS ONTO SAID DRUM CARRIERS; CONVEYING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID DRUM CARRIERS AND ADVANCING SAID DRUM CARRIERS IN EQUAL STEP-BY-STEP MOVEMENTS FROM SAID LOADING STATION THROUGH A PLURALITY OF EQUALLY SPACED SUCCESSIVE STATIONS LOCATED ALONG SAID CONVEYING MEANS, THE DRUM CARRIERS STOPPING AT EACH STATION BETWEEN ADVANCING MOVEMENTS OF SAID CONVEYING MEANS; AT LEAST ONE TREAD APPLICATOR UNIT LOCATED AT A STATION DOWNSTREAM OF SAID LOADING STATION FOR APPLYING TREADS TO SAID CARCASSES; AT LEAST ONE STITCHER
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US646248A US3388024A (en) 1964-01-17 1967-06-15 Tire carcass building drum
US646211A US3389032A (en) 1964-01-17 1967-06-15 Tire building methods

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