Apparatus for counting textile cords of tire reinforcement belt

An apparatus for counting textile cords of a tire reinforcement belt, the apparatus comprising:

• a feed roller having wound therearound a reinforcement belt on which a plurality of textile cords are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement belt;
• two or more take-up rollers configured to collect the reinforcement belt rolled out from the feed roller;
• a plurality of guide rollers interposed between the take-up rollers and configured to support a top surface or a bottom surface of the reinforcement belt rolled out from the feed roller;
• one or more light sources, each configured to emit a line of light onto a surface of the reinforcement belt that is passing around the guide rollers;
• one or more image sensors configured to capture images reflected off the surface of the reinforcement belt;
• and
• a cutting component configured to cut the reinforcement belt into a plurality of smaller belt units and pass the belt units therethrough,
• wherein each of the plurality of belt units having passed through the cutting component is transferred to either take-up roller A at an upper position or take-up roller B at a lower position, wherein when one belt unit is collected by either the take-up roller A or the take-up roller B, a following belt unit is collected by the other take-up roller.