# US 10,864,693 B2 · Method and device for placing and attaching a strip inside a tire

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- Number: US 10,864,693 B2
- Document ID: US10864693B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/532,533
- Filed: 2015-12-03
- Published: 2017-12-07
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2014-12-04
- Assignees: Seeb Automation
- Applicants: Seeb Automation
- Inventors: Paul Badaroux
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864693B2

## CPC

- B29D 30/0685: {Incorporating auto-repairing or self-sealing arrangements or agents on or into tyres (auto-repairing or self-sealing arrangements or agents B29C73/16; puncture preventing arrangements B60C19/12)}
- B29D 30/0061: {Accessories, details or auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for}
- B29D 30/0681: {Parts of pneumatic tyres; accessories, auxiliary operations}
- B60C 5/007: {made from other material than rubber}
- B60C 17/04: utilising additional non-inflatable supports which become load-supporting in emergency
- B60C 19/002: {Noise damping elements provided in the tyre structure or attached thereto, e.g. in the tyre interior}
- B29D 2030/0072: {Attaching fasteners to tyres, e.g. patches, in order to connect devices to tyres}
- B29D 2030/0077: {Directly attaching monitoring devices to tyres before or after vulcanization, e.g. microchips}
- B29D 2030/0686: {Incorporating sealants on or into tyres not otherwise provided for; auxiliary operations therefore, e.g. preparation of the tyre}
- B29D 2030/0694: {the sealant being in the form of one or more narrow strips, e.g. applied by winding into the interior of the tyre}
- B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00)
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES

## Abstract

The invention presents a device and a method for placing and attaching a strip inside a tire. Specifically, the tire is positioned flat on a mounting between self-centering arms, and an adhesive device is placed inside the tire. While the tire is rotated, the strip is moved inside the tire, wherein a pressure force is applied to said strip. The strip is driven at a linear speed greater than the rotation speed of the tire, thus producing an effect of compressing said strip, the length of which becomes less than the nominal length thereof, thus creating a space between both ends of the strip such that, after release, the strip scrapes the adhesive device, which is repositioned on said ends, thus simultaneously causing said ends to be attached end to end.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for placing and attaching a strip inside a tire, the strip having a nominal length greater than or equal to an inner circumference of the tire, according to which method:
the tire is positioned flat on a support between self-centering arms having free or motorized ends bearing against a tread of the tire,
an adhesive product is arranged within the tire,
the tire is rotated,
the strip, to which a pressure force is applied, is moved inside the tire,
wherein said strip is driven at a linear speed greater than a rotation speed of the tire, thus producing an effect of compressing said strip, causing the strip, during said process of moving inside the tire, to have a length that becomes less than the nominal length thereof, thus creating a space between both ends of the strip such that, after release, the strip scrapes the adhesive product, which adhesive product is repositioned on said ends, thus simultaneously causing said ends to be attached end to end.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the pressure force is applied to the strip as it is moved inside the tire.