Bead core coating method and bead core coating apparatus

A bead core coating method for coating an annular bead core with a belt-shaped rubber sheet, the bead core coating method comprising the steps of:

• winding the rubber sheet extruded through a mouthpiece by an extruder on an outer circumferential surface of a rotary drum from a leading end of the rubber sheet;
• sticking, from the leading end, a part in a width direction of the rubber sheet existing on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum to an outer surface of the bead core which is in rotation, before the rubber sheet is wound around an entire circumference of the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum;
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• winding a remaining part in the width direction of the rubber sheet stuck on the outer surface of the bead core while sequentially sticking the remaining part in the width direction along the outer surface of the bead core from the part in the width direction toward an end in the width direction,
• wherein in the step of winding the rubber sheet around the outer surface of the bead core, air is blown to a sheet portion including the end that is not stuck to the outer surface of the bead core in the currently-winding rubber sheet in a first direction toward the end along a sheet surface or a second direction inclined toward an outer surface side of the bead core as compared with the first direction,
• the rotary drum is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the bead core, and a central portion in the width direction of the rubber sheet is stuck to an inner circumferential surface of the bead core which is in rotation, and
• in the step of winding the rubber sheet around the outer surface of the bead core, after a sheet portion including one end in the width direction of the rubber sheet is wound, a sheet portion including the other end is wound,
• air is blown to the sheet portion including the other end,
• wherein in the step of winding the rubber sheet around the outer surface of the bead core, the one end of the sheet portion in the width direction of the rubber sheet is wound and bent along an upper surface of the bead core in a direction of an outer circumferential surface of the bead core,
• the one end of the sheet portion in the width direction of the rubber sheet is crimped to the upper side surface of the bead core,
• the other end of the sheet portion is wound bent along an upper surface of the bead core in an opposite direction in a width direction to the one end of the sheet portion, and
• the other end of the sheet portion in the width direction of the rubber sheet is crimped to the upper side surface of the bead core, and wherein the air is blown to the other end before it is crimped to the upper side surface of the bead core.