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US 11,446,888 B2Granted
Method and device for attaching sound absorbing member to tire inner face
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorYukihisa Takahashi
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Abstract
Provided are a method and a device for attaching a sound absorbing member to an inner face of a tire. In a state that an adhesive is interposed between a first face of a sound absorbing member and an inner face of the tire, the sound absorbing member is placed, and an expandable and contractible bag placed inside the tire is expanded, and the expanded bag presses a second face of the sound absorbing member to bond the first face to the inner face of the tire with the adhesive therebetween.
Claims7
A method for attaching a sound absorbing member to an inner face of a vulcanized tire, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the sound absorbing member on the inner face of the vulcanized tire with an adhesive interposed between a first face of the sound absorbing member and the inner face of the vulcanized tire;
- subsequent to placing the sound absorbing member on the inner face of the vulcanized tire, expanding a bag that is expandable and contractible disposed inside the vulcanized tire;
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- bonding the first face to the inner face of the vulcanized tire with the adhesive between the first face and the inner face of the vulcanized tire by pressing a second face of the sound absorbing member with the bag that is expanded.
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