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US 11,884,033 B2Granted
Method and station for applying a sensing device to a tyre
AssigneePirelli Tyre S.p.A.
InventorsLorenzo Avanzini, Cristiano Puppi, Albert Berenguer, Matteo Accorra', Erika Vaniglia
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Abstract
A method and a related station for applying a sensing device to a tyre are described. A tape-shaped support with removably fixed sensing devices is advanced, to feed the sensing devices in sequence. A handling device is then rigidly coupled to a sensing device, maintaining at least a portion of an adhesion surface of the sensing device removably fixed to a support. The sensing device is then completely separated from the support, taken away by the handling device, and applied to an inner surface of a tyre by the handling device.
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A method for applying a sensing device to a tyre, the method comprising:
- providing a tape-shaped support and a plurality of sensing devices, each sensing device having a sensing device characteristic direction, wherein each sensing device is removably fixed to the tape-shaped support at an adhesion surface of said each sensing device;
- providing a handling device having a handling device characteristic direction;
- feeding in sequence a set of tyres for vehicle wheels;
- advancing said support for feeding in sequence said plurality of sensing devices along a respective feeding direction, wherein a first angular relation between said sensing device characteristic direction of each sensing device and said feeding direction is predetermined and is equal for all the sensing devices;
- for each tyre of said set of tyres, rigidly coupling said handling device to a respective sensing device maintaining at least a portion of said adhesion surface of said respective sensing device removably fixed to said support, wherein said rigidly coupling is performed with a predetermined second angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and said feeding direction to achieve a predetermined third angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and said sensing device characteristic direction;
- maintaining said third angular relation, completely separating said respective sensing device from said support and taking said respective sensing device away by said handling device;
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- maintaining said third angular relation, applying said respective sensing device to an inner surface of said each tyre by said handling device arranged in order to achieve a predetermined fourth angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and a direction of intersection of an equatorial plane with the inner surface of said each tyre.
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A station for applying a sensing device to a tyre, the station comprising:
- a handling device having a handling device characteristic direction;
- a first apparatus comprising:
- i) an advancement system for advancing a support, the support having a tape-shaped conformation and on which a plurality of sensing devices are removably fixed at a respective adhesion surface of each sensing device, for feeding in sequence said plurality of sensing devices along a feeding direction, wherein a first angular relation between a sensing device characteristic direction of each sensing device and said feeding direction is predetermined and is equal for all the sensing devices,
- ii) a coupling system for coupling said handling device with said each sensing device at a coupling bay, wherein said each sensing device has at least a portion of said adhesion surface removably fixed to said support, the coupling system being configured to achieve a predetermined second angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and said feeding direction to achieve a predetermined third angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and said sensing device characteristic direction of said each sensing device, wherein the handling device is configured to rigidly maintain said third angular relation, and
- iii) a separation system for separating said support from each sensing device at a separation bay;
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- a second apparatus, comprising:
- i) a positioning system for positioning a respective tyre for said each sensing device, and
- ii) an application system for applying said each sensing device to an inner surface of the respective tyre, wherein the application system comprises a housing seat of said handling device, the housing seat being structured to achieve a predetermined fourth angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and a direction of intersection of an equatorial plane with the inner surface of said each tyre when positioned in the positioning system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.