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US 12,090,800 B2Granted
Air barrier material application systems and methods
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorJoseph D. Deering
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Abstract
A method of applying an air barrier to an inner surface of a tire includes placing the tire in a tire trimming machine, rotating the tire in the tire trimming machine as a part of a tire trimming operation, and while performing the tire trimming operation spraying the air barrier material onto the inner surface of the tire.
Claims12
A method of applying an air barrier material to an inner surface of a tire, the method comprising:
- placing the tire in a substantially horizontal position on a receiving platform of a tire trimming machine;
- centering the tire on the receiving platform with at least one centering roller;
- extending a spray nozzle from below the tire receiving platform to above the tire receiving platform such that the spray nozzle is directed at an inner surface of the tire;
- rotating the tire in the substantially horizontal position;
- trimming the tire while rotating the tire in the substantially horizontal position;
- and
- during the trimming, spraying the air barrier material with the spray nozzle onto the inner surface of the tire.
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A method of applying an air barrier material to an inner surface of a tire, the method comprising:
- placing the tire in a substantially horizontal position on a receiving platform of a tire trimming machine;
- moving the tire from the substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position;
- extending a spray nozzle such that the spray nozzle is directed at an inner surface of the tire;
- rotating the tire in the substantially vertical position;
- spraying the air barrier material with the spray nozzle onto the inner surface of the tire while rotating the tire in the substantially vertical position;
- returning the tire to the substantially horizontal position;
- trimming the tire;
- and
- conveying the tire away from the tire trimming machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.