Tire provided with a temporary identification label
AssigneeBridgestone Europe NV/SA
InventorsFrancesco Iozia, Maria Cristina Caccami, Daniel Ghislain Devogelaer
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Abstract
A tire comprises a toroidal carcass, which has a central cavity and at least one body ply, which is partially folded onto itself and, hence, laterally has two turn-ups, each having an edge of the body ply resting against an intermediate portion of the body ply. Two annular beads are each surrounded by the body ply and having a bead core and a bead filler. An identification label is fixed in a removable manner, for example by gluing, and arranged in the area of an annular bead and supports a temporary RFID device, which can be read from a distance.
Claims20
A tire comprising:
- a toroidal carcass having a central cavity;
- a plurality of annular beads, each having at least one bead core;
- and
- an identification label, which is removably fixed to a surface of the toroidal carcass, and supports a temporary RFID device which is readable from a distance;
- wherein the identification label is arranged in the area of a respective one of the plurality of annular beads.
A logistics system for a warehouse for tires, in which the tires are arranged in stacks and are each provided with a toroidal carcass having a central cavity, a plurality of annular beads each having at least one bead core, and an identification label which is removably fixed to a surface of the toroidal carcass, the system comprising:
- for each tire, the identification label supporting a temporary RFID device which is readable from a distance and arranged in the area of a respective one of the plurality of annular beads;
- and
- a reader device configured to read the RFID devices from a distance and comprising at least one antenna.
A method of operating a warehouse for tires, in which the tires are each provided with a toroidal carcass having a central cavity, and a plurality of annular beads each having at least one bead core, the method comprising:
- applying an identification label to each tire in a removable manner and arranged in the area of a respective one of the plurality of annular beads, wherein the identification label for each tire supports a respective temporary RFID device which is readable from a distance;
- and
- stacking the tires in one or more stacks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.