Tire building machine and method for inspecting a tire component produced in said tire building machine
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorWillem Marinus Van Beek
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Abstract
A tire building machine for producing tire components and a method for inspecting tire components produced in a tire building machine are provided. The tire building machine includes a machine housing that defines a production area, one or more handling machines in said production area and an inspection station that defines an inspection area for inspection by a human operator of one or more of the tire components produced in the tire building machine. The inspection station is provided with a first door for physically separating the inspection area from the production area and a second door for controlling human access to the inspection area from outside the production area.
Claims24
A tire building machine for producing tire components, the tire building machine comprising:
- a machine housing that defines a production area and an inspection station,
- one or more handling machines in said production area,
- wherein the inspection station defines an inspection area for inspection by a human operator of one or more of the tire components produced in the tire building machine,
- wherein the inspection station is provided with a first door for physically separating the inspection area from the production area and a second door for controlling human access to the inspection area from outside the production area,
- wherein the first door is movable between a closed state in which the inspection area is physically separated from the production area and an open state in which the inspection area is accessible from the production area,
- wherein the first door, in the open state, opens the inspection area for access by at least one of the one or more handling machines, and
- wherein the one or more handling machines are operable to reach into the inspection area from the production area to place or remove the one or more tire components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.