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AssigneeMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorsSerge Nicolas, Gerard Crosnier, Daniel Goy
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A method of the type in which a strip of rubber is moved continuously from a rubber-supplier device to a consumer device. During the continuous movement and prior to reaching the consumer device, a portion, referred to as the residue, is taken continuously from the strip of rubber. The residue is taken by continuously cutting the strip of rubber. For example, the supplier device includes upstream storage means for storing the strip of rubber from which the strip is moved toward the extruder, and downstream storage means in which the residue is stored. After the strip of rubber on the upstream storage means has been used up, the upstream and downstream storage means are swapped with each other.
A method of feeding rubber to at least one rubber-consumer device, the method being of the type in which a strip of rubber is moved continuously from a rubber-supplier device to a consumer device, wherein during the continuous movement and before reaching the consumer device, a portion, referred to as the residue, is taken continuously from the strip of rubber and stored in downstream storage means, wherein the supplier device includes upstream storage means for storing rubber from which the strip of rubber is moved toward the consumer device, with the upstream and downstream storage means being swapped after the strip of rubber in the upstream storage means has been used up.
An installation for feeding rubber to at least one rubber-consumer device, the installation being of the type comprising means for continuously moving a strip of rubber from a rubber-supplier device to a consumer device, wherein the installation includes taker means for continuously taking a portion, referred to as the residue, from the strip of rubber, said taker means being arranged upstream from the consumer device, upstream rubber storage means from which the strip of rubber is for being moved toward the consumer device, the supplier device further including downstream storage means for storing the residue, and swap means for swapping the upstream and downstream storage means.
The installation according to claim 7, including means for automatically positioning cutter means transversely relative to the longitudinal edges of the strip of rubber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.