US 2011/0024053 A1 · Roller assembly for use during tire construction

Abstract

A roller assembly for use during tire construction includes a telescoping tube arrangement and a roller positioned thereabout. The telescoping tube arrangement has an inner tube section and an outer tube section and which can be adjusted in length to accommodate the width of the tire component under construction. The roller includes a cylindrical surface of a desired hardness which is positionable into engagement with the outer surface of the tire component under construction and which includes a plurality of roller sections which are positionable about the telescoping tube arrangement and in a side-by-side relationship with one another. In addition, each roller section defines a peripheral surface so that when the roller sections are positioned in a side-by-side relationship along the tube arrangement, the peripheral surfaces of the roller sections collectively provide the cylindrical surface of the roller.

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Dependent claims

A roller assembly for use during tire construction and which is positionable about a shaft which is supported along the width of a tire component under construction, the roller assembly comprising:

a telescoping tube arrangement having an inner tube section and an outer tube section and which arrangement is positionable about the shaft which is supported along with width of the tire component under construction and which can be adjusted in length to accommodate the width of the tire component under construction;
and
a roller having a cylindrical surface which is positionable into engagement with the outer surface of the tire component under construction and which includes a plurality of roller sections which are positionable about the telescoping tube arrangement and in a side-by-side relationship with one another, and each roller section defines a peripheral surface so that when the roller sections are positioned in a side-by-side relationship along the tube arrangement, the peripheral surfaces of the roller sections collectively provide the cylindrical surface of the roller.

A roller assembly for consolidating a tire carcass during a tire-building process or for marrying a belt and tread package to a tire carcass during a tire-building process, the roller assembly comprising:

a telescoping tube arrangement and
a roller positioned about the telescoping tube arrangement for engaging the outer surface of the tire carcass or belt and tread drum in order to consolidate a tire carcass or marrying the belt and tread drum to the tire carcass, the roller including a plurality of roller sections which are positionable in a side-by-side relationship along the length of the tube arrangement so that by adding roller sections along the length of the tube arrangement or by removing roller sections from the length of the tube arrangement, the length of the roller can be altered to accommodate the width of the tire carcass or the belt and tread drum being engaged.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Roller assembly for use during tire construction

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Roller assembly for use during tire construction

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Abstract

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