Apparatus and method for producing tire

A tire producing apparatus including supply means that supplies a tire constituting member having one or more joint portions along a longitudinal direction and rotating means of a body to be formed, for forming an unvulcanized tire by winding the tire constituting member around the rotating body to be formed, the apparatus comprising:

• detection means that detects the joint portions of the tire constituting member;
• cutting means that cuts the tire constituting member into a length wound around the body to be formed and that cuts, when one of the joint portions is detected in a vicinity of a cutting position, the tire constituting member into a length shorter than the wound length while excluding the joint portion;
• extension means that extends, into the wound length, the tire constituting member which has been cut into the short length;
• front end holding attaching means and rear end holding attaching means that respectively hold and attach a front end portion and a rear end portion of the wound tire constituting member to the body to be formed;
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• movement means that moves the rear end holding attaching means holding the rear end portion of the tire constituting member toward the body to be formed up to a position where the rear end portion is attached as the tire constituting member having the front end portion attached to the body to be formed is wound around the body to be formed.