Device for cutting a profile of a tire tread in a rubber profiled element, and cutting method using such a device
AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsCHRISTOPHE BESSAC, CLÉMENT NAGODE
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Abstract
A device for cutting the profile of a tyre tread (B) in a profiled element made of a raw rubber mixture comprises a frame (1) supporting a cutting assembly (2) and travel means (3) which make it possible for said profiled element (B) to be cut to travel in front of said cutting assembly (2), said cutting assembly (2) comprising at least one cutter (4) for cutting a longitudinal groove (S) in the outer face of said profiled element (B) and means (5) for inducing vibration in said cutter (4) in a transverse direction perpendicular to the direction of travel (X-X′) of said profiled element.
Claims17
-15. (canceled)
A device for cutting the profile of a tire tread in a profiled element made of a raw rubber mixture, the device comprising:
- a frame supporting a cutting assembly;
- and
- travel means configured to move the profiled element through the cutting assembly,
- wherein the cutting assembly comprises at least one cutter for cutting a longitudinal groove in an outer face of the profiled element and vibration-inducing means for inducing vibration in the at least one cutter in a transverse direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the profiled element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.