Bead-forming system with dedicated setup area
AssigneeBartell Machinery Systems, L.L.C.
InventorChristopher L. Johnson
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Abstract
A bead-forming system for forming a tire bead may include the following: a housing, a first bead former configured to facilitate the formation of the tire bead, and a base secured to the first bead former, where the first bead former includes a bead-receiving surface that is rotatable relative to the base. The base may be adjustable such that the first bead former is movable from a first position to a second position. The first position may be on a first side of the housing, and the second position may be on a second side of the housing. A second bead former may be located in the second position when the first bead former is located in the first position, where the second bead former is located in the first position when the first bead former is located in the second position.
Claims11
A bead-forming system for forming a tire bead, the bead-forming system comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a second side;
- a base that is positioned in the housing and that comprises a first former positioned in a first position on the first side and a second former positioned in a second position on the second side, wherein:
- the base is rotatable to simultaneously move the first former to the second position on the second side and the second former to the first position on the first side;
- the first former comprises a first diameter and the second former comprises a second diameter, which is different from the first diameter;
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- bead-winding equipment that is positioned on the first side and that is operational to wind wire around the first former when the first former is positioned in the first position on the first side, and to wind wire around the second former when the second former is positioned in the first position on the first side.
A method comprising:
- winding wire around a first bead former positioned on a first side of a housing;
- adjusting, on a second side of the housing and simultaneously with the wire being wound around the first bead former, a setting of a second bead former;
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- rotating, once bead formation on the first former is complete, the first former to the second side of the housing and the second former to the first side of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.