Cold branding apparatus for vulcanized tires
AssigneeThe B. F. Goodrich Company
InventorTroy E. Martindale
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Abstract
An apparatus for cold branding of vulcanized tires wherein an endless conveyor is suspended from a support frame having a plurality of stations located along the closed path of the conveyor. A plurality of branding machines are mounted on the conveyor for movement therewith along the endless path of the conveyor. The conveyor means and branding machines are moved intermittently along the closed path stopping at the stations for a predetermined time interval to provide unloading and loading of tires therefrom with the cold branding being done during the movement of the tires between the stations. Heating is provided to the branding machines for heating the branding heads for branding the sidewalls of a tire carried by the branding machines.
Claims15
An apparatus for the branding of tires comprising support frame means;
- conveyor means mounted on said support frame means having a closed endless path;
- a plurality of stations located along said closed path of said conveyor means;
- a plurality of branding machines mounted on said conveyor means for movement therewith;
- drive means connected to said conveyor means for moving said conveyor means and said branding machines along said path;
- control means connected to said drive means for intermittently moving said branding machine along said path and to start and stop said branding machines at said stations;
- each of said branding machines having the tire support means;
- each branding machine having branding means operative to brand a tire sidewall;
- and heating means connected to said branding means for heating said branding means to preselected temperature for vulcanizing indicia onto tires held by said tire support means.
An apparatus for the branding of pneumatic tires comprising an endless conveyor means;
- a plurality of stations along the path of said conveyor means;
- a plurality of branding machines;
- said conveyor means supporting said branding machines in spaced relationship for movement intermittently from one station to another in a closed path;
- conveying means at each of said stations for supplying and taking away tires;
- each branding machine having means for supporting a tire thereon;
- a stationary platen on said tire support means for supporting an inner portion of a sidewall of a tire;
- a bracket mounted on said support means for supporting the lower portion of a tire;
- cylinder means connected to said bracket for adjusting the position of said bracket relative to said stationary platen;
- a moveable platen mounted on said branding machine for movement toward and away from said stationary platen;
- said moveable platen having a branding head thereon;
- first actuating means operatively connected to said moveable platen for selectively adjusting the angular position of said moveable platen relative to said stationary platen;
- second actuating means connected to said moveable platen for movement thereof toward said stationary platen to carry said branding head into engagement with the sidewall of a tire supported by said stationary platen, and held by said tire supporting means;
- and means for heating said moveable platen and branding head to vulcanize an indicia on the sidewall of a tire upon engagement of the sidewall of a tire by said heated branding head.
An apparatus for the branding of tires comprising a platen having a front and rear plate member, said plate members having a planar surface for abutting each other;
- said platen having a pair of bores extending longitudinally therethrough with their central axis lying along the juncture of said planar surfaces;
- heating elements located in said first pair of bores;
- said front plate member having a pair of spaced bores extending horizontally therein;
- a third pair of bores extending from the lower portion of said front plate member intersecting said horizontally extending bores;
- a branding head having a pair of projections extending into said horizontally extending bores;
- locking means securing said branding head onto said front plate;
- said front plate having a pair of vertically extending bores extending from the upper surface portion downwardly therein, a second branding head received by said last mentioned bores for preheating thereof.
An apparatus for the branding of tires comprising support frame means;
- a turntable mounted on said support frame for rotation between a pair of spaced stations;
- a plurality of branding machines mounted on said turntable for movement therewith;
- drive means connected to said turntable for indexing said turntable and said branding machines in a predetermined pattern of movement between stations in a predetermined time sequence;
- each of said branding machines having the tire support means;
- each branding machine having branding means operative to brand a tire sidewall;
- and heating means connected to said branding means for heating said branding means to a preselected temperature for vulcanizing indicia onto tires held by said tire support means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.