Apparatus for forming a tire breaker
AssigneeNational-Standard Company
InventorLarry C. Frazier
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Abstract
A tire breaker is formed from a cord on a gum base supported on a work belt. A rotor member is mounted above the work belt, and includes inner and outer cord engaging and laying means. Upon intermittent rotation of the rotor member, the cord engaging and laying means engage the cord, fold the same into successive side-by-side loops, and lay the loops on the gum base.
Claims17
Apparatus for forming a tire breaker from a cord on a gum base comprising a work belt supporting the gum base, a rotor member mounted on frame means for rotation above said work belt on an axis perpendicular to said work belt adjacent one side thereto, means for rotating said rotor member in increments of about 180.degree., a pair of diametrically opposed outer cord engaging and laying means carried by said rotor member on opposite sides of said axis, an inner cord engaging and laying means mounted on said frame means adjacent said axis, said cord engaging said inner cord engaging and laying means and wrapping around it to form a portion of one edge of said tire breaker during successive increments of rotation of said rotor member, said outer cord engaging and laying means during successive increments of rotation of said rotor member alternately engaging the cord and folding the same into successive side-by-side loops to form portions of the other edge of said tire breaker, and said inner and outer cord engaging and laying means laying each folded portion of the cord on the gum base at the termination of each increment of rotation of said rotor member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.