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US 4,309,235 AGranted
Retractable bead setter assembly and method of operation thereof
AssigneeNational-Standard Company
InventorsEdwin E. Mallory, Hugh Bourassa
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AssigneeNational-Standard Company
InventorsEdwin E. Mallory, Hugh Bourassa
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A retractable bead setter assembly of the present invention for use with a tire building machine is comprised of a tire bead placing and end ply turn-up bag pusher means having a plurality of first segment elements movable radially therein and a plurality of alternately spaced second segment elements movable both radially and axially. The bead portion of the bead and filler material is positioned adjacent to the first segment elements and firmly gripped between the first and second segment element. The tire bead placing and end ply turn-up bag pusher means is axially moved inwardly to an inward bead set position perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire building machine and the clamp lock means is expanded radially to lock the tire carcass material to the bead.
Bead locating apparatus for use with a tire building machine having clamp lock means to lock the tire carcass material to a bead and/or bead and filler material, including in combination:
The method of locating beads or beads and filler material in a tire building apparatus having bead clamp means to lock the tire carcass material to the bead or to the beads and filler material, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.