Assembling and vulcanizing of tires
AssigneeSedepro
InventorDaniel Laurent
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Abstract
The present invention proposes a machine for the manufacture of tires on a core 1 which is used for the manufacture of sa8d tires from the start of the assembling until the vulcanizing. The machine comprises, arranged adjacent to each other on a frame 5, a tire assembly station 2 comprising means for forming the raw tire by depositing the different compounds on the core 1 in the order and place required by the architecture of the tire, a vulcanization station 3, and a support handling station 4, as well as a crane 7 for transporting the core 1 between the different stations.
Claims23
A tire manufacturing machine comprising at least one support forming, in configuration used for the assembly, a surface of revolution having a continuous shape, close to the final shape of manufacture of the tire, said support being used as a reference surface for the manufacture of said tires from the start of the assembling through the vulcanizations said machine further comprising in an arrangement adjacent each other and mounted on the same frame designed to be transportable and ready to operate:
- a tire assembly station having means for grasping and holding the support and means for building the raw tire by depositing on the support different components in the order and at the place required by the architecture of the tire,
- a vulcanization station, the stations being aligned along the frame, said machine further comprising means mounted on the frame for transporting the support between the different stations along an axis parallel to the aligned stations on the frame and means at each station for receiving the support from the support-transporting means.
A tire manufacturing machine comprising at least one support forming, in the configuration used for the assembly, a surface of revolution having a continuous shape close to the final shape of manufacture of the tire, said support being retractable radially, said support being used as reference surface for the manufacture of said tires from the start of assembling through vulcanization, said machine comprising
- a tire assembling station comprising means for grasping and holding the support and means for building the raw tire by depositing on the support different components in the order and at the place required by the architecture of the tire,
- a vulcanization station,
- a support handling station with means for radially retracting said support,
- a single frame designed to be transportable and on which the stations are mounted and aligned,
- said aligned stations on the frame defining a reference axis, and means mounted on the frame and guided along an axis parallel to the reference axis of the stations on the frame for transporting the support between the different stations and means at each station for receiving the support from the support-transporting means.
A tire manufacturing machine comprising at least one support forming, in the configuration used for the assembly a surface of revolution having a continuous shape close to the final shape of manufacture of the tire, said support being retractable radially said support being used as reference surface for the manufacture of said tire from the start of assembling through vulcanization, a tire assembling station including means for holding and rotating the support and means for building the raw tire by depositing on the support different components in the order and at the place required by the architecture of the tires a vulcanization station, a support handling station including means for radially retracting said support, a common frame designed to be transportable and on which all of said stations are supported for transportation to and for use at a tire manufacturing site, the stations being aligned on the frame, said aligned stations on the frame including a reference axis, means for receiving the support from the tire assembling station and transporting the support to the different stations for the vulcanization of the tire and removal of the tire from the support, guide means mounted on the frame for guiding the support-transporting means from station to station along an axis parallel to the reference axis of the stations on the frame and means at each station for receiving the support from the support-transporting means.
A tire manufacturing machine comprising a frame designed to be transportable to and ready to operate at a tire manufacturing site, at least one support forming, in configuration used for the assembly, a surface of revolution having a continuous shape, close to the final shape of manufacture of the tire, said support being used as a reference surface for the manufacture of said tire from the start of the assembling until after the vulcanization, means carried by said frame for dismantling said support to free the tire after vulcanization, means carried by said frame for reconstituting the support for use as a reference surface, a tire assembly station carried by said frame having means for holding and rotating the support and means for building the raw tire by depositing on the support different components in the order and at the place required by the architecture of the tire, a vulcanization station carried by said frame, said stations being arranged adjacent each other in a line on the frame, means for receiving the support from the tire assembly station and transporting the support between the stations, guide means mounted on at least one side of the frame for guiding the support transporting means along a line parallel to the in-line arrangement of the stations on the frame to positions adjacent the stations for the processing of the support at each station and means at each station for receiving the support from the support-transporting means.
A tire manufacturing machine comprising a frame designed to be transportable to a tire manufacturing site, at least one support forming, in configuration used for the assembly, a surface of revolution having a continuous shape, close to the final shape of manufacture of the tire, said support being used as a reference surface for the manufacture of said tire from the start of the assembling until after the vulcanization, a tire assembly station carried by said frame, having means for holding and rotating the support and means for building the raw tire by depositing on the support different components in the order and at the place required by the architecture of the tire, a vulcanization station carried by said frame for accommodating a plurality of supports for the vulcanization of the tires and including an encaser for encasing the raw tire on a support within an outer mold and for transmitting to the raw tire heat necessary for vulcanization and a transfer carriage for transporting the support and outer mold to and from a vulcanizing chamber, a support handling station carried by said frame for dismantling said support for freeing the tire after vulcanization and for reconstituting the support before its return to the assembly station to shape the raw tire, said stations being arranged adjacent each other on the same frame and aligned along an axis of the frame, means for receiving the support from the assembly station and transporting the support to the different stations, guide means mounted on at least one side of the frame for guiding the support transporting means from station to station along an axis parallel to the axis of the stations on the frame, means at each station for receiving the support from the support-transporting means and means imparting lateral movement to the support-transporting means to deliver the support to the support-receiving means at said station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.