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US 6,364,981 B1Granted
Forming and application of tire ply
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsMichael Wallace Smith, Donald Chester Kubinski, Bruce Thomas Choate
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Abstract
Forming a tubular tire ply from a flat sheet of wire reinforced material, cutting the ply to length and applying the ply to a drum.
Claims3
A method of building a tire comprising forming and cutting to length a tubular band of reinforced elastomeric material for applying to an inner liner on an expandable tire building drum characterized by:
- a. shaping a tube from a flat sheet of wire reinforced elastomeric material having a width equal to the circumference of said tube on a mandrel by gripping said tube and moving said tube axially of said mandrel, by a transfer mechanism,
- b. splicing the edges of said flat sleet with said reinforcing wires in said edges being in abutting relation,
- c. continuing to grip said tube and transfer said tube a predetermined distance to an anvil mounted on said mandrel,
- d. cutting said tube into a tubular band of a predetermined band length at said anvil,
- e. continuing to grip said tubular band and move said tubular band to a position over said inner liner, and
- f. applying other tire components over said tubular band.
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