Marker positioner
AssigneeAkron Special Machinery, Inc.
InventorsRichard L. Delmoro, Dave Krause
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Abstract
A tire uniformity machine for analyzing a tire having a process controller in communication with a plurality of sensors for determining the physical characteristics of the tire, the marking assembly comprising a positioning assembly near the tire uniformity machine and in communication with the process controller; a marker operatively attached to the positioning assembly such that upon receiving a signal from the process controller the positioning assembly locates the marker in operative relation to the tire.
Claims14
A marking assembly, in a tire uniformity machine, for analyzing a tire, having a process controller in communication with a plurality of sensors for determining the physical characteristics of the tire, the marking assembly comprising:
- (a) a marker adapted to selectively apply a mark to the tire at a selected position thereon;
- (b) a positioning assembly in communication with the process controller, wherein said marker is supported on said positioning assembly, wherein said positioning assembly is adapted to move said marker to said selected position upon receiving a signal from the process controller and wherein said marker is adapted to apply a mark upon receiving a signal from the process controller;
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- (c) wherein the position assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator, wherein the first actuator moves in a plane generally parallel to a radial plane of the tire and the second actuator moves parallel to an axial plane defined by the tire.
A marking assembly, in a tire uniformity machine, for analyzing a tire, having a process controller in communication with a plurality of sensors for determining the physical characteristics of the tire, the marking assembly comprising:
- (a) a marker adapted to selectively apply a mark to the tire at a selected position thereon;
- (b) a positioning assembly in communication with the process controller, wherein said marker is supported on said positioning assembly, wherein said positioning assembly is adapted to move said marker to said selected position upon receiving a signal from the process controller and wherein said marker is adapted to apply a mark upon receiving a signal from the process controller;
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- (c) wherein the positioning assembly includes a first actuator adjacent the uniformity machine having a first axis, a second actuator operatively attached to the first actuator having a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis.
A marking assembly, in a tire uniformity machine having a process controller wherein the machine receives a test tire, the marking assembly comprising a positioning assembly located operatively with respect to the tire;
- and a first marker operatively located with respect to the tire and a second marker opposite the first marker in similar relation to the tire, whereby upon receiving a signal from the process controller, the positioning assembly locates the first and second markers on either side of the tire for applying a pair of marks thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.