Apparatus for making rubber component parts with conveyor for unvulcanized rubber tape

An apparatus for making rubber component parts comprising:

• at least one tape maker for making an unvulcanized rubber tape,
• each of said at least one tape maker comprising an extruder for extruding unvulcanized rubber and a pair of compression rollers between which the extruded unvulcanized rubber passes to shape it into the unvulcanized rubber tape,
• a winding drum around which said unvulcanized rubber tape is wound into a rubber component part,
• at least one conveyor for conveying said unvulcanized rubber tape toward said winding drum, each of said at least one conveyor comprising a conveyor belt winding around rollers and having a right side which said unvulcanized rubber tape contacts and a reverse side, and
• at least one traverser for moving said conveyor belt in the axial direction of the winding drum,
• said conveyor belt looping between a position in which the conveyor belt receives the unvulcanized rubber tape from the compression rollers of the tape maker and a position adjacent said winding drum from which the unvulcanized rubber tape on the conveyor belt is released towards the winding drum;
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• means to move said conveyor belt from a position wherein said conveyor belt is in substantial contact with one of said compression rollers of the tape maker for receipt of said tape to a position spaced from said compression rollers.