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US 8,783,321 B2Granted
Plant for manufacturing a rubber-coated electronic component
AssigneesMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsAlain Sevaille, Pierre Wiel
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing at least one member comprising at least one rubber-coated electronic component, in which the component is placed in contact with a first strip of rubber and it is covered by a second strip of rubber so as to coat the component.
Claims10
A plant for manufacturing at least one member comprising at least one rubber-coated electronic component, the electronic component being adapted to be embedded into a tire or secured to a surface of the tire, comprising:
- running means for running two strips of rubber arranged to cause the strips to run from a first zone in which the strips are separated to a second zone wherein two respective faces of the two rubber strips are in contact with one another,
- placement means for placing the component on one of the respective faces of one of the two rubber strips, in a predetermined placement zone situated in the first zone,
- feeding means for feeding the placement means with components, such feeding means comprising a drum arranged between the placement means and storage means for storing components,
- wherein the feeding means comprise means for moving the drum in translation between the placement means and the storage means, and means for rotating the drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.