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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7524398 | Apparatus for making tire components, and a tire An apparatus for making a reinforced elastomeric fabric having a gauge thickness G and a cord spacing S, the apparatus comprising: a die having a plurality of holes for receiving a reinforcement cord, the holes providing a cord spacing of about S/2, a first and seco... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7431786 | Apparatus and method for affixing tire component member In an apparatus for affixing a tire component member, a capacity of a driving means for a traveling head is decreased, and start end positions of affixing the tire component member are aligned in a peripheral direction of a drum and a widthwise overlap amount betwee... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7361130 | System for production and subsequent palletizing of tube segments, bags or sacks A system for the production and subsequent palletizing of tube segments, bags, or sacks has at least one functional unit for production of tube segments, bags, or sacks, at least one device for depositing and stacking, which places and stacks the finished tube segme... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351299 | Device and process for storing and transferring strip-shaped products for use in making a tire cover A device for storing and transferring strip sections of rubber produced intended for making a tire cover, includes a storage cylinder mounted to rotate about a horizontal axis of revolution on a frame which is in turn mounted on a support. A flexible strip forming a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7317615 | Integrated circuit coolant microchannel assembly with manifold member that facilitates coolant line attachment An apparatus includes a microchannel structure having microchannels formed therein. The microchannels are to transport a coolant and to be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. The apparatus also includes a p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293683 | Packaging machine The present invention relates to a packaging machine which has transport means in the form of two transport chains (5, 6) for lateral grasping and transporting of a length of material (7) consisting of packaging material. In particular with longer plan... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287952 | Feeder load automation system and method of use A feeder load automation system and method of use including a lifting device capable of lifting a pallet of bundled product from a lowered positioned to a raised position and a platform positioned on the lifting device which holds the pallet of bundled product. A he... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7235147 | Method of forming tire component member There is provided a tire structural member forming method capable of forming a structural member of a tire for a vehicle at a low cost, using a simple mechanism satisfactory in space efficiency and capable of setting a band-shaped member of a predetermined length on... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7182834 | Method and apparatus for assembling narrow components onto a tire building drum A method and apparatus for assembling multiple tire components onto one or more tire building drums at a work station of a tire building system is disclosed. A first inner set of measuring drums is located at a first loading position between a second outer set of me... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7135080 | Method for winding strips on the building machine A strip member is wound by a tire building machine having a building drum for taking up a strip member of predetermined length without discrete ends and a transfer conveyor for feeding the strip member to the building drum. The winding-start end of the strip member ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7052568 | Tire retreading method A retreading method wherein a base composition and a cap composition are applied to a carcass (10) as two ribbons (14) and (16) extruded from separate extruders (18) and (20). The ribbons (14) and (16) can be layered ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037404 | False drum with a variable area vacuum-surface A false drum servers used in the manufacture of tires having a hollow cylindrical drum with a perforated surface on the drum through which air is drawn. The drawn air creating a suction surface for holding flat or sheet materials that are to be cut before transferri... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994140 | Device for constructing a belt for pneumatic vehicle tire Device for conveying and preparing belt construction strip having parallel reinforcing members embedded in belt construction material includes first and second conveying devices, successively positioned in the feed direction without lateral stops for belt constructi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938850 | Storing method and storing apparatus for elongated plastic deformation member To obtain a storing method for an elongated plastic deformation member in which the elongated plastic deformation member and a liner are overlapped and wound around a reel for storing the elongated plastic deformation member, whereby partial deformation or deformati... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6911113 | Apparatus for recapping tires An apparatus for recapping tires which includes a frame made up of two associated support structures, a first support structure including a mandrel for support of the tire, which mandrel rotates on a shaft, the mandrel being mounted for translation on the first supp... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899778 | Method and apparatus for preparing tire tread for a retread tire An apparatus for retreading tires is disclosed. The apparatus has a rotatable hub for the mounting of a buffed tire casing. The apparatus also has a cushion gum applicator that is configured to stretch a length of cushion gum onto a tire casing. Further, the apparat... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6834823 | Supply device for supplying rubber material to a cutting device Supply device for supplying rubber material (11) to a cutting device (3). In the direction away from the cutting device the supply device contains a supplying table (3) having a supplying mechanism (4), an unwinding trestle (7) con... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6773530 | Method for manufacturing tires on a flexible manufacturing system A method for simultaneously building a plurality of tire carcasses includes the tire building steps of establishing a sequence of work stations, each at a predefined location along a working axis extending through the work stations. Disconnected tire building drums ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6758931 | Method and apparatus for applying tire tread for a retread tire An apparatus for retreading tires is disclosed. The apparatus has a rotatable hub for the mounting of a buffed tire casing. The apparatus also has a cushion gum applicator that is configured to stretch a length of cushion gum onto a tire casing. Further, the apparat... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6736932 | Cutting segment for a false drum A cutting segment for a False Drum (100,200,300) having a cylindrical outer surface (202,306) comprises a slot (204,224,330) extending generally axially from end-to-end of the cylindrical surface, a door panel (322) having substantially t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6695949 | Feeding device for strip shaped tire components The invention relates to a feeding device for strip-shaped tire components. The inventive device is situated in a conveying device for a tire construction drum. The feeding device comprises one or several storage means, feeding and cutting devices pertain... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6676787 | False drum with a variable area vacuum-surface A false drum servers used in the manufacture of tires having a hollow cylindrical drum with a perforated surface on the drum through which air is drawn. The drawn air creating a suction surface for holding flat or sheet materials that are to be cut before... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6623598 | Apparatus for applying tread material onto a tire An apparatus for applying tread material onto a tire is provided and applies uncured tread material to the carcass of a tire having a tread surface and a flank. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a selected one of a rubber and a synthetic ma... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6602367 | Method for winding strips on the tire building machine A strip member is wound by a tire building machine having a building drum for taking up a strip member of predetermined length without discrete ends and a transfer conveyor for feeding the strip member to the building drum. The winding-start end of the st... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6554041 | Apparatus for making rubber component parts with conveyor for unvulcanized rubber tape An apparatus for making rubber component parts such as tire rubber parts comprises: a tape maker for making an unvulcanized rubber tape which comprises an extruder for extruding unvulcanized rubber; a winding drum around which the unvulcanized rubber tape... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6510773 | Method and apparatus for cutting elastomeric materials An apparatus for cutting segments from a long sheet of multilayered elastomeric material. An initial opening is formed in the sheet without severing reinforcing cords within the elastomeric sheet by a penetrator/separator. Two ultrasonic knives are insert... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6482282 | Method for storage, handling and application of precured tire innerliners A method of preparing a cylindrical-shaped innerliner (10) for storage. The method involves converting the innerliner (10) from a cylinder into a solid torodially-shaped donut (10A).... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6412730 | Device and method for storing elongated plastically deformable member A device and a method for storing an elongated plastically deformable member are provided in which, even if an elongated plastically deformable member and a liner are stored in a state of being superposed together and wound on a take-up reel, deformation ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6379493 | Device for transporting and depositing material strips Device for transporting material strips made of rubber or a rubber-like synthetic material and for depositing such material strips on an installation drum for pneumatic tires or its parts, in particular, for depositing narrow apex strips on a bellows drum... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6355136 | Ball screw tire tread guide Tread guides (24, 26, 28) supported on a frame (16) over a conveyor (10) have rollers (28) for engaging edges of the tread (14) an the conveyor and a constant centering force is provided by ball nuts (50, 52) in engagement with a ball screw (44) connected... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6139668 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously assembling a plurality of tires A tire assembly method and apparatus are disclosed which utilize at least two rotatable turrets (16, 18) that each have two drums (26, 28, 58, 60) and at least one transfer unit (156) for transferring tire components from one turret to another. The prefer... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6089844 | Extrusion device for retreading tires An extrusion device for tires has a heatable extruder for extruding and supplying an elastomer to a prepared and rotatably supported carcass being rotated in a direction of rotation for entraining the extruded elastomer. The extruder has at least one die ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6024817 | Method and apparatus for joining together the opposite ends of a belt-shaped member A belt-shaped member cut into a predetermined length is fed from a feeding devices to a tire forming drum and is wound on its cylindrical peripheral surface. Center portions of the opposite ends of the belt-shaped member are pushed to be joined to each ot... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5948207 | Assembly of devices for building a green tire for vehicles Assembly for building a green or non-vulcanized tire for vehicles, such as passenger cars, the assembly being provided with two, separately drivable, building drums (13, 16), in line with each other, for the belt and the tread; two carcass drums (40, 40')... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5935377 | Device for joining ends of material strips A device for joining ends of material strips of rubber or plastic materials with rubber properties, wherein the ends to be joined have areas of reduced wall thickness and wherein the end cut first is stretched shortly before joining the two ends, includes... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5911846 | Method of assembling pneumatic tires The invention eliminates the drawbacks that strip-like members develop curling sets during storage and that the amounts of shrink of strip-like members vary, and minimizes the amounts of remnants of strip-like members after formation of one lot and the nu... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5882457 | Tire tread guiding Tire building apparatus and method wherein the cut to length tread is transported to a drum on a conveyor having laterally movable driving rollers and inverted guide rollers engaging the inner surfaces of raised shoulders of the tread. Control of the trea... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5820726 | Apparatus for supplying sheet materials This invention provides a method of supplying sheet-like materials in which a plurality of sheet-like materials comprising tire constituent materials and cut into a predetermined size are conveyed by an applying conveyor means and applied onto a building ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5779850 | Apparatus for joining together the opposite ends of a belt-shaped member A belt-shaped member cut into a predetermined length is fed from a feeding devices to a tire forming drum and is wound on its cylindrical peripheral surface. Center portions of the opposite ends of the belt-shaped member are pushed to be joined to each ot... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5641376 | Tire forming system A tire forming system includes a belt drum (1), a band drum (2) and a shaping drum (3), which are linearly arranged in order on a base (9) from its one end to the other. A first drive unit (5) is arranged at one end of the base (9) and coaxially supports ... | 06/24/1997 |
