Tire building applicator members and systems

US10307980B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · US

Inventors

• Boaz Eidelberg · Smithtown, US
• Mark Anthony Sieverding · Uniontown, US
• Robert Thomas Irwin · Hartville, US
• Max J. Miller, Jr. · Suffield, US
• Robert D. Irwin · Uniontown, US
• Peter Bruder · Ottersweier, DE
• James Wiley · Charlotte, US
• James M. Dunn · Irwin, US
• Brad Kraus · Medina, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29D30/1635
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An applicator assembly for applying a cord to a tire-building surface that rotates during tire construction. The applicator assembly includes an applicator member to apply the cord. A first rotary device rotates the applicator member about a first axis that is transverse to the surface. A first translation device moves the applicator member in a first linear path relative to the surface. The applicator member may include a roller and/or a resilient member. A second rotary device may rotate the applicator member and the first rotary device around a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. A second translation device may move the applicator member, the first rotary device, the second rotary device, and the first translation device. A system for applying the cord to a core member may further include a spindle to rotate the core member about the axis of rotation.