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Tire retreading machine

US6251204A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateMay 3, 1999
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S156/909
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine for retreading tires, including a rotary chuck on which the tire to be treated is mounted and buffing tools, in which the chuck is mounted on a first carriage guided in rails and moved by a first motor, the buffing tools are carried by a second carriage guided in rails oriented parallel to the axis of rotation of the chuck and moved by a second motor, and in which provision is made for precisely positioning the first carriage relative to the second carriage and any relative displacement between the axis of rotation of the chuck and the center of the buffing tools is contained in a single plane passing through the axis of rotation of said chuck.

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