| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 156117000 | Building tires directly from strands or cords | 87 |
| 20080196817 | Method and Plant for Manufacturing Tyres for Vehicle Wheels - A method and a plant for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels wherein the method includes the steps of: a) building in a building station a substantially cylindrical carcass structure; b) manufacturing in a finishing station a substantially cylindrical sleeve including a tread band applied at a radially outer position with respect to a belt structure including at least one belt layer. Step b) includes the steps of assembling a first belt structure at a first working position on a first auxiliary drum of the finishing station; applying a tread band at a second working position at a radially outer position with respect to a second belt structure previously assembled on a second auxiliary drum of the finishing station, positioning the first auxiliary drum supporting the first belt structure at the second working position; and positioning the second auxiliary drum supporting the substantially cylindrical sleeve thus obtained at a picking position of the finishing station. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080223507 | RUBBER SHEET JOINING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rubber sheet joining apparatus comprises: a cutting unit for cutting a ribbon of rubber sheet reinforced with cords to generate rubber sheet strips having different lengths; a sheet overlapping unit for overlapping and joining the rubber sheet strips having different lengths to make an overlapped and joined strip; first holding members for holding a front end portion of a following overlapped and joined strip; second holding members for holding a rear end portion of a preceding overlapped and joined strip; support guides for movably supporting the first holding members relative to the second holding members; and an operating unit for moving the first holding members relative to the second holding members to butt-join the side surfaces of two successive overlapped and joined strips held respectively by the first holding members and the second holding members to generate a ply sheet. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080223508 | Rubber strip, method for manufacturing tire and tire component member using same, and apparatus therefor - A method and apparatus for building a green tire or a tire component member by winding and laminating a rubber strip on a rigid core or a building drum. The apparatus includes a flattening roll and a rubber strip winder. The flattening roll flattens a projection of a stepped portion produced by overlapping portions of the rubber strip, and a roller of the flattening roll is moved so that it is constantly located at a given position with reference to the rigid core or building drum. The flattening roll moves in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the rubber strip winder during helical winding of the rubber strip on the rigid core or building drum. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080251185 | Device, an installation, and a method for applying a rubber strip against a tire blank - A device that enables a rubber strip to be applied to a tire blank. The device comprises a rubber extruder provided with an extrusion orifice for shaping the rubber strip and delivering said strip from the extruder. The orifice is defined by a roller mounted to rotate on the extruder. The device further comprises thrust means for thrusting the roller against the blank so that the roller constitutes an applicator for applying the rubber strip against the blank. The extruder is mounted to pivot about an axis so as to form a lever on which the thrust means act to thrust the roller against the strip. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080277046 | Guide for guiding reinforcement threads sprayed onto a surface during manufacture of a tire - Device for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid directly in its final position by spraying lengths of the thread onto a receiving surface. The thread lengths are delivered from a conduit to a guide as the conduit rotates about an axis. The guide includes deflectors forming therebetween a slot having a thread inlet orifice and a thread spray (discharge) orifice spaced apart along the guide's height. The separation between the deflectors narrows toward the spray orifice, wherein the deflectors form therebetween an angle in the range of 3° and 7° when measured at any point along the height of the slot. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080314504 | Method and Plant for Manufacturing Tyres for Vehicle Wheels - A method and a plant for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels. The method includes the steps of: a) building in a building station a substantially cylindrical carcass structure; b) manufacturing in a finishing station a substantially cylindrical sleeve including a tread band applied at a radially outer position with respect to a belt structure including at least one belt layer, step b) including the steps of: b1) assembling a first belt structure at a first working position on a first auxiliary drum of the finishing station; b2) applying at a second working position at least one first portion of the tread band at a radially outer position with respect to a second belt structure previously assembled on a second auxiliary drum of the finishing station; applying at at least one third working position at least one second portion of the tread band at a radially outer position with respect to a third belt structure assembled on at least one third auxiliary drum of the finishing station. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090038740 | Machines And Methods For Manufacturing Of An Object Closed Onto Itself - The invention relates to a machine for manufacturing an object closed onto itself, which machine comprises first means for guiding and carrying a tyre material to be arranged round the first means, characterized in that the first means can change form in controlled manner between a first form and a second form. The invention also relates to a machine for manufacturing an object closed onto itself, which machine comprises first means for guiding and supporting a tyre material to be arranged round the first means, characterized in that the machine also comprises sixth means for folding the tyre material arranged round the first means, for which purpose the sixth means comprise a number of folding members movable relative to each other, which folding members can engage on the tyre material for folding and can therein move inside recesses provided for this purpose in the first means. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing an object closed onto itself, comprising of arranging a tyre material round first means provided for this purpose . Such machines and methods can be applied particularly in the production of tyres for vehicles. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090084489 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE - A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire according to the present invention can improve productivity. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090090455 | SPRING LOADED TOOLING HEAD AND METHOD FOR TIRE CORD APPLICATION - A tooling head for bidirectional tire cord application to an annular surface reciprocates in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface. The tooling head includes a housing; a nose block assembly coupled to the housing and reciprocating in an axial direction relative to the tooling head housing; a pair of cord engaging rollers mounted to a remote end of the nose block assembly and moving therewith in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface, the rollers positioning at least one cord against the annular surface in the forward and reverse directions; and a biasing element engaging against the nose block assembly for alternatively biasing the rollers against the annular surface. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090090456 | SYNCHRONOUS DRIVE AND METHOD FOR TIRE CORD APPLICATION - A synchronous drive system and method for tire cord application to an annular core surface includes an arm that moves laterally about a first axis in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface. A cord application head is coupled to the arm and positions one or more cords on an on the annular surface in the forward and reverse directions. First and second ring motors are coupled to synchronously move the arm and rotate the core. The cord application head may further reciprocate about a second axis of rotation. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090090457 | TIRE CORD APPLICATION STATION AND METHOD - A ply application station for applying a tire carcass cord ply to an annular surface includes a plurality of applicator heads disposed at respective spaced apart circumferential locations about the annular surface, each applicator head proximally positioned to a respective assigned region of the annular surface. The system coordinates the application of at least one ply cord by each head to the annular surface region assigned respectively to each head. The plurality of applicator heads operate independently within their respective assigned regions while the core annular surface is rotatably indexed in order to achieve a desired cord ply pattern. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090095407 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE, AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - Reinforcing rubber which constitutes a reinforcing rubber layer in a pneumatic tire | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090151857 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RUBBER MEMBER FOR TIRE - The invention can reduce a step between rubber strips even in the case that the rubber strip is made thick, and inhibits a reduction of uniformity and tire quality, a deterioration of a tire outer appearance, and the like. A rubber strip ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090165929 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing a pneumatic tyre - A process and an apparatus for building a pneumatic tyre for vehicle wheels, in which the tyre includes a carcass structure including at least one carcass ply, at least one annular reinforcing structure associated with the carcass structure, a tread band at a position radially external to the carcass structure, and a pair of sidewalls at axially opposite positions on the carcass structure. The apparatus has a toroidal support and at least one turning-up device provided with an annularly continuous presser element axially translatable along the axis of the toroidal support and radially expandable and contractible relative to the axis of the toroidal support to contact the axially internal surfaces of the strip-like elements and turn them up around at least one reinforcing element. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090178757 | Method for regulating the strain of a tire reinforcement - A fabrication method for a tire comprising a circumferential reinforcement, the said method comprising a stage during which a thread is wound around a form, the tension of the thread being managed during winding, in which method the thread tension is managed through the length of a compensation loop acted upon by a spring. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090188607 | TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND RUBBER STRIP BONDING APPARATUS - The invention can surely accomplish lamination without the generation of voids in building a tire constructed to comprise a plurality of rubber members for a tire when a ribbon-shaped rubber strip (R) is spirally wound and laminated, and uses holding rolls ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090188608 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TIRE - This invention provides a method for manufacturing a tire in which the time necessary for the manufacture can be reduced without deteriorating uniformity in manufacturing the tire by a strip-build process. The method for manufacturing the tire comprises discharging a strip rubber (S) having a predetermined sectional shape by rubber discharging devices (A | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090236029 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR TYRES OF VEHICLES - In tyre manufacture, a belt structure is made by means of strip-like segments each including parallel cords incorporated into an elastomeric layer, which strip-like segments are sequentially laid down in mutual circumferential side by side relationship on a toroidal support. The apparatus for manufacturing such a reinforcing structure for vehicle tyres includes: a feeding unit to supply strip-like elements, each including threadlike elements disposed parallel to each other and at least partly coated with at least one layer of elastomeric material; a laying unit including at least one laying assembly to apply each of said strip-like elements onto a toroidal support according to a predetermined laying angle relative to a circumferential extension direction of the toroidal support itself, the laying unit including at least one presser element movable in contrast relationship against the outer surface of the toroidal support and at least one guide element to keep the strip-like element centered and guide it during laying of same, wherein the guide element includes at least one cavity in which the presser element is at least partly housed during laying of said strip-like element. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090242102 | FEEDING APPARATUS - The feeding apparatus is provided with a first feeding section for feeding a long-formed sheet in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, a second feeding section for feeding the long-formed sheet delivered from the first feeding section in a direction intersecting obliquely with the feeding direction of the first feeding section and a control section for controlling the first feeding section and the second feeding section so that the second feeding section starts to operate before the leading end of the long-formed sheet delivered from the first feeding section is in contact with the second feeding section. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090260744 | Device and Method for Building a Tyre - A tyre building machine ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090283203 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING PNEUMATIC TYRES - During building of a tyre, at least one component of elastomeric material is manufactured through application of an elongated element in the form of coils disposed side by side and/or superposed onto a forming support driven in rotation and transversely moved in front of an applicator device. The elongated element is formed by feeding a continuous thread element coming from an extruder between two shaping rollers. During formation, a detector operating close to the shaping rollers cyclically detects the width of the elongated element and the cross-section area of the continuous thread element to monitor the volumetric flow rate of the continuous thread element close to the shaping rollers. The feeding speed of the continuous thread element toward the shaping rollers is adjusted through feedback on the extruder or on a driving device operating downstream of the extruder itself, to keep the volumetric flow rate value within a predetermined range. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090294024 | Method of Manufacturing a Tyre Bead and Apparatus Therefor - A method for manufacturing a tyre for vehicle wheels, includes a carcass structure having at least one carcass ply associated with axially opposite annular anchoring structures. The method includes the steps of manufacturing at least one pair of annular anchoring structures of the carcass structure and associating the pair of annular anchoring structures with the at least one carcass ply at axially opposite end flaps of the carcass ply. The step of manufacturing each annular anchoring structure includes the steps of manufacturing a bead core and coating the bead core with a reinforcement tape through an apparatus. The step of coating the bead core includes the steps of winding the reinforcement tape onto the bead core moving a tape deposition member with respect to the bead core. The step of manufacturing the annular anchoring structure further includes a step of loading the reinforcement tape onto the tape deposition member. This last step is carried out simultaneously with at least part of the step of winding the reinforcement tape onto the bead core. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090294025 | Process for Forming Pneumatic Tire with Leno Cap Ply - A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarns in the longitudinal direction and a weft yarn in the weft direction. The pair of warp yarns comprises a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, where the second warp yarn has a force of elongation of between about 1 and 40% the force of elongation of the first warp yarn, where the second warp yarn is in tension, and where the second warp yarn has an elongation at break of greater than 2%. The leno weave tape is disposed in a flat pattern around the circumference of the carcass in the area of the belt ply. A method of making a pneumatic tire is also disclosed. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090301638 | Method for manufacturing a tyre and apparatus for laying a reinforcing element on a forming support - A method for manufacturing a tyre for vehicle wheels includes the steps of building a carcass structure, including at least one carcass ply associated with annular anchoring structures, on a forming support, building a belt structure in a radially outer position with respect to the carcass structure and building a tread band in a radially outer position with respect to the belt structure, wherein the at least one carcass ply, the annular anchoring structures and the belt structure each include at least one reinforcing element deposited in a radially outer position with respect to the forming support. The deposition of the at least one reinforcing element includes the steps of setting a first deposition path of the at least one reinforcing element on the forming support based upon a theoretical deposition profile; detecting the deviations between an actual deposition profile and the theoretical profile along the first deposition path, defining, based upon the deviations, an actual deposition path of the at least one reinforcing element on the forming support; and depositing the at least one reinforcing element on the forming support along the actual deposition path. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090301639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FABRICATING CARCASS MEMBER FOR TIRE - The invention can efficiently provide a carcass member constituting a carcass layer of a radial tire, particularly, a carcass member a direction of a cord of which constitutes an angle of substantially 90° relative to a tire circumferential direction, and can easily adjust a length in accordance with a size, one piece of a cord (C) is continuously passed through a rubber coating die ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100000660 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TIRE COMPONENT MEMBER - The present invention provides a method of producing a tire component member, which method allows rubber strip pieces to be sequentially attached without forming a gap therebetween. A method of producing a tire component member by diagonally and sequentially attaching a rubber strip piece | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100012259 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TIRE - A process for producing a tire, in which a tire improved in qualities, such as uniformity and weight balance, is produced through inhibiting of rubber lumping under the influence of gravitational force at the time of initiation of rubber discharge. There is provided a process for producing a tire, comprising, while rotating forming drum (B), discharging strip rubber (S) of given sectional configuration by means of injection molding machine (A) and sequentially winding the discharged strip rubber (S) around the forming drum (B) to thereby attain forming of a tire configuration, wherein the strip rubber (S) discharged from the injection molding machine (A) is dropped in a vertical downward direction and wound around the surface of the forming drum (B), and wherein the position of dropping of the strip rubber (S) is set so as to fall within the range of rotation upward 45° to rotation downward 90° with respect to, as a baseline, the segment binding the uppermost point and the center of rotation of the forming drum (B). | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100024959 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES - A carcass ply is applied around an outer surface of a building drum, according to an application diameter greater than the fitting diameter of the tyre. An annular anchoring structure defining the fitting diameter is coaxially engaged around each of the end flaps. A n outer sleeve including at least one belt structure possibly associated with a tread band is disposed at a coaxiaily centred position around the carcass sleeve applied onto the building drum. Through axial approaching of two halves forming the building drum, the carcass sleeve is shaped into a toroidal configuration to determine application of same against a radially internal surface of the outer sleeve. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100043948 | CORD ARRANGING METHOD USING GUIDE ROLLER AND CORD ARRANGING MACHINE - A cord arranging method using a guide roller and capable of forming annular cord structures of various shapes is disclosed. A guide roller | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100116414 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES - A plurality of strip-like elements is applied onto a forming drum externally having a substantially cylindrical laying surface. The strip-like elements are disposed in mutually approached relationship to form at least one first annular reinforcing layer on the forming drum itself set to a first work diameter at which each of the applied strip-like elements on the laying surface subtends an arc of a circumference of a width as large as a submultiple integer of the overall circumferential extension of the laying surface itself. Adjustment devices operating on the forming drum subsequently carry out expansion of the latter to a second work diameter larger than the first work diameter, while maintaining its laying surface substantially cylindrical. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100154974 | METHOD OF MAKING A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprising a tread, a carcass and a zigzag belt structure interposed between the carcass and the tread is provided. The zigzag belt structure is formed of at least two layers of cords interwoven together from a strip of rubber reinforced with one or more cords, wherein the strip forming the zigzag belt structure is layed up in a first zigzag winding extending from a first lateral belt edge to a second lateral belt edge in a zigzag wavelength having a first amplitude W | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100170624 | Method for the Wet Drawing of Steel Cables for Reinforcing Tires - A process for the wet drawing of a steel wire intended for reinforcing a pneumatic tire. The process starts from a steel wire having a diameter greater than 0.6 mm. The wire is drawn through a series of dies of decreasing diameter, in the presence of a lubricant composition that is in the form of an aqueous dispersion, down to a predetermined final diameter of less than 0.5 mm. The aqueous dispersion comprises solid particles of an ester of a fatty acid comprising from 5 to 40 carbon atoms. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175812 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A BELT MEMBER - The invention makes a rubber covering process for cords and processes of cutting and aligning cords a series of processes to enable simplification of installations and processes and manufactures a belt member of high quality, in which straightness and rubber adhesiveness of cords can be improved. As measures therefor, a belt member | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100193109 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE TYRES - During tyre manufacture, a belt structure is made according to the following steps: preparing strip-like elements, each including longitudinal thread elements disposed parallel to each other and at least partly coated with at least one layer of elastomeric material; applying the strip-like elements in mutually approached relationship along the circumferential extension of a toroidal support, following a predetermined laying trajectory identified on the toroidal support itself so as to form at least one reinforcing layer having a continuous circumferential extension around a geometric rotation axis. During application of each of the strip-like elements, the toroidal support is moved following a predetermined three-dimensional path in order to make the strip-like elements adhere to the outer surface of the toroidal support according to a longitudinal extension line of the strip-like element coincident with the predetermined laying trajectory. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100200151 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING PNEUMATIC TYRES - An apparatus for building pneumatic tyres includes a forming support and an assembling device to assemble components of elastomeric material on the forming support. The assembling device includes a feeding unit to deliver a continuous elongated element of elastomeric material, a conveyor having a moving surface along a predetermined direction and toward a proximal end thereof close to the forming support, and an application device positioned at the proximal end. The continuous elongated element is moved forward on the moving surface as far as the proximal end and the forming support is rotated to enable application of the continuous elongated element in the form of coils wound up on the forming support itself. A retaining device co-operates with the conveyor to brake the continuous elongated element at the end of the application, while the forming support goes on rotating, until it causes stretching and severing of the continuous elongated element. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100200152 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR TYRES OF VEHICLES - In tyre manufacture, a belt structure is made by means of strip-like segments, each including parallel cords incorporated into an elastomeric layer. The strip-like segments are sequentially laid down in mutual circumferential side by side relationship on a toroidal support. The apparatus for manufacturing such a reinforcing structure for vehicle tyres includes: a laying unit including at least one laying assembly designed to apply each of the strip-like elements onto a toroidal support according to a predetermined laying angle relative to a circumferential extension direction of the toroidal support itself; the laying assembly including at least a first presser element movable in contrast relationship against the outer surface of the toroidal support; the first presser element includes at least one tapered end adapted to perform the contrast relationship and forming a tilted side according to a tilt angle correspondent with the predetermined laying angle of the strip-like elements. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100212811 | Method, Apparatus and System for Processing of Vehicle Tyres - A method of processing a vehicle tyre and a thixotropic balancing substance ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100307663 | RUBBER STRIP MATERIAL EXTRUSION APPARATUS AND RUBBER STRIP MATERIAL EXTRUSION METHOD - An object is to extrude stably a rubber strip material of a predetermined cross-sectional shape without reducing an extruding speed of the rubber strip material from an extruding die. As a means therefor, there is provided an extrusion apparatus | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100326588 | Method of Manufacturing a Tire Comprising an Electrically Conductive Insert by Winding of Strips - Method of manufacturing a tire ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110000603 | METHOD OF FORMING TIRE INNERLINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PNEUMATIC TIRE - A method of forming a tire innerliner and a method of producing a pneumatic tire according to the present invention suppresses occurrence of an air pocket and avoids complicating the structure of a tire building machine. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110005660 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing unvulcanized tires - A ribbon-like element supplied from a supply source is wound on the rotating toroidal support member, when a first rotatable guide roller arranged spaced from the outer surface of the support member is moved in parallel with the meridian direction along the outer surface of the support member, and turned so that the direction of its rotational axis approaches a tangent relative to the outer surface of the winding member. A second guide roller is arranged on a straight line perpendicular to a plane containing the moving trajectory of the first guide roller and passing through the first guide roller, and has a rotational axis that extends in the widthwise direction of the ribbon-like body extending from the supply source toward the winding member. When the second guide roller is driven to achieve a parallel movement integrally with the first guide roller, the ribbon-like element contacts successively with the second and first guide rollers in this sequence, before it is supplied to the outer surface of the support member. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110056613 | APPARATUS FOR VULCANIZATION AND MOULDING OF TYRES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a vulcanisation and moulding apparatus for tyres and a method of manufacturing the same, the apparatus includes containment walls defining an inner surface delimiting a moulding cavity. The shape of the inner surface matches the final conformation to be given to the vulcanised tyre and includes a plurality of lamellae. Each lamella comprises at least one lug inserted in a respective seat formed in the inner surface and opening on the inner surface itself. The lug and the respective seat, along an insertion direction of the lamella into the seat, are at least partly misaligned relative to the work portion. The work portion of the lamella further comprises at least one abutment surface bearing against the inner surface of the moulding cavity. The seat is closed with an addition material by laser or tungsten inert gas welding, so as to lock the lamella in the moulding apparatus. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110079343 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF MANUFACTURING TIRE - A cord reinforcing layer | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110088832 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES - Auxiliary support members are brought into engagement with a building drum provided with a first outer circumferential surface. These auxiliary support members each have a second outer circumferential surface which extends in the continuation of the first outer circumferential surface. A separation element having a circumferential support surface is provided at a radially external position on each of the auxiliary support members. A component of the tyre is applied around each of the circumferential support surfaces and the auxiliary support members are subsequently axially moved away from the building drum, so as to radially contract the circumferential support surfaces to decouple them from the respective components of the tyre. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110100531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GREEN TIRES - An unvulcanized rubber member passed from the transfer terminal end of a liner to the outer peripheral surface of a winding roller is transferred and press-fitted to a winding body by rotating the winding roller. By this, the unvulcanized rubber member is transferred from the transfer terminal end of the liner to the winding body while being restrained by an outer peripheral surface of the winding roller. Thus, even if vibration is applied to a transfer means due to a diagonal waving, the winding position and the wound shape of the rubber member can be maintained substantially unchanged. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110146885 | METHOD FOR FORMING STRATIFIED RUBBER ARTICLE - A method and apparatus for applying a blended rubber composition directly onto a tire building drum or core is described. The method includes the steps of extruding a first rubber compound through a main extruder and a main gear pump. A second rubber compound is extruded through a second extruder and into a second gear pump. The output from the second gear pump is fed into the main extruder. The ratio of the first compound to the second compound is varied by adjusting the speed of the main gear pump and the speed of the second gear pump. A continuous strip of rubber formed of said first compound and said second compound is laid directly onto a tire building machine to form a first layer of rubber having a first blend ratio. The speed of the main gear pump and the second gear pump is adjusted to obtain a second blend ratio of said first compound to said second compound, and then a strip of rubber formed of said second blend ratio is applied to the tire building drum or core. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110146886 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING THE SAME - This invention provides a rubber composition comprising 1-10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a composition containing the compound as a main component based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component as well as a pneumatic tire in which at least one of a carcass ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110192526 | TIRE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tire manufacturing method in which a rubber strip is passed through and between a rotating pair of rollers and held by the lower roller. The rubber strip is moved to a formed body on a support, and wound helically and stacked. When the tip of the rubber strip is supplied, the rotational peripheral speed of the lower roller for stacking is made relatively slower than that of the upper roller to provide a difference in feeding amounts of the rubber strip by the rollers, and thus the tip of the rubber strip is guided to the lower roller side having a smaller feeding amount. After the tip of the rubber strip is held by the lower roller, the rotational peripheral speeds of the rollers are changed to the same speed, and the rubber strip is stacked. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110198017 | PROCESS FOR BUILDING TYRES - A process for building tyres, includes forming at least one component of the tyre being processed directly on a forming support. The tyre component consists of elastomeric material including reinforcing thread elements. The continuous ribbon-like element of elastomeric material including reinforcing thread elements is produced by feeding the reinforcing thread elements through openings defined by circumferential grooves formed in at least one of two guide rollers consisting of idler rollers facing each other, and by laying at least one layer of elastomeric material on the reinforcing thread elements. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110232831 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - An apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes a building drum having at least one first outer circumferential surface, and at least one pair of auxiliary support members removably in engagement with the building drum, each in axial side by side relationship with a respective end of the building drum and having second outer circumferential surfaces extending in the continuation of the first outer circumferential surface so as to support at least one component of the tyre. Each of the second outer circumferential surfaces has at least one non-stick circumferential portion and at least one sticking circumferential portion. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110240208 | PROCESS AND APPARTUS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - Building a carcass structure in the manufacturing of a tyre for vehicle wheels includes associating, at each end edge of a carcass ply laying on a forming support, at least one respective annular reinforcing structure obtained by depositing at least one respective reinforcing element. The deposition of the at least one respective reinforcing element includes feeding a continuous reinforced band-like element at a cutting unit, cutting to size at least one first reinforcing element from the continuous reinforced band-like element, moving the first reinforcing element from the cutting unit toward a first end edge of the carcass ply, positioning the first reinforcing element on the first end edge, cutting to size at least one second reinforcing element from the continuous reinforced band-like element, moving the second reinforcing element from the cutting unit toward a second end edge of the carcass ply opposite said first end edge, and positioning the second reinforcing element on the other end edge. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110297298 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A process for depositing an annular reinforcing element on an annular anchoring structure of a tyre for vehicle wheels. The annular anchoring structure includes at least one substantially circumferential annular insert with which at least one filling insert is associated. The process includes the steps of: loading the annular anchoring structure onto a service platform; associating the annular reinforcing element with an annular portion of a side surface of the filling insert in a radially outer position with respect to the substantially circumferential annular insert, so as to form a reinforced annular anchoring structure; and unloading the reinforced annular anchoring structure from the service platform. The reinforced anchoring structure thus obtained can be used in building a carcass structure in the manufacturing of tyres for vehicles. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120168059 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes a tire component having a plurality of individually dipped and tackified cords applied individually to the tire component. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120255667 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A process and an apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes assembling at least one tyre component through laying of strip-like elements disposed circumferentially close to each other on a deposition surface radially external to the forming drum, wherein laying of each strip-like element includes: radially moving the strip-like element close to the deposition surface; locking a central portion of the strip-like element against the deposition surface; and pulling the strip-like element in opposite directions starting from the central portion toward the opposite ends thereof, while the central portion is maintained in a locked condition against the deposition surface, so as to progressively lay down the strip-like element against the deposition surface. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120267038 | RUBBER STRIP MATERIAL EXTRUSION METHOD - An object is to extrude stably a rubber strip material of a predetermined cross-sectional shape without reducing an extruding speed of the rubber strip material from an extruding die. An extrusion method is provided for the rubber strip material which is used in a tire fabrication process in which an unvulcanized rubber strip material which is extruded from an extruding die of an extruding machine is wound spirally to build a tire rubber member, such that a pair of rotatable rolls are provided at a distal end portion of the extruding die in such a manner that their outer circumferential surfaces confront each other, and in that a rubber material is extruded continuously into a ribbon shape from a gap defined by the pair of confronting rolls. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130000824 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TYRE OF SPLICED STRIPS - Method for manufacturing a tyre from spliced strips, wherein the first strip is cut and the strip is placed on a discharge conveyor. After cutting the first strip a second strip is cut and placed on the discharge conveyor. After that the first and second strip are spliced. Between cutting the first strip and placing the second strip on the discharge conveyor the second strip is retained over the discharge conveyor, the projected separation distance between an end of the first strip and an end of the second strip to be spliced to said end is measured, and based on the measured separation distance the first strip is relatively displaced such with respect to the second strip that the end of the first strip is placed in the wanted position with respect to the second strip, after which the second strip is placed on the discharge conveyor. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130098537 | GREEN TIRE FORMING METHOD AND PNEUMATIC TIRE PRODUCING METHOD - A method includes a tubular carcass with core forming process (K | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130133811 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE - A manufacturing method of a pneumatic tire comprises a forming step of a tread rubber which includes a two-shot stage of simultaneously winding a first rubber ribbon constructed by a nonconductive rubber, and a second rubber ribbon constructed by a nonconductive rubber. In the two-shot stage, the first rubber ribbon and the second rubber ribbon which are adjacent to each other are spirally wound in such a manner as to come into contact with each other, and a ribbon winding position passes through an L-shaped route. A conductive rubber is partly provided in the first rubber ribbon in the winding process when the ribbon winding position passes through the L-shaped route. A conductive portion which spirally and continuously extends to the tread end from the ground-contacting surface and intermittently appears in the tire meridian cross section is formed by the conductive rubber. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130133812 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF PNEUMATIC TIRE - Two extruders are located at positions which are mutually shifted by 180 degrees around a rotation shaft of a rotary support, and are arranged at the same position in the rotation shaft direction of the rotary support, and each time the rotary support is rotated 180 degrees, the two extruders and the rotary support are caused to relatively move in the rotation shaft direction of the rotary support. In this manner, at least a portion of the pneumatic tire is molded by winding the rubber strip members onto the rotary support. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130186554 | TRAPEZOIDAL TIRE-BUILDING MANDRELS - Tire-building apparatus and methods. The apparatus includes a mandrel over which tire components may be assembled and built into a tire. The mandrel includes a central cylindrical portion defining a crown supporting surface, a first frusto-conical portion defining a first sidewall supporting surface, and a second frusto-conical portion defining a second sidewall supporting surface. The crown supporting surface, the first sidewall supporting surface, and the second sidewall supporting surfaces are arranged so that a radial cross section of the mandrel has a trapezoidal shape. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130192745 | STRIP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE - A strip of a thermoplastic elastomer to be wound spirally on a cylindrical drum for forming an inner liner for a tire having a shape close to a finished sectional shape is provided. The strip is formed of composite layers of (A) a first layer made of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer and (B) a second layer containing at least one of a styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer and a styrene-isobutylene diblock copolymer. The strip further has a strip main body and ear portions arranged on opposite sides thereof. The strip main body has a thickness (T | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130248085 | STRIP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention relates to a ribbon-shaped strip used for an inner liner and a method for manufacturing the strip. The strip is to be wound on an outer circumferential surface of a tire molding drum or a core body to form an inner liner. The strip has an inner layer disposed inwardly in a tire and an outer layer disposed outwardly in the tire. The inner layer and the outer layer are bonded to each other with their ends offset by 0.5 mm to 30 mm in a widthwise direction. At least one layer of the inner layer is formed of an elastomer composition containing a styrene-isobutylene-styrene block copolymer. At least one layer of the outer layer is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer composition. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130264003 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - During building of tyres, at least one first forming drum is employed which has a deposition surface and includes sectors radially movable relative to a geometric rotation axis, and circumferentially distributed one after the other. A plurality of strip-like elements is deposited in circumferential side by side relationship on the deposition surface set in the first deposition configuration, to form at least one component of at least one first crown structure. Setting of the deposition surface includes the actions of radially moving the sectors to give the deposition surface a predetermined diameter and carry out a relative movement between a central portion and axially external end portions of each sector to shape the deposition surface according to a predetermined curvature outline. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130276956 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A REINFORCING STRUCTURE OF A TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A process for manufacturing a reinforcing structure of a tyre for vehicle wheels, is carried out on a toroidal support including an outer surface, by means of at least one laying element, which can be oriented in space in a controlled way; the laying element including a laying surface adapted to act on a portion of a rubberized strip-like element for laying the same on the outer surface of the toroidal support. The reinforcing structure includes at least a first and a second radially superimposed reinforcing layers, each including a plurality of strip-like elements; each reinforcing layer having a circumferential extension about a rotation axis of the tyre and comprising thread-like reinforcing elements, arranged parallel to one another. The layers are arranged so that the reinforcing thread-like elements of the first reinforcing layer are oriented obliquely with respect to the equatorial plane of the tyre, and that the reinforcing thread-like elements of the second reinforcing layer also have an oblique orientation, crossed with respect to the thread-like elements of the first layer. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130284348 | TIRE BUILDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING TIRES - A tire building device includes a building drum for applying an inner liner thereon and a winding device for tire cords wherein the building drum is mounted to a drive shaft only on one of its sides, the drive shaft side. The winding device winds the tire cords onto the inner liner in the final shape also on completion of the tire. The winding device, substantially radially, winds the tire cords on the free side opposite the drive shaft transversely across the building drum and past the drive shaft on the drive shaft side. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130333825 | EXPANDABLE BLADDER FOR TYRE-CURING APPARATUSES, A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - An expandable bladder has at least one first layer of butyl material and one second layer of silicone material, radially external to the first layer. The first and second layers have an undulated interface profile defining mechanical-engagement elements between the first and second elastomer materials. A process for manufacturing bladder as well as a tyre moulding and vulcanising apparatus incorporating the bladder. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140034220 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - During tyre building, a crown structure is built through the actions of: forming at least one belt layer on an auxiliary drum for manufacturing a belt structure at least partly; turning up axially opposite side flaps of said at least one belt layer formed on the auxiliary drum; transferring the belt structure from the auxiliary drum to at least one service drum; and forming a tread band by winding of at least one continuous elongated element of elastomeric material into coils disposed mutually adjacent around the belt structure carried by the service drum. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140116601 | METHOD OF APPLYING AN ANNULAR STRIP TO A TIRE - The present application is directed to a method for applying a flexible annular strip to a radially inward oriented surface of a tire. Moreover, the present invention is directed to a corresponding apparatus for carrying out the above method. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140150956 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR TYRES OF VEHICLES - In tyre manufacture, a belt structure is made by means of strip-like segments each including parallel cords incorporated into an elastomeric layer, which strip-like segments are sequentially laid down in mutual circumferential side by side relationship on a toroidal support. The apparatus for manufacturing such a reinforcing structure for vehicle tyres includes: a feeding unit to supply strip-like elements, each including threadlike elements disposed parallel to each other and at least partly coated with at least one layer of elastomeric material; a laying unit including at least one laying assembly to apply each of said strip-like elements onto a toroidal support according to a predetermined laying angle relative to a circumferential extension direction of the toroidal support itself, the laying unit including at least one presser element movable in contrast relationship against the outer surface of the toroidal support and at least one guide element to keep the strip-like element centered and guide it during laying of same, wherein the guide element includes at least one cavity in which the presser element is at least partly housed during laying of said strip-like element. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140174637 | TOOL FOR POSITIONING A STRIP FOR PRODUCING A TIRE BLANK - The tool which contains: | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140174638 | THREAD DISPLACEMENT DEVICE - A thread displacement device for displacing a thread on a winding body includes a thread guide, which, depending on a movement of the winding body, can be freely selectively moved back and forth along a curved path defined by guide means. The thread guide has a thread guide roller rotatably mounted about a thread guide roller rotational axis to guide and press the thread against the winding body, said thread guide roller being configured as a self-directing roller. The guide means includes a flexibly deformable traction means, which can be guided back and forth via deflection rollers and/or deflection rods and on which the thread guide is directly fastened. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140190617 | PNEUMATIC TIRE PRODUCTION METHOD AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - An objective of the present invention is to reduce the development of defect during vulcanization. A method for producing a pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass ply forming step to cover both surfaces of a code array made of the carcass cords of the carcass ply with a topping rubber; a step of forming a raw cover including the carcass; and a step of vulcanizing the raw cover. The carcass ply forming step comprises an arranging process to intersect rubber-un-coated air-absorptive organic fiber cords with carcass cords of the carcass ply on at least one side of the carcass ply. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140196834 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GREEN TYRE - The invention provides an assembly and a method for manufacturing a green tyre. The assembly comprises a building drum ( | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140311655 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR MANUFACTURING MUTUALLY DIFFERENT TYRES - Production of carcass structures and/or production of crown structures includes: positioning a first continuous elongated element so that its end stretch is aligned with a cutting position; positioning a second continuous elongated element so that its end stretch is in side by side relationship with the end stretch of the first continuous elongated element; forming first strip-like elements from the first continuous elongated element; depositing the first strip-like elements on at least one forming drum; translating the end stretches of the first and second continuous elongated element in a transverse direction relative to their longitudinal extension to align the end stretch of the second continuous elongated element to said cutting position; forming second strip-like elements from the second continuous elongated element; and depositing the second strip-like elements on said at least one forming drum. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140338818 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTORCYCLE TIRE - A method for manufacturing a motorcycle tire comprises: building a raw tire main body, building a breaker, sticking the breaker, and building a band. The building of the breaker comprises: moving two cylindrical support rings to operating positions, swelling the raw tire main body to have its crown portion protruding from the support rings through a gap therebetween, and winding a breaker ply material on the support rings to form a cylindrical breaker ply whose inner surface is adhered to the raw tire main body. The sticking of the breaker comprises: expanding a profiled deck to swell the raw tire main body into a second swollen state, and turning down both edge portions of the breaker while being supported by the profiled deck. The building of the band comprises: spirally winding a tape on the curved breaker ply while being supported by the profiled deck. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140374008 | Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Tyres for Vehicle Wheels - Building the carcass structure of tyres for vehicle wheels includes associating, at each end edge of a carcass ply, at least one respective annular reinforcement structure formed by depositing along a circumferential direction a plurality of reinforcement elements having a first length. Such elements are cut to size from a reinforced continuous band-like element fed to a cutting group arranged at a first operative position adapted to allow a barycentric grip of the reinforcement elements. The cutting group can translate along a feeding direction of the band-like element to a second operative position for cutting to size a plurality of second reinforcement elements having a second length different from the first length. The second operative position is defined on the basis of the second length, so as to have a barycentric grip of the second reinforcement elements too. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150068667 | MOLDING DEVICE AND MOLDING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire molding device includes an extruder which mixes and discharges a rubber material, a mouth piece which is attached to a leading end of the extruder, and a rotary support body around which a rubber strip discharged out of a discharge port of the mouth piece is wound, wherein a receiving portion is formed in the mouth piece closer to a rear side in a rotating direction of the rotary support body than the discharge port in an end surface facing to a rotation surface of the rotary support body, the receiving portion being capable of receiving the rubber strip which has been already wound around the rotary support body. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150136309 | STRIP RUBBER ADHERING METHOD AND STRIP RUBBER ADHERING APPARATUS - A strip rubber adhering method includes: extruding strip rubber of a shape having an apex portion in cross section from an extruder and moving the same forward toward a drum; pressing a surface of the strip rubber on the apex portion side by a pressure bonding roller, adhering the strip rubber to the drum, moving relatively the drum and the extruder with respect to each other in an axial direction of the drum, and winding the strip rubber around the drum in a spiral manner; and exposing the surface of the strip rubber on the apex portion side to wind from a blowing apparatus in the vicinity of a position of adhesion of the strip rubber to the drum and cooling the surface of the strip rubber on the apex portion side. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150290976 | DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TREAD OF A TIRE CASING - The device for producing a tire component by winding, comprises:
| 10-15-2015 |
| 20150298408 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE - A manufacturing method using a rigid core, wherein high-speed endurance performance is enhanced while breakage of band cords is suppressed. This method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire includes a green tire formation process for forming a green tire by affixing tire-constituting members in sequence to a rigid core. The green tire formation process includes a band ply formation step for winding a ribbon-shaped strip in which a band cord sequence is coated with a topping rubber into a helical shape. The band cord comprises a composite cord in which first strands of aramid fiber and second strands of heat-shrinkable organic fiber are twisted together. The stress-elongation curve of the composite cord has a low-elasticity region from the origin to the inflection point, and a high-elasticity region past the inflection point. The elongation of the composite cord is in the range of 0.9-3.3% at the inflection point, and the modulus of the composite cord is in the range of 11-31 N/% in the low-elasticity region. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150298409 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING AND TRANSFERRING A STRIP FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF A TIRE - Device for cutting and transferring a length of strip let off a continuous strip, comprising a first face and a second face to be laid on a rotary receiving surface and containing
| 10-22-2015 |
| 20150314543 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES - A process for building tyres provides for building a carcass sleeve around a forming drum having an application diameter and two lateral half-portions axially moveable relative to each other. The carcass sleeve includes at least one carcass ply coaxially engaged around each of the axially opposite end flaps thereof to an annular anchoring structure defining a fitting diameter smaller than the application diameter. The building of the carcass sleeve includes: applying and stopping a leading end of a semi-finished product in the form of a continuous strip cut to size against a continuous surface of the forming drum; winding the semi-finished product in the form of a continuous strip cut to size circumferentially around the forming drum; and joining a trailing end of the semi-finished product to the leading end at said continuous surface. The continuous surface is extended only partly around the forming drum. The semi-finished product, except for the leading end and the trailing end, is laid against a discontinuous circumferential surface of the forming drum adjacent to the continuous surface and belonging to the two lateral half-portions. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150336345 | TIRE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A tire with a circumferential reinforcement layer formed by spirally winding rubber strips in the same direction from different positions arranged in the width direction of the tire. The rubber strips ( | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160001514 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING GREEN TIRES - A method and a device for the production of a green tire, in which at least two materials in strip form are positioned on a tire building drum. At least two cores are set in place. The tire building drum is equipped both with a core clamping device and with a core fixing device. The tire building drum is composed of a central part and of two drum halves arranged adjacent to the central part on both sides. The drum halves are arranged such that they can be positioned in an axial direction. The central part is equipped with a variable diameter in a radial direction. A radial enlargement of the diameter of the central part is performed before the cores are set in place. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160046093 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE - A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire includes helically winding a first rubber strip including first composition on outer side of a rigid core in circumferential direction of the core such that a first rubber layer including the first strip is formed to have first overlapped portions overlapping side edges of the first strip in helical pattern, and helically winding a second rubber strip including second composition on external surface of the first layer in the same winding direction as the first strip such that a second rubber layer including the second strip is formed to have second overlapped portions overlapping side edges of the second strip in helical pattern. The core has external surface shaped to form inner cavity of a pneumatic tire, and the winding of the second strip includes winding the second strip such that each second overlapped portion is formed between adjacent first overlapped portions. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160136908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUTT JOINING STRIP-SHAPED MEMBERS - An apparatus and method for joining a leading and a trailing end of one or more strip-shaped members, the apparatus includes: a working surface including a butt line, an arranging device for arranging the leading and trailing end of the member(s) at the butt line, a stitching device for pushing the leading and trailing ends against each other to obtain a butt splice, a transfer device for moving a separator strip onto and away from the working surface, wherein the separator strip is a flat strip including a splice band of a flexible material and a first release surface at a side which faces away from the working surface, and wherein the apparatus is arranged for pulling the separator strip from underneath the butt spliced strip-shaped member(s). | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160250815 | STRIP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE | 09-01-2016 |
