Apparatus for retreading tires

Claim 1

IN A COMBINATION WITH APPARATUS FOR RETREADING TIRES INCLUDING MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A SUPPLY OF TREAD STOCK, A CONVEYOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE CONVEYOR ROLLERS, MEANS FOR MOVING A STRIP OF THE TREAD STOCK ALONG SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR CUTTING THE STRIP, A PAIR OF TIRE BEAD ENGAGING PLATES, AND A STAND FOR SUPPORTING SAID BEAD PLATES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING MEANS FOR CENTERING THE SUPPLY ROLL OF TREAD STOCK WITH RESPECT TO SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CENTERING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLEL, HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ROLLERS, A BEARING BLOCK ROTATABLY SUPPORTING EACH OF SAID HORIZONAL ROLLERS AND HAVING A SMOOTH PASSAGE AND A PARALLEL, THREADED PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A GUIDE ROD EXTENDING THROUGH THE SMOOTH PASSAGES OF SAID BEARING BLOCKS, A THREADED ROD THREADEDLY ENGAGED WITH THE THREADED PASSAGES OF SAID BEARING BLOCKS, SAID ROD HAVING SYMMETRICAL RIGHT AND LEFT HAND THREADS, BRACKET MEANS AT EACH END OF SAID QUIDE AND THREADED RODS FOR SUPPORTING SAID RODS FROM SAID CONVEYOR AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID THREADED ROD, A HANDLE BEYOND OND OF SAID BRACKET MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SCREW AND FOR MOVING SAID BEARING BLOCKS AND SAID ROLLERS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE CENTER LINE OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID STRIP CUTTING MEANS INCLUDING A CUTTING BLADE, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BLADE IN A VERICAL PATH, A RIGID PLASTIC ROLLER LOCATED IN THE PATH OF SAID BLADE AND TRANSVERSELY TO SAID CONVEYOR, SUPPORTING ROLLERS LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID PLASTIC ROLLER AND BELOW THE PLANE OF SAID PLASTIC ROLLER WHEREBY THE TREAD STOCK STRIP BENDS WHEN MOVED OVER SAID PLASTIC ROLLER, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID PLASTIC ROLLER IN THE PATH FOR THE BLADE, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF QUIDE ROLERS UNIFORMLY SPACED ALONG SAID CONVEYOR BETWEEN SAID CUTTING MEANS AND SAID BEAD PLATE STAND, EACH OF SAID GUIDE ROLLERS HAVING A VERTICLE AXLE, BRACKETS EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEVERTICAL AXLES, TWO MOUNTING BARS EXTENDING PARALLELLY TO SAID CONVEYOR AND LOCATED BELOW SAID CONVEYOR ROLLERS, SAID BRACKETS BEING AFFIXED TO SAID BARS, MEANS FOR MOVABLE SUPPORTING SAID BARS AT CORRESPONDING POSITONS SYMMETRICALLY OF SAID CONVEYOR, TWO MAIN LINKS BETWEEN SAID BARS AND EACH HAVING END PORITONS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE ENDS OF SAID CONNECTING LINKS OPPOSITE THE ENDS CONNECTED TO SAID BARS, VERTICAL DRIVE SHAFTS AFFIXED TO SAID MAIN LINKS, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID VERTICAL DRIVE SHAFTS, A WORM WHEEL AFFIXED TO EACH OF SAID DRIVE SHAFTS, A HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR SUPPORITNG SAID HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT, TWO WORMS ON SAID HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT ENGAGING SAID WORM WHEELS, A RATCHET HANDLE ON SAID HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT FOR ROTATING SAID HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT IN EITHER DIRECTION, A VERTICAL POST AFFIXED TO SAID STAND AND HAVING A SCALE REPRESEENTING A FUNCTION OF THE DISTANCE BETWEN THE AXIS OF SAID BEAD PLATES AND THE SCALE, A GUAGE BRACKET ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID POST, A COLLAR VERTICALLY MOVABLE ON SAID POST TO ADJUST SAID GAUGE BRACKET VERTICALLY THEREON AND YET ENABLE SAID BRACKET TO ROTATE, MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID COLLAR TO SAID POST, SAID GAUGE BRACKET HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING PASSAGE THERETHROUGH LOCATED IN A PLANE SYMMETRICAL AND PARALLEL TO SAID BEAD PLATES AND HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID PASSAGE, A FEELER MOVALBE MOUNTED IN SAID VERTICAL PASSAGE, A ROLLER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END OF SAID FEELER, A PROJECTION AFFIXED TO SAID FEELER AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT, A POINTER HAVING AN END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PROJECTION, AND PIVOT MEANS ON SAID GUAGE BRACKET PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID POINTER, SAID GAUGE BRACKET HAVING MARKINGS COOPERATING WITH SAID POINTER TO INDICATE WHEN A DEMENSION OF A TIRE CASING SENSED BY SAID FEELER EQUALS THE DESIGNAED DIMESION SET ON SAID SCALE.