Tire building machine

Abstract

Abstract A TIRE BUILDING MACHINE, COMPRISING A RADIALLY EXPANDIBLE AND CONTRACTABLE, BREAKER-TREAD ASSEMBLY BUILDING DRUM HAVING A MAGNETIZED OUTER SURFACE FOR RETAINING BUILDING ALIGNMENT OF METALLIC CORD BREAKER PLIED DURING BUILDING OF THE ASSEMBLY, A PAIR OF VARIABLY SPACED TIRE CARCASS SUPPORT AND SHAPING DISCS COAXIAL WITH BUT SPACED FROM THE BUILDING DRUM AND PROVIDING FOR DIRECT INFLATION OF A FIRST STAGE CARCASS SUPPORTED THEREON, A RADIALLY EXPANSIBLE AND CONTRACTABLE AND AXIALLY MOVABLE TRANSFER RING FOR TRANSFERRING BREAKER-TREAD ASSEMBLIES FROM THE DRUM TO CARCASSES ON THE SHAPING DISCS, AND MOVABLE, CONICAL, SHAPING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OUTER SIDEWALLS OF THE CARCASS DURING EXPANSION OF THE SAME FOR LIMITING SUCH EXPANSION TO A SYMMETRICALLY CENTERED PATTERN WITH RESPECT TO THE BREADER-TREAD ASSEMBLY AND THE BEADS OF THE CARCASS.

Inventors

• 👤 J Leblond

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