US3894906A — Apparatus for making tire breakers

Claim 1

Independent Claim 246 words

A MACHINE FOR FORMING A TIRE BREAKER FROM A SPOOL OF CORD COMPRISING AN ENDLESS WORK BELT, A GUM BASE SUPPORTED ON SAID WORK BELT, CARRIAGE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND ROTATING SAID WORK BELT, SINGLE CORD FEEDING MEANS ADJACENT TO THE WORK BELT, SINGLE CORD METERING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SINGLE CORD FEEDING MEANS FOR METERING PREDETERMINED SUCCESSIVE SINGLE LENGTHS OF CORD FROM THE SPOOL, SINGLE CORD CUTTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SINGLE CORD METERING MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY SEVERING SAID SUCCESSIVE PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF INDIVIDUAL CORDS FROM SAID SPOOL, A SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SUCCESSIVE SINLE CORDS DISPOSED ABOVE AND EXTENDING DIAGONALLY ACROSS SAID WORK BELT, SAID SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO SEQUENTIALLY LAY SAID INDIVIDUAL LENGTHS OF SINGLE CORDS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP ON SAID GUM BASE ON SAID BET AS SAID WORK BELT IS MOVED IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP UNDER SAID SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS, SAID SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS COMPRISING AS ELONGATED HOUSING EXTENDING DIAGONALLY ABOVE AND ACROSS SAID WORK BELT AND HAVING A LENGTHWISE EXTENDING CORD RECEIVING RECEPTACLE ABOVE SAID WORK BELT, A PUSHER PLATE SLIDABLY MOUNED ABOVE SAID RECEIVING RECEPTACLE AND HAVING A NOSE PORTION AT ITS LOWER END SINGLE CORD RELEASING MEANS DISPOSED AT THE LOWER END OF SAID RECEIVING RECEPTACLE, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR RECIPROCALLY MOVING SAID PUSHER PLATE SUCH THAT SAID NOSE PORTION ACTUATES SAID SINGLE CORD RELEASING MEANS AND PLACES THE SUCCESSIVE CUT LENGTHS OF CORD ONTO SAID GUM BASE SUPPORTED ON SAID WORK BELT.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 246 words

A MACHINE FOR FORMING A TIRE BREAKER FROM A SPOOL OF CORD COMPRISING AN ENDLESS WORK BELT, A GUM BASE SUPPORTED ON SAID WORK BELT, CARRIAGE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND ROTATING SAID WORK BELT, SINGLE CORD FEEDING MEANS ADJACENT TO THE WORK BELT, SINGLE CORD METERING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SINGLE CORD FEEDING MEANS FOR METERING PREDETERMINED SUCCESSIVE SINGLE LENGTHS OF CORD FROM THE SPOOL, SINGLE CORD CUTTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SINGLE CORD METERING MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY SEVERING SAID SUCCESSIVE PREDETERMINED LENGTHS OF INDIVIDUAL CORDS FROM SAID SPOOL, A SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SUCCESSIVE SINLE CORDS DISPOSED ABOVE AND EXTENDING DIAGONALLY ACROSS SAID WORK BELT, SAID SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO SEQUENTIALLY LAY SAID INDIVIDUAL LENGTHS OF SINGLE CORDS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP ON SAID GUM BASE ON SAID BET AS SAID WORK BELT IS MOVED IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP UNDER SAID SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS, SAID SINGLE CORD LAYING MEANS COMPRISING AS ELONGATED HOUSING EXTENDING DIAGONALLY ABOVE AND ACROSS SAID WORK BELT AND HAVING A LENGTHWISE EXTENDING CORD RECEIVING RECEPTACLE ABOVE SAID WORK BELT, A PUSHER PLATE SLIDABLY MOUNED ABOVE SAID RECEIVING RECEPTACLE AND HAVING A NOSE PORTION AT ITS LOWER END SINGLE CORD RELEASING MEANS DISPOSED AT THE LOWER END OF SAID RECEIVING RECEPTACLE, AND DRIVE MEANS FOR RECIPROCALLY MOVING SAID PUSHER PLATE SUCH THAT SAID NOSE PORTION ACTUATES SAID SINGLE CORD RELEASING MEANS AND PLACES THE SUCCESSIVE CUT LENGTHS OF CORD ONTO SAID GUM BASE SUPPORTED ON SAID WORK BELT.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 141 words

The machine of claim 1 characterized by said single cord releasing means comprising a pair of elongated single cord trap springs mounted on the lower end of said hoUsing, the free ends of said single cord trap springs being biased together to form a parting line in direct alignment with the center line of said receiving receptacle, said receiving receptacle being formed in part by said free ends of said single cord trap springs, and said single cord releasing means being actuated by said nose portion of said pusher plate to spread apart said free ends of said single cord trap springs, and said single cord cutting means being disposed between said single cord metering means and said single cord feeding means for severing said cord into said predetermined lengths as said pusher plate moves above said single cord receiving receptacle.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 65 words

A combination of claim 1 wherein single cord feeding means comprises a venturi tube adjacent said elongated housing in direct alignment with said single cord receiving receptacle, and means for introducing pressured air into the rear of said venturi tube to propell the cut single cord length in one end of said receptacle upon said cutting means severing the end of said spool of cord.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 41 words

The combination of claim 1 further comprising a magnetic stop means closing off the other end of said single cord receiving receptacle to attract and hold a cut length of cord in a centered position within said single cord receiving receptacle.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 87 words

The combination of claim 1 wherein said carriage means includes an upright pedestal and an elongated frame member pivotally mounted at its center on said pedestal, a pair of spaced apart pulleys rotatably supported on said frame member, said work belt being trained about said pulleys, and centering means for laterally shifting said frame member relative to said upright pedestal to permit centering for the laying of a second breaker layer relative to the first breaker layer in which the second breaker layer has a different width.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 31 words

The combination of claim 1 wherein said single cord metering means include adjustable means for changing the speed of feeding said cord to selectively vary the single cut length of cord.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 37 words

The combination of claim 1, further comprising means for temporarily laterally displacing the path of travel of the end of said spool simultaneously with the severing of a length of cord by said single cord cutting means.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 56 words

The combination of claim 1, wherein said single cord cutting means comprises a solenoid having a blade affixed on its plunger, and switch means for energizing said solenoid when said pusher plate moves above said cord receiving receptacle, said blade being caused to cross the path of travel of said cord when said solenoid is energized.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 89 words

The combination of claim 1, wherein said single cord metering means comprises a feed wheel having an annular groove for receiving one convolution of the cord and a pressure wheel biased toward said annular groove, annular compressible rings disposed in side-by-side relation across said annular groove, and fluid drive means for varying the width of said annular groove to thereby change the effective outer diameter of the compressible rings to selectively change the speed of forwarding the end of said spool of cord to said single cord feeding means.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 97 words

The combination of claim 1, wherein said elongated housing has a lower end portion having a lengthwise extending passageway, bearing receiving pockets formed in opposing surfaces along said passageway, and wherein said single cord releasing means includes a pair of winged-shaped rocker plates, bearing means secured to said rocker plates at their obtuse-angle intersection and rotatably seated in said bearing receiving pockets, and spring means for urging the upper portions of the rocker plates together such that the lower wing portions define with said free ends of said single cord trap springs said single cord receiving receptacle.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1978-07-14	1979-01-13	1979-07-15	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1982-07-14	1983-01-13	1983-07-15	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1986-07-14	1987-01-13	1987-07-15	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Apparatus for making tire breakers

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