Patent ID: 11884033
Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A station for applying a sensing device to a tyre, the station comprising:
a handling device having a handling device characteristic direction;
a first apparatus comprising:
i) an advancement system for advancing a support, the support having a tape-shaped conformation and on which a plurality of sensing devices are removably fixed at a respective adhesion surface of each sensing device, for feeding in sequence said plurality of sensing devices along a feeding direction, wherein a first angular relation between a sensing device characteristic direction of each sensing device and said feeding direction is predetermined and is equal for all the sensing devices,
ii) a coupling system for coupling said handling device with said each sensing device at a coupling bay, wherein said each sensing device has at least a portion of said adhesion surface removably fixed to said support, the coupling system being configured to achieve a predetermined second angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and said feeding direction to achieve a predetermined third angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and said sensing device characteristic direction of said each sensing device, wherein the handling device is configured to rigidly maintain said third angular relation, and
iii) a separation system for separating said support from each sensing device at a separation bay; and

a second apparatus, comprising:
i) a positioning system for positioning a respective tyre for said each sensing device, and
ii) an application system for applying said each sensing device to an inner surface of the respective tyre, wherein the application system comprises a housing seat of said handling device, the housing seat being structured to achieve a predetermined fourth angular relation between said handling device characteristic direction and a direction of intersection of an equatorial plane with the inner surface of said each tyre when positioned in the positioning system.