Patent ID: 9506840
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B29D,G01M

Claim Text:
1. A marking device installed side by side with respect to a tire testing machine for testing a tire, the marking device comprising: a marking head for printing a mark in a mark position on the tire after undergoing the test by the tire testing machine, the mark being based on a result of the test performed by the tire testing machine; a sequence of a plurality of tire conveyance devices for conveying the tire after undergoing the test by the tire testing machine to the marking head; a tire detector installed in a position in a width direction of the tire perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the tire by the sequence of the tire conveyance devices so as not to interrupt the tire, the tire detector being adapted to detect the tire conveyed to the marking device after the test by the tire testing machine; and a control unit configured to control movement of the tire conveyance devices to stop the tire when the mark position on the tire is aligned with a print position, the print position being based on a conveyance distance from an installing position of the tire detector and information on the tire in a radial direction.