Patent ID: 9610745
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B29D,B60C,D05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing a tire including inserting a wire into the tire using a device for inserting a wire into the tire, the device comprising: a frame; a feeding means mounted to the frame for feeding a continuous length of a wire; a cutting means for cutting a wire portion from the continuous length of the wire; a movable support movably mounted to the frame; and a needle mounted to the movable support, the needle comprising: wherein the needle is positioned on the movable support so that wire fed from the feeding means enters the elongated shaft, and wherein the movable support is movable between a low position in which the piercing zone of the needle is positioned to pierce a surface of the tire, and a raised position in which the piercing zone of the needle is not in contact with the surface of the tire, the method comprising: providing a tire; feeding the wire into the feeding means of the device; feeding a portion of the wire into the piercing zone of the needle; positioning the movable support to the low position so that the piercing zone of the needle pierces a surface of the tire; after the piercing zone of the needle has pierced the surface of the tire and after the portion of the wire has been fed into the piercing zone of the needle, positioning the movable support to the raised position so that an end of the portion of the wire remains inserted in the surface of the tire; and after the end of the portion of the wire remains inserted in the surface of the tire, cutting the wire with the cutting means between the surface of the tire and the piercing zone of the needle.