Patent ID: 6547906
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B29D,B65H

Abstract:
A process for transporting a belt construction strip having parallel reinforcing members embedded in a belt construction material for forming a belt for a pneumatic vehicle tire in an apparatus that includes a first and second conveying device arranged to transport the belt construction strip in a feed direction, and the first conveying device is arranged for movement in a direction lateral to the feed direction, comprising:feeding the belt construction strip in the feed direction over the first and second conveying devices toward a subsequent processing device, the feed direction being oblique to the reinforcing members and the belt construction strip including two lateral sides extending in the feed direction; forming a front edge on a front end of the belt construction strip in the feed direction and a rear edge on a rear end of the belt construction strip in the feed direction, the front and rear edges extending obliquely to the feed direction and substantially parallel to the reinforcing members; defining a front tip from a portion of the belt construction strip enclosed by the front edge and one of the two lateral sides; defining a rear tip from a portion of the belt construction strip enclosed by the rear edge and the other of the two lateral sides; laterally moving the first conveying device in a direction lateral to the feed direction to align the front tip at a specified lateral position; laterally aligning the belt construction strip, in a region between the front tip and the rear tip, in accordance with its position and without a lateral stop to guide either of the lateral sides; and laterally moving the first conveying device in a direction lateral to the feed direction to align the rear tip at a specified position.