Patent ID: 6635132
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: B29D

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing components for a tire for vehicle wheels, comprising the steps of:picking up a toroidal support using a robotized arm, the toroidal support having an outer surface substantially matching an inner shape of the tire; feeding at least one elongated element from a delivery member disposed adjacent to the outer surface of the toroidal support; giving the toroidal support a rotatory motion around a geometric axis of rotation of the toroidal support so that the at least one elongated element is circumferentially distributed onto the toroidal support; and carrying out controlled relative displacements, for transverse distribution, between the toroidal support and the delivery member, to form with the at least one elongated element a plurality of coils disposed mutually in side-by-side relationship in order to define a tire component, wherein the rotatory motion and the transverse distribution displacements are performed by moving the toroidal support using the robotized arm.