Patent ID: 6047872
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B26F,B29C,B29L,B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
A core breaking apparatus for preparing an elongate length of weather strip prior to installation about an edge of an opening in a body of an automobile, the weather strip having an outer part and an elongate core buried within the outer part, said apparatus comprising:a frame;a plurality of shafts rotatably supported on said frame;each said shaft having a first end fixedly joined to an elongate bending member which rotates with said shaft, said bending members being spaced-apart from one another, each said bending member being configured for supporting a portion of the weather strip thereon;each said shaft having a second end fixedly joined to a gear wheel which rotates with said shaft, adjacent ones of said gear wheels being engaged with one another for rotation in opposite directions from one another; anda drive arrangement for alternately rotating said adjacent gear wheels in opposite directions to effect rotation of the corresponding adjacent bending members in opposite directions from one another through a predetermined angle to fracture portions of the core of the weather strip and permit longitudinal stretching and contracting of the weather strip during installation thereof.