Patent ID: 6510996
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B29D,G06K

Abstract:
A bar code printing apparatus for a tire having a bead around an open central region, comprising:means for selectively carrying the tire in one direction, said tire carrying means including a roll conveyor; means for sensing a supply of the tire by said tire carrying means; means for stopping said tire at a predetermined position, said tire stopping means including a pneumatic cylinder and a stopper fixed on a piston rod of said pneumatic cylinder, wherein said stopper protrudes into the open central region of the tire between rollers of said roll conveyor, and the bead of the tire is caught against said stopper; means for printing a bar code on the tire stopped at said predetermined position; and a controller for automatically and consecutively controlling said means for carrying, said means for sensing, said means for stopping, and said means for printing.