Patent ID: 7931138
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An automatic tire transfer apparatus using a traverser, comprising: a vertical lift adapted to lift and lower a tire from a tire storage place; a tire charge section adapted to be supplied with the tire from the vertical lift and adapted to automatically push the supplied tire in the progress direction of the tire; a traverser unit disposed at an outlet of the tire charge section and adapted to automatically transfer the tire supplied from the tire charge section in the progress direction of the tire while fixedly supporting the tire; a tire loader adapted to be supplied with the tire from the traverser unit and adapted to transfer the supplied tire to a tire assembling unit; and a controller adapted to control the overall operation of the tire charge section, the traverser unit and the tire loader, wherein the traverser unit comprises: a photosensor adapted to detect a state where the tire is supplied from the tire charge section to the traverser unit by the automatic push cylinder unit of the tire charge section; a support plate mounted at the bottom thereof and adapted to fixedly support a bottom surface of the tire supplied from the tire charge section; up and down cylinders each mounted at a bottom surface of the support plate so as to allow the support plate to be inclined in one side; and a forward and rearward movable cylinder adapted to feed the support plate to the tire loader.