Patent GB-1383532-A (GB)
Title: Tyre building machines
IPC: B29D30/36
Filed: 1972-01-20
Abstract: 1383532 Tyre building machines NRM CORP 20 Jan 1972 [17 May 1971] 2797/72 Heading B7C A radial-cord tyre-building machine comprises a bed 3, Fig. 2, supporting a headstock 2 carrying a building and shaping drum 7 and a tailstock 4, the headstock carrying a motor 18 driving via a belt 24, a shaft 46 supporting drum 7. In building a tyre, the tailstock is moved on bed 3 to engage its shaft 9 with the shaft 46, the projection 176 entering shaft 46, Fig. 4, and inflatable turn-up bags 15, 16 are advanced to form continuation of the drum surface. The drum comprises circumferentiallyspaced sectors 91 each connected by a lazy. tongs linkage 85 ... 89 to collars 79, 80 axially slidable on shaft 46 and engaging through slots 75, 76 screw-threads 66, 67, respectively of equal and opposite pitch, on a rod 65 rotatable by a motor 36 and speed reducer 37 via a chain and sprocket and a magnetic clutch 59, Fig. 3C (not shown). Spring steel leaves 131, 132 screwed to the segments extend axially to the drum shoulders which comprise discs 118, 119 having hubs 120, 121, respectively axially slidable along shaft 46 and carrying segments 127, 128 radially movable by annular racks 161, 162 in housing 123, 124 which drive by pinions 149, 150 racks 151, 152 on the respective segments. The annular racks are movable towards each other to move the segments 127, 128 radially outwards by nuts 113, 114 engaging screwed parts 111, 112 of equal and opposite pitch on three shafts 110 equally spaced around shaft 46 and rotatable by a motor 26 via speed reducer 27, pulley 28 and belt 30 guide pulley 29, Fig. 3C (not shown). One or more carcass plies P, Fig. 9, and a liner I are applied to the cylindrical surface formed by the drum and turn-up bags while the drum rotates. A brake 49 is actuated to stop the drum and clutch 59 is released so that motor 36 can be started to rotate shaft 65 thereby moving the sectors radially outward. Simultaneously motor 26 rotates shaft 110 until annular racks 161, 162 abut the respective discs 118, 119 after moving segments 127, 128 radially outwards to form bead engaging shoulders. Bead setters 12, 13 are advanced to apply bead cores against the shoulders of the drum and the turn-up bags 15, 16 are caused to turn the ply or plies and the liner around the bead cores. Shafts 65 and 110 are then further rotated at carefully controlled different speeds to arrive at the condition shown in Fig. 12 where the shaping of the carcass has commenced. The control of the speeds is effected through a sensor 41 for shaft 65 and a senser 34 for the shafts 110 which register the speed of rotation of shafts 65 and 110 at different crown positions, i.e. the positions of sectors 91. During shaping, the speed of rotation of shaft 65 reduces from an initially high value and the speed of rotation of shafts 110 increases from an initially low value, the object being to maintain a constant bead to bead peripheral width to prevent distortion of the radial cords in the ply or plies. The bead setters 12, 13 are advanced to contact the carcass heads and form in the fully shaped position shown in Fig. 13, a support for the tread D and belt E, which are stitched to the carcass as the setters are withdrawn. Side wall rubbers are then applied by the turn-up bladders and after stitching, fluid-operated piston and cylinders are actuated, only 220 being shown in Fig. 2, to move associated shoulder adjusting carriages axially towards the drum 7 where housings 123, 124 are held against stops. Shapers 110 are then turned to move nuts 113, 114 axially away from each other and retract the segments 127, 128 thereby stretching the drum cover 139 and pulling it away from the sidewalls of the finished green tyre. The drum is finally fully collapsed to the cylindrical state and the tailstock moved away to allow removal of the green tyre.