Patent ID: 8221569

Claim:
A method of producing a tire component member by diagonally and sequentially attaching a rubber strip piece having an elongated parallelogram-like shape in the circumferential direction on an outer peripheral curved face of a drum having a curved face including the center portion more expanded than respective side portions, comprising the steps of: sequentially holding by adhesive force the rubber strip piece from a leading end thereof, with a disposition of the rubber strip piece inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the drum having a curved face, by an adhesive drum capable of holding by adhesive force the rubber strip piece onto a peripheral surface thereof, while the adhesive drum is rotated and the adhesive drum is provided with a groove formed at the axially center portion thereof, which center groove sections the drum into two lateral parts; and press-attaching the rubber strip piece held by adhesive force continuously from the leading end thereof, onto an outer peripheral curved face of the drum having a curved face which is being rotated, while the rubber strip piece is moved along the direction of the rotation axis of the drum having a curved face within a predetermined range, to transfer the rubber strip piece to the drum having a curved face, wherein when the rubber strip piece held by adhesive force on the adhesive drum is continuously press-attached from the leading end thereof onto the drum having a curved face which is being rotated so that the rubber strip piece is transferred to the drum having a curved face, a pressing roller presses the rubber strip piece against the drum having a curved face, and the pressing roller is pivotally supported in the center groove of the adhesive drum, the pressing roller being independent of the adhesive roller and disposed such that an outer peripheral face thereof is located slightly on the downstream side than a face of the adhesive drum facing the drum having a curved face.