Patent ID: 8524024

Claim:
A method for producing green tires, comprising the steps of: transferring a ribbon-like unvulcanized rubber member towards a winding body by running a flexible liner along with the unvulcanized rubber member from a supply roll in its longitudinal direction, and separating the unvulcanized rubber from the liner at a transfer terminal end of the liner by turning back the liner by a strip-shaped separating member arranged close to the winding body; and using a winding roller arranged close to the transfer terminal end of the liner and having a diameter larger than a distance between the winding body and the transfer terminal end of the liner during winding of the unvulcanized rubber member, the winding roller having an outer peripheral surface which partly extends to bridge the transfer terminal end and the winding body, passing the separated unvulcanized rubber member onto the outer peripheral surface of the winding roller, rotating the winding roller so that the unvulcanized rubber member is transferred to the winding body while the winding body is rotating about its center axis so as to be urged and press-fitted to the winding body, and simultaneously moving the winding roller and the separating member along an outer peripheral surface of the winding body by a diagonal waving means, thereby winding the unvulcanized rubber member multiple times around the winding body while being shifted in a width direction.