Patent ID: 7431786

Claim:
An apparatus for affixing a tire component member in which a band-shaped tire component member having a given width is affixed on a peripheral face of a rotatable drum made of a rigid material at a given length range and over a given angle range, wherein a traveling head moving forward and rearward in an axial direction of the drum is arranged at an outer peripheral side of the drum, and a clamp is independently arranged from the traveling head for pushing a front end portion of a tire component member protruded ahead from the traveling head on the peripheral face of the drum at a forward moving state of the traveling head, and a cutter which cuts the tire component member that is on the drum is arranged at one end side of the drum separated away from the clamp relative to the axial direction of the drum, and a guide specifying a widthwise position of the tire component member and a chuck pulling out the tire component member to the clamp under a forward displacement of the traveling head are arranged in the traveling head.