The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Festo Corporation

Boaz E Eidelberg

Mustansir A Faizullabhoy

Mark Anthony Sieverding

Peter J Bruder

Robert Dean Irwin

Robert Thomas Irwin

Brad Kraus

James Wiley

Thomas Pilock

Matthew Quigley

Max Joel Miller, Jr

James M Dunn

Patrick Haran

An applicator assembly for applying a cord to a tire-building surface that rotates during tire construction. The applicator assembly includes an applicator member to apply the cord. A first rotary device rotates the applicator member about a first axis that is transverse to the surface. A first translation device moves the applicator member in a first linear path relative to the surface. The applicator member may include a roller and/or a resilient member. A second rotary device may rotate the applicator member and the first rotary device around a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. A second translation device may move the applicator member, the first rotary device, the second rotary device, and the first translation device. A system for applying the cord to a core member may further include a spindle to rotate the core member about the axis of rotation.

Tire building applicator members and systems

A handling device includes a base plate defining an X-Y plane, a plurality of X rails movably supported on the base plate and extending in an X-direction, a plurality of Y rails movably supported on the base plate and extending in a Y-direction perpendicular to the X-direction and a drive system supported on the base plate for moving the X rails in the Y-direction and for moving the Y rails in the X-direction, wherein a spacing between the X rails varies as the X rails move, and wherein a spacing between the Y rails varies as the Y rails move, and wherein the spacing between the X-rails is continuously variable with respect to the spacing between the Y rails.

Integrated two dimensional robotic palm for variable pitch positioning of multiple transfer devices

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Smithtown, NY, United States of America

Boaz E Eidelberg