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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
George Michael Stoila, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Viscardo Baldoni, Rovereto, IT;
Thierry Royer, Arlon, BE;
Dale Eugene Wells, Massillon, OH (US);
Thomas Alan Sells, Topeka, KS (US);
Minwu Yao, Hudson, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire building drum is described that includes an inboard section, a center section and an outboard section. The inboard section has a rotating spindle and a sliding shaft, and the sliding shaft is slidable within the spindle. The inboard section further includes a radially expandable bead lock device mounted on the spindle. The center section has an internal hub mounted on the sliding shaft and further comprises a plurality of tiles that are radially expandable. The outboard section of the drum is mounted on a distal end of the sliding shaft, and further includes a radially expandable bead lock device. The center section and the outboard section are each axially movable by sliding of the sliding shaft.