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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Pirelli Tyre S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Oliver Haupt, Breuberg, DE;
Maurizio Marchini, Milan, IT;
Silvio Montanari, Milan, IT;
Mario Mariani, Milan, IT;
Davide Lupo Conti, Milan, IT;
PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A carcass sleeve is situated in a radially external position with respect to a toroidal forming drum, arranged in a first radially contracted operative condition. The carcass sleeve is shaped according to a toroidal configuration while the forming drum is positioned inside the carcass sleeve. During shaping of the carcass sleeve, the forming drum is radially expanded up to a second radially expanded operative condition. Upon completed shaping, the carcass sleeve is coupled to the forming drum in the second operative condition. The forming drum, coupled to the shaped carcass sleeve, is arranged in proximity to at least one device for building at least one belt layer at a radially external position relative to the shaped carcass sleeve.