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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Vmi Holland B.v., Epe, NL;
Gerrit Roy Nijland, Epe, NL;
Jeroen Van Tienhoven, Epe, NL;
Hugo Bart Zandbergen, Epe, NL;
Cornelis-Jan Otto, Epe, NL;
Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh, Epe, NL;
Otte Haitsma, Epe, NL;
Pieter Cornelis Meijers, Epe, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is joining device for joining a trailing end of a first strip to a leading end of a second strip to form a tire component. The joining device includes a support member with a support surface and a retaining member with a retaining surface for retaining the second strip. The joining device is arranged for positioning the leading end of the second strip in a joining orientation in which said leading end is closer to the support plane than the rest. The joining device also includes a control unit for controlling a relative movement between the support member and the retaining member with a first component in a placement direction to place the leading end of the second strip and a second component in a joining direction to bring the leading end of the second strip into contact with the trailing end of the first strip.