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Patent No.:

US 11123910 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2016

Calendering facility for reinforcement plies for tires

Applicant:

Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;

Inventors:

Christophe Hombert, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;

Franck Denavit, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;

Francis Aubarede, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;

Assignee:

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Matthew J Daniels

Assistant Examiner:

Shibin Liang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 48/07 (2019.01); B29C 48/08 (2019.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/35 (2019.01); B29C 48/285 (2019.01); B29C 43/28 (2006.01); B29D 29/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/24 (2006.01); B29C 43/34 (2006.01); B29C 43/46 (2006.01); B29C 43/58 (2006.01); B29L 30/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/10 (2006.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 48/07 (2019.02); B29C 43/245 (2013.01); B29C 43/28 (2013.01); B29C 43/34 (2013.01); B29C 43/46 (2013.01); B29C 43/58 (2013.01); B29C 48/0011 (2019.02); B29C 48/0021 (2019.02); B29C 48/08 (2019.02); B29C 48/2883 (2019.02); B29C 48/35 (2019.02); B29D 29/00 (2013.01); B29C 43/24 (2013.01); B29C 48/022 (2019.02); B29C 2043/3433 (2013.01); B29C 2043/467 (2013.01); B29C 2043/5825 (2013.01); B29K 2021/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/10 (2013.01); B29L 2007/001 (2013.01); B29L 2030/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Calendering installation for the production of a reinforcing ply () for a tire, which has a frame (), two extruders () for feeding elastomer material, a reinforcing-thread feeding device (), a calender () having a first pair of counter-rotating rollers, with a first working roller () and a first shaping roller (), and a second pair of counter-rotating rollers, with a second working roller () and a second shaping roller (), wherein a calendaring nip () is formed between the working rolls () in order to receive a first calendered rubber ply () delivered by the first pair of rollers (), a second calendered rubber ply () delivered by the second pair of rollers (), and the reinforcing threads () in order to supply the calendered reinforcing ply (), which is conveyed to the outlet of the installation via GUIDE ROLLERS (). According to the invention, the two extruders () are superposed and arranged on either side of a horizontal plane P extending at the level of the guide rollers ().

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