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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Bridgestone Bandag, Llc, Muscatine, IA (US);
Milton B. Audas, Muscatine, IA (US);
Jerod E. Schurr, Muscatine, IA (US);
Merle R. Schlapkohl, Muscatine, IA (US);
Timothy T. Foss, Muscatine, IA (US);
Chad M. Zeck, Muscatine, IA (US);
Alexander G. Tomtschik, Muscatine, IA (US);
Bridgestone Bandag, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A skid assembly including a skid having a stacking surface and four gum rolls is provided. The gum rolls include a first gum roll positioned on the stacking surface and a second gum roll positioned on the stacking surface and abutting the first gum roll. The first and second gum rolls cooperate to define a first skid layer. The gum rolls further include third and fourth gum rolls each positioned on one of the first or second gum rolls. The fourth gum roll abuts the third gum roll, and the third and fourth gum rolls both cooperate to form a second skid layer. The gum rolls are formed of a strip stock wound onto a core fixture. The strip stock is coated to prevent the strip stock from adhering to itself while being wound into the gum roll.