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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
Davian Enterprises, Llc, Greenback, TN (US);
Kenneth McCleery, Loudon, TN (US);
Davian Enterprises, LLC, Greenback, TN (US);
Abstract
A transfer ring for use in the manufacture of tires comprises a radially expandable and collapsible segmented gripping surface defined by a plurality of shoes, each shoe having an inwardly-facing surface mounted for movement toward and away from a central axis of the cylindrical gripping surface. Each inwardly-facing surface has first and second side edges. Each side edge has a central portion configured to be substantially parallel to a central portion of the other side edge and forms a mid-portion therebetween. Each side edge has first and second tapered portions on opposite respective ends of the central portion. Each tapered portion extends toward a tapered portion of the other side edge. The tapered portions cooperate to form a end portions that decrease in width away from the mid-portion.