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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Bridgestone Bandag, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Troy A Kost, Muscatine, IA (US);
Jim L. Jones, Muscatine, IA (US);
Robert G. Otting, Muscatine, IA (US);
Logan M. Koepke, Muscatine, IA (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Bandag, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/68 (2006.01); B26D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/68 (2013.01); B26D 1/0006 (2013.01); B26D 2001/0053 (2013.01); B26D 2001/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cutting a sipe pattern into a tire tread includes feeding the tire tread through a leading roller assembly and toward a plunge cutting assembly along a tread plane, actuating the plunge cutting assembly to cut a first sipe at a first angle and a first depth using a blade, the blade operably coupled to the plunge cutting assembly, and actuating the plunge cutting assembly to cut a second sipe at a second angle and a second depth using the blade.