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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Touchette, Hartville, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156417 ; 156133 ;
Abstract
A tire building drum, in particular useful for applying a tread to a previously built uncured tire carcass, having a large number of segments, e.g. 36, which can move radially to expand and to contract the drum. An improved arrangement and construction of cover plates for spanning the gaps between the segments in combination with an improved construction of the segments for cooperation with the cover plates.