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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. 31, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas W Graves, Muscatine, IA (US);
Ronald Seiler, Muscatine, IA (US);
Assignee:
Bandag Incorporated, Muscatine, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
157 13 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is shown for preparing a tire carcass for recapping. The process is provided for use on steel belted tires having a steel belt or protector ply embedded in the tire structure as the outermost layer in a series of steel belts forming the other plies. An apparatus for performing the process is described wherein means are provided for severing a damaged belt or protector ply from the tire carcass and preparing the carcass for recapping, after which the carcass may be recappd in the normal manner used for rebuilding steel belted tires.