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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1978
John C McDonough, Essex Fells, NJ (US);
James K Rary, Orange, NJ (US);
Arden Birth, Lake Parsippany, NJ (US);
John J Kuzma, Jr, Wharton, NJ (US);
Bandag, Incorporated, Muscatine, IA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for recapping tires, particularly of the type used on off-the-road vehicles. Rubber strips are applied to the prepared tread surface of the tire to 'smooth' the tire, after which the tire is disposed on a roller assembly to cut i.e., 'groove' a tread design in the tire. The roller assembly is hydraulically displaced to dispose the tire in a pit and is rotated for indexing the tire to groove the circumference thereof. A grooving blade is heated to a controlled temperature and is hydraulically pulled across the tread surface to cut the tread grooves.