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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:
Nov. 23, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold S Rocco, Stow, OH (US);
Joseph C Smith, Greentown, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198345 ; 425 / ;
Abstract
An automatic centering system is disclosed for use in connection with any two work stations in an automated assembly line, where the workpiece must be transferred, centered, and manipulated at the second work station. The workpiece is transferred along rollers to a staging area where it is restrained and then moved by items of machinery on the outer circumference and the inner circumference, respectively, of the workpiece. A tire released from the tire press may be restrained and then moved over a post-cure inflator apparatus and accurately centered for inflating. After inflating, the tire is directed from the automatic centering system to the next operation.