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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1983
Makito Mukae, Higashimurayama, JP;
Yusuke Araki, Kodaira, JP;
Bridgestone Tire Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for separating a bead core from a plurality of looped bead cores arranged in the form of a tube with the adjacent bead cores endwise sticking to one another, wherein the tube of the bead cores are wrapped round a radially collapsible feed drum whereupon the bead feed unit is driven for movement from a first predetermined position to a second predetermined position in a first predetermined direction parallel with the center axis of the feed drum. The tube of the bead cores is then pressed on the feed drum toward one axial end of the feed drum until the foremost one of the bead cores on the feed drum departs from the feed drum. The foremost one of the bead cores is on a bead receiver unit positioned close to the axial end of the feed drum and thereafter the bead receiver unit is driven for movement in a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first direction for thereby forcing the bead core received on the bead receiver unit to separate from the tube of the remaining bead cores on the feed drum.