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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1984
Yuzo Kumagai, Niiza, JP;
Yuichiro Ogawa, Fuchu, JP;
Bridgestone Tire Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for transferring a looped article to a cylindrical structure, comprising a collapsible ring structure having a center axis aligned with the center axis of the cylindrical structure and a centering plane parallel with the central plane of the cylindrical structure, the ring structure being radially deformable about the center axis thereof, a carrier supporting the ring structure and operative to move the ring structure toward and away from the cylindrical structure, and plural pairs of centering elements provided radially inside the ring structure. Each pair of centering elements are located on both sides of the centering plane of the ring structure and consist of centering elements located on both sides of the centering plane of the ring structure and movable toward and away from the centering plane of the ring structure. Locating means are provided radially outside the ring structure and engage the centering elements for locating each pair of centering elements at selected distances from the centering plane of the ring structure.