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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:
Aug. 12, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary W Sloan, Lawton, OK (US);
Walter H Nelson, Lawton, OK (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
157 13 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for trimming vents from the tread of tires including at least one trimmer (42). Each trimmer includes a pair of tire engageable rollers (84, 86) and a cooperating knife (88). The apparatus may include a plurality of sets of trimmers (42, 42A, 42B), a bead trimmer (42) may be mounted for limited rocking movement about an axis extending parallel to the axis of the rollers, and one set may include a pair of bead trimmers (88A, 88B) the rollers (84A, 86A, 84B, 86B) of which are inclined or inclinable to the axis about which the trimmer rocks.