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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:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael L Lauber, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N / ; B29H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
184102 ; 184 16 ; 156414 ;
Abstract
A device for automatically lubricating the edges of the rims of a tire shaping drum including a pivoting arm member having disposed on the end thereof an absorbent member adapted to be positioned proximate to the rims of the tire shaping drum whereby lubricant may be metered to the absorbent material in order to allow the rim of the tire shaping drum to be automatically lubricated in response to control signals provided by a programmable controller.