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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukitaka Okafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Tajima, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Sumiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156132 ; 156401 ; 1564062 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming a tire in which an inner circumference of a tire carcass is wrapped around a tire bead by being grasped by an expanding air bladder against a stopper plate. The stopper plate, with the bladder still inflated is raised relative to the bead and main tire carcass and then moved into the annular portion of the tire carcass to encase the bead.