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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1991
Gerardo P Elia, Akron, OH (US);
Gaetan Arbour, Joliette, Quebec, CA;
Ivan Z Podobnik, Barrie, Ontario, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A shuttle head which can be translated along a longitudinal axis between an assembly table and a lead-in table, wherein the shuttle head has a vacuum pick-up for picking up a ribbon of uncured elastomeric material. The shuttle head includes a pick-up plate having a plurality of apertures communicating with the source of vacuum. A cutting knife is provided on the edge of the assembly table for cutting the strip of ribbon, and the assembly table and cutting knife can be adjusted angularly with respect to the lead-in table. The pick-up plate has an inverted V-shaped edge at the leading end of the shuttle head immediately adjacent the cutting knife, such as to allow a variety of angular displacements of the assembly table relative to the lead-in table without having to change the pick-up plate.