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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1993
Anand W Bhagwat, Akron, OH (US);
Kenneth J Palmer, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Amit Prakash, Hudson, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a strip of ply or belt stock reinforced with steel monofilaments fed from a plurality of reels (60,60', 60') mounted on the spindles (54) of a reel support structure (18). The article of manufacture which results from the method is a uniform strip of reinforced ply or belt stock of higher epi, smaller gauge and fewer splices than possible with prior method and apparatus. A plurality of the reels for feeding the monofilaments are mounted on a spindle secured at one end, with friction means (64,66) disposed between each of the reels located adjacent to each other for applying an axial braking force to each of the reels. A spring biasing means (68) is disposed between each of the reels located adjacent to each other for pressing the friction means (64,66) against the adjacent reels.