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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:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anand W Bhagwat, Akron, OH (US);
Kenneth J Palmer, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Amit Prakash, Hudson, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156178 ; 156179 ; 156324 ; 156437 ; 242156 ; 2421562 ;
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.