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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:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl J Siegenthaler, Roma-Ostia, IT;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156396 ; 156398 ; 1564062 ;
Abstract
A transfer ring (1) for toroidal carcasses (2), wherein a number of first actuators (17) provide for radially moving a number of sectors (19) to and from a position which forms a grab ring (20) for cooperating with an intermediate annular portion (7) of the carcass (2). A number of second actuators (35) provide for moving a number of clamping devices (34) to and from a closed position engaging the beads (3) of the carcass (2). Each sector (19) and each clamping device (34) presents respective magnetic retaining elements (22, 44), respectively cooperating with the intermediate annular portion (7) and the beads (3) of the carcass (2).