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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Klaus Gerloff, Isernhagen, DE;
Continental Aktiengesellschaft, Hanover, DE;
Abstract
In a method for placing the required length of a tread strip onto a belt building drum tread strip portions are prepared by cutting from a continuous tread strip supply. The tread strip portions are collected in a storage device. The tread strip portions are sequentially fed to a belt building drum such that in a direction of feeding to the rear edge of a leading strip the leading edge of the next tread strip portion is spliced and a quasi-continuous tread strip band is formed. The circumference of the belt building drum is determined in order to determine the required tread strip length. The quasi-continuous tread strip band is cut to the required length of the tread strip so as to match the circumference of the belt building drum.