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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. 21, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Claude Lescoffit, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ; B60C / ; B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152451 ; 152526 ; 152527 ; 152530 ; 152531 ; 152555 ; 1564064 ;
Abstract
A tire includes incisions in a ply of parallel cords of the tire, made pr to the ply's utilization for making the tire. A cutting device for making the incisions is comprised of a reference holder to impose a known orientation to the parallel cords. It is comprised of a blade of a given width C, the blade being positioned transversely relative to the known orientation, the device including an assembly for causing the cutting of the cords by the blade, and including an assembly for moving the blade transversely relative to the holder, and an assembly for moving the ply longitudinally relative to the holder.