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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard Robert Nicolas, Bonnert, BE;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/034 ; B65H 2/024 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 2/034 ; B65H 2/024 ;
Abstract
A storage carriage for longitudinal components. The storage carriage has a pair of continuous belts. The belts are arranged to form a nested zigzag pattern. As the component is feed through the nested zigzag pattern, substantially the entire length of the component within the storage carriage is subjected to the same tension and compression. The component is fed into one corner of the carriage and is removed from the opposing corner of the carriage. The component travels through the carriage in a “first-in/first-out” system.