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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. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Ray Downing, Uniontown, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/04 ; B26D 3/02 ; B26D 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/04 ; B26D 3/02 ; B26D 7/02 ;
Abstract
A method of an apparatus for cutting segments ( ) to desired lengths from a strip ( ) of elastomeric tire components having at least one cord reinforced component involves the step of impacting one cord ( ) as the cut is being made and lifting the cord ( ) to avoid cutting cords ( ) while directing the cutting path along the lifted cord( ). The article resulting from the method has a plurality of cords ( ) adjacent a flat cut splicing surface ( ) suitable for lap splicing.