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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Tomoyuki Takatsuka, Osaka, JP;
Hirokatsu Mizukusa, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Takatsuka, Osaka, JP;
Hirokatsu Mizukusa, Osaka, JP;
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
The invention enables to automatically connect a terminal end portion of a strip-like material drawn out from a winding member constituting an apparatus of supplying the strip-like material and a start end portion of a succeeding strip-like material, at supply support portions, a strip-like material B is drawn out from one winding member Ba of a plurality of winding members Ba, Bb aligned on support shaftsto be supported thereby, a start end portion of the strip-like material B of other winding member Ba is made to be awaited at an awaiting portion, at every time of finishing transporting the strip-like material B, the strip-like material B is temporarily stopped from being transported, during a time period of stopping to transport the strip-like material B, a start end portion of the strip-like material B of a succeeding winding member Ba is held by a hand apparatusand transported from above the awaiting portionto above a receiving base, the start end portion is laminated on a terminal end portion of the preceding strip-like material, and the start end portion and the terminal end portion are pressed to connect above the receiving base