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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Mark S. Byerley, Greenback, TN (US);
Mark S. Byerley, Greenback, TN (US);
BPS Engineering, LLC, Greenback, TN (US);
Abstract
Elongate tire-building equipment having circumference-defining apparatus wherein the circumference serves as a forming surface or as a circumference-engaging surface utilizes ramp members which are regularly disposed about the equipment centerline and upon which the circumference-defining apparatus is mounted for movement radially toward and away from the equipment centerline. A thrust plate and an actuator are mounted at the ends of the equipment for movement toward or away from one another along the equipment centerline, and an assembly of guide tracks and guide blocks are interposed between the ramp members and the thrust plate and between the ramp members and the actuator so that the movement of the thrust plate and the actuator toward and away from one another effects the movement of the ramp members radially toward and away from the equipment centerline by a relatively large amount.