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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Yuichiro Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tire printing device includes a printer head (), positioned near a rotating tire (), that ejects and applies coating material, an unevenness detection sensor () that detects a predetermined raised/recessed character on the surface of the rotating tire () and a PC () that sets the origin of rotation of the tire () based on a signal detected by the unevenness detection sensor () and synchronizes the operation start time of the printer head () with the origin of rotation in order to maintain a constant relationship between the position of the raised/recessed character and the position of application of the coating material. Desired printing is performed by the printer head () ejecting and applying the coating material onto a surface of the rotating tire () after the rotating tire is mounted on a rim and inflated to a regular shape by being applied with an internal pressure.