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Patent No.:

US 9221306 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2012

Tire printing method and tire printing apparatus

Applicant:

Bridgestone Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Akihiko Hajikano, Kodaira, JP;

Assignee:

BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Julian Huffman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B60C 13/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/72 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/20 (2006.01); B41J 25/308 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 13/001 (2013.04); B29D 30/72 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B41J 11/20 (2013.01); B41J 25/308 (2013.01); B29D 2030/728 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tire printing method capable of highly precise printing by quickly and accurately measuring the profile of the side face of a tire for printing and setting a printing clearance properly. The printing is done on the side face () of the tire () by discharging ink from nozzles of a print head () disposed to face the side face (). The method includes the step of detecting side face information of the tire () using a two-dimensional displacement measuring sensor () disposed to face the side face () of the tire () and the step of adjusting the distance between the print head () and the side face () of the tire () by adjusting either the position of the print head () or the distance between the beads () of the tire () based on the side face information of the tire ().

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hajikano, Akihiko. (2015). Tire printing method and tire printing apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 9221306). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9221306

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