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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2010
Metodi Lubenov Ikonomov, Moore, SC (US);
Cesar Enrique Zarak, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nathan Joel Panning, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Metodi Lubenov Ikonomov, Moore, SC (US);
Cesar Enrique Zarak, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nathan Joel Panning, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
The invention includes methods and apparatus for preparing a tire surface for receiving a tire patch. Such methods include selecting a desired depth marking template for use in forming one or more depth marking apertures within a tire surface and within a desired tire patch application area, each of the one or more depth marking apertures having a desired depth corresponding to a desired depth of the patch receiving area, the template having one or more openings extending through a thickness of the template corresponding to the one or more marking apertures to be formed. The methods further include forming one or more depth marking apertures within the tread by inserting a material removal member of a power tool into each of the one or more openings in the template, the power tool removing tire material to the desired depth for each aperture.