Apparatus for successively supplying endless tire bands to a tire carcass producing equipment

摘要

The apparatus for successively supplying endless tire bands from a supply station onto a rotating forming drum of a tire carcass producing equipment comprises a holding column supported on a carriage which is reciprocally movably guided on a base of the apparatus. The holding column is provided with an expandable and contractable drum rotatably mounted thereon and a rotatable feeding bar mounted on the column adjacent to the drum. When the holding column is moved to a first position by the movement of the carriage, the expandable and contractable drum contacts with the forming drum of the tire carcass producing equipment in alignment therewith so as to be rotated thereby and, at the same time, is brought to its expanded position so that an endless tire band supported around the expanded drum and the feeding bar is allowed to be transferred onto the forming drum by the action of the feeding bar. When the holding column is moved to a second position by the movement of the carriage, the drum is moved to the supply station of the endless tire bands and is brought to its contracted position so that an endless tire band in the supply station is allowed to be supplied around the contracted drum and the feeding bar.