摘要 |
A rubber sheet joining apparatus comprises: a cutting unit for cutting a ribbon of rubber sheet reinforced with cords to generate rubber sheet strips having different lengths; a sheet overlapping unit (16,15) for overlapping and joining the rubber sheet strips having different lengths to make an overlapped and joined strip; first holding members (63) for holding a front end portion of a following overlapped and joined strip; second holding members (65) for holding a rear end portion of a preceding overlapped and joined strip; support guides for movably supporting the first holding members (63) relative to the second holding members (65); and an operating unit for moving the first holding members (63) relative to the second holding members (65) to butt-join the side surfaces of two successive overlapped and joined strips held respectively by the first holding members and the second holding members to generate a ply sheet. |