摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for the formation of joined end parts of cord-including rubber members and a method of joining cord-including rubber members which enable joining, without a level difference, cords at in-parallel ends of cord-including rubber members with two or more cords arranged in parallel at specified pitches. <P>SOLUTION: The method of forming joined end parts comprises: arranging two or more grooving portions 4, 5 and 6, each grooving portion consisting of a pair of grooving rollers, in series in the order of increasing grooving widths of grooving rollers 4a, 5a and 6a; turning each grooving roller between cords at the in-parallel ends of the cords in the extending direction of the cords, with a cord-including rubber member M sandwiched vertically; increasing the space between the cords gradually so as to form joined end parts; superimposing the joined end parts of the cord-including rubber members M; and laying the cords at joined end parts between the cords at other joined end parts and pressing them together. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT</p> |