摘要 |
A process of manufacturing carcass bands which are reinforced by cords and are to be employed in fabricating a radial tire. The process includes the steps of unwinding a plurality of cords from a plurality of reels, respectively, travelling the cords through apertures formed in guide members and entering a rubber coating mechanism, coating the cords with rubber material by means of the rubber coating mechanism to produce incessantly a cylindrical tube having the cords embedded therein, storing the cylindrical temporarily between its leading end portion and the rubber coating mechanism, receiving the leading end portion of the cylindrical tube on an axially elongated retaining member having rear and front ends, retaining the leading end portion of the cylindrical tube and moving the leading end portion retained by means of a first retaining mechanism to a position in which the cylindrical tube is severed, severing the cylindrical tube into a predetermined length from the leading end thereof while producing incessantly the cylindrical tube and storing temporarily the tube between the rubber coating mechanism and the rear end of the axially elongated retaining member, and taking out from the axially elongated retaining member the severed tube while producing incessantly the cylindrical tube and storing temporarily the tube between the rubber coating mechanism and the rear end of the axially elongated retaining member.
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