公开(公告)号：US20220176662A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17601360

申请日：2020-03-23

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Cornelis VELDHOEN ,  Henrick Theodoor POSTHUMUS

IPC: B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/16 ,  B65H27/00 ,  B65G39/04

Abstract: Disclosed is a guiding device having a guide roller that is rotatable about a roller axis and that has an exterior guide surface extending in a circumferential direction about the roller axis, wherein the guide roller includes a plurality of roller segments juxtaposed in an axial direction along the roller axis for forming the exterior guide surface, wherein the plurality of roller segments are movable relative to each other to enable the guide roller to be positioned in a maximum bend state in which the roller axis extends along an arc, wherein the plurality of roller segments are interlocked to rotate together about the roller axis in a maximum bend state, wherein the plurality of roller segments extend over an arc length along the arc of the roller axis, wherein the arc length is at least ninety degrees in the maximum bend state.

公开(公告)号：US20220163322A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17599321

申请日：2020-03-13

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Egbert Grietinus KELLIJ ,  John VAN DE VRUGT ,  Niels TIELENBURG ,  Teunis Johannes VERBRUGGEN ,  Peter BEEKMAN ,  Cees Johan VAN VOSKUILEN ,  Robin NUSSELDER ,  Gerjan Asuerus BERGHORST ,  Titus Ruben VERLAAN ,  Bart KOFOED ,  Quinten Matthijs BERGMANS

IPC: G01B11/25 ,  G01C11/30 ,  G01S7/497 ,  B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/24 ,  B29D30/26 ,  B29D30/32 ,  B29D30/48

Abstract: The invention relates to a calibration tool and a method for calibrating a laser-triangulation measuring system, wherein the calibration tool comprises a tool body that defines a reference plane and that is rotatable relative to the measuring system about a rotation axis perpendicular to said reference plane, wherein the tool body is provided with one or more calibration surfaces that define a pattern of calibration positions, wherein the pattern comprises at least three columns extending in a radial direction away from the rotation axis and at least three rows extending in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, wherein for each column the calibration positions within said respective column vary in height relative to the reference plane in a height direction perpendicular to said reference plane and wherein for each row the calibration positions within the respective row vary in height in the height direction relative to the reference plane.

公开(公告)号：US11325333B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US17279521

申请日：2019-09-23

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Martin De Graaf ,  Dave Papot

IPC: B29D30/24 ,  B29D30/26

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building drum and a method for building a tire, wherein the tire building drum includes a crown section and a bead-lock section, wherein the bead-lock section defines a bead-lock position, wherein the crown section includes crown segments movable with respect to the base from a crown-down position into a crown-up position in a crown-up direction, wherein the crown segments together form a crown surface, a leading edge and a shoulder, wherein the tire building drum further includes a sleeve that extends around the crown segments in the circumferential direction, wherein the sleeve includes a first circumferential edge that is fixed to the crown segments at a side of the shoulder facing away from the bead-lock section, a second circumferential edge that is located between the shoulder and the bead-lock position, wherein the second circumferential edge is unfixed at least when the crown segments are in the crown-down position.

公开(公告)号：US20210386628A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17282966

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Kees JOCHEMSEN ,  Ton DE BOER

IPC: A61J7/00 ,  G16H20/13 ,  G07F11/18

Abstract: Disclosed is a medicine dispensing device and a method for dispensing medicine, wherein the medicine dispensing device includes a tray and a drop plate below the tray in a drop direction, wherein the drop plate is slidable relative to the tray between a hold position and a drop position, wherein the medicine dispensing device further includes one or more retaining members for retaining the drop plate relative to the tray in the drop direction when the drop plate is in a dispensing path, wherein the drop plate is slidable in a release direction into a release position outside of the dispensing path, wherein the one or more retaining members are arranged for releasing the drop plate from the tray in the release position.

公开(公告)号：US20210370627A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17281921

申请日：2020-01-27

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Martin DE GRAAF ,  Dave PAPOT

IPC: B29D30/26 ,  B29D30/30 ,  B29D30/28

Abstract: Disclosed are a transfer apparatus and a method for transferring plies onto a carcass package on a tire building drum. The transfer apparatus includes a transfer ring with first ring segments and a frame that extends in a circumferential direction about a central axis for holding the first ring segments in first angular positions distributed in the circumferential direction along the frame, wherein the first ring segments are movable relative to the frame in a radial direction from a first radial distance to a second radial distance from the central axis that is smaller than the first radial distance. The transfer apparatus further includes a first rolling device that is positionable in a second angular position interposed between the first angular positions, and a second ring segment that is positionable in the second angular position at the second radial distance from the central axis.

公开(公告)号：US11167577B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16616828

申请日：2018-05-18

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： William Van Het Hul ,  Erwin Bertram Welink

IPC: B41K3/08 ,  B29C48/08 ,  B29C48/25 ,  B29C48/00 ,  B41K3/10 ,  B41K3/12 ,  B41K3/14 ,  B29C37/00

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for marking a continuously produced sheet of elastomeric material to identify sheet batches associated with a respective stock of raw extrusion material in a longitudinal direction of the continuously produced sheet. The apparatus includes one or more marking tools for providing the continuously produced sheet with a series of batch markings which are indicative of the respective sheet batch and for providing a start or end marking indicating the start or end, respectively, of a respective sheet batch.

公开(公告)号：US20210283874A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17275600

申请日：2019-07-31

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Martin DE GRAAF ,  Dave PAPOT ,  Tom REGTERSCHOT

IPC: B29D30/26 ,  B29D30/32

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building drum with a first bladder or sleeve, wherein the tire building drum has a first release member and a first actuator for generating a relative movement between the first release member and the drum body to move the first release member in a first release direction with respect to the drum body from a first fixation position in which the first release member fixates the first circumferential edge of the first bladder or sleeve to the drum body into a first release position in which the first release member releases the first circumferential edge from the drum body. Also disclosed is a method for operating the aforementioned tire building drum.

公开(公告)号：US20210101773A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US17099619

申请日：2020-11-16

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Marcel SMITS

IPC: B65H59/04 ,  B65H49/32 ,  B65H57/12 ,  B65H67/02 ,  B65H51/16 ,  F16D49/08

Abstract: Disclosed is a creel including a plurality of creel bobbins, a plurality of guiding tubes located at the lower end of the creel and a plurality of guiding tubes located at the upper end of the creel, wherein each guiding tube is arranged for receiving a wire from an individual creel bobbin, wherein the lower half of the creel bobbins are arranged to feed their wires to the guiding tubes at the upper end of the creel, while the upper half of the creel bobbins are arranged to feed their wires to the guiding tubes at the lower end of the creel.

公开(公告)号：US10899096B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US15781677

申请日：2016-11-25

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Gerardus Johannes Catharina Van Laar ,  Wim Van Beek ,  Marco Slot

IPC: B29D30/48

Abstract: Provided is a drum set for manufacturing a bead-apex for a tire and an assembly including the drum set, wherein the drum set has drum segments which form a drum, wherein the drum segments are radially movable, wherein the drum set is arranged to be movable between an operational position in which the drum set is supported on a base and a storage position in which the drum set is unsupported by the base. The drum set further includes a support member for supporting the drum segments of the drum set with respect to each other, wherein the support member is provided with guides for guiding the radial movements of the drum segments when the drum set is in the operational position, while the guides are arranged for retaining the drum segments of the drum set to the support member when the drum set is in the storage position.

公开(公告)号：US10899035B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16758817

申请日：2018-10-15

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Gerardus Johannes Catharina Van Laar ,  Gerrit Roy Nijland ,  Cornelis-Jan Otto ,  Dries Vis

IPC: B26D7/26 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B26D1/00 ,  B29C65/78 ,  B29D30/46 ,  B29D30/42 ,  B29L30/00

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building apparatus and a method for joining or cutting tire components. The tire building apparatus includes a rocking member that is movable in a rocking plane in a rocking motion along a rocking line, a translation guide extending parallel to the rocking line and a carriage that is displaceable along the translation guide, wherein the rocking member has a convex edge that defines a minor arc of a circle and extends up to a rotation center, wherein the rocking member is supported by the carriage at the rotation center and is angularly displaceable with respect to the carriage about a rotation axis extending through the rotation center.