公开(公告)号：US11020920B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US16622166

申请日：2018-06-13

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Antonie Slots ,  Evert Doppenberg

IPC: B29D30/20

Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building system including a first drum, a second drum and first stations, a first support, a first carrier that carries the first drum with respect to the first support, a second support and a second carrier that carries the second drum with respect to the second support, wherein the first carrier is movable along the first support in a first positioning plane, wherein the second carrier is movable along the second support in the first positioning plane, wherein the first support is arranged for supporting the first carrier from below the first positioning plane and wherein the second support is arranged for suspending the second carrier from above the first positioning plane. The disclosure further relates to a method for positioning the first drum and the second drum with respect to the first stations with the use of the aforementioned system.

公开(公告)号：US12162233B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US18573935

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: VMI Holland B.V.

Inventor： Antonie Slots

IPC: B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/26

Abstract: A tire unloading unit for unloading a green tire, wherein the green tire has an externally facing circumferential tread surface extending around a tire axis, wherein the tire unloading unit has a base and a support for supporting the green tire relative to the base at the externally facing circumferential tread surface from below and an upper arm projecting from the base for stabilizing the green tire at the externally facing circumferential tread surface from above, wherein the upper arm includes a first lateral boundary member, a second lateral boundary member and intermediate boundary members which are individually movable to closely adapt to the contour of the green tire and remain in contact with said contour even when the green tire collapses slightly over time.

公开(公告)号：US12286320B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18564573

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Ruben Visser ,  Antonie Slots ,  Herman Sebastiaan Scherpenhuizen

IPC: B65H20/06 ,  B29D30/00 ,  B29D30/26 ,  B65H23/02 ,  B65H23/032 ,  B65H16/00

Abstract: The invention relates to an unwinding system, an assembly and a method for unwinding a tire component from a stock reel and for outputting said tire component in a transport direction, wherein the unwinding system comprises a reel station, an output conveyor and a transfer device for transferring a leading end of the tire component from the reel station to said output conveyor, wherein the transfer device comprises a retaining member which is movable along a guide path between a pick-up position and a release position, wherein the retaining member comprises a retaining surface for releasably retaining the leading end of the tire component, wherein the transfer device further comprises an arm that is rotatable around the inverting axis for moving the retaining member along the guide path, wherein the retaining member is movable with respect to the arm in an extension direction perpendicular to the inverting axis.

公开(公告)号：US11752718B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17781847

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: VMI HOLLAND B.V.

Inventor： Antonie Slots ,  Evert Doppenberg

IPC: B29D30/32 ,  B29D30/48 ,  B29D30/00

CPC classification number: B29D30/48 ,  B29D2030/0044 ,  B29D2030/3207 ,  B29D2030/487

Abstract: A bead retaining member includes a body having a concave first concave edge and one or more retaining elements which are distributed over the body along said first concave edge for retaining a first bead of a first size along a first retaining curve having a first retaining radius and for retaining a second bead of a second size along a second retaining curve having a second retaining radius larger than the first retaining radius. The first retaining curve intersects with the second retaining curve at a first intersection point and a second intersection point. The first concave edge is non-circular and is located radially outside of the second retaining curve in a center region of the first concave edge between the first intersection point and the second intersection point and radially outside of the first retaining curve in a first lateral region and a second lateral region.