Title: Tire building machine

Abstract: A tire building machine in which a tire building drum of variable diameter is connected to a rotatable driving shaft for rotation therewith while a plurality of bead applying means respectively arranged at opposite end faces includes annular sections surrounding the rotatable shaft in radially spaced relationship thereto. The machine furthermore comprises guiding means separate from the rotatable driving shaft and slidably engaged by the bead applying means which are adjustable on the guiding means in planes perpendicular to the driving shaft in two directions perpendicular to each other.

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Inventors: Bullmann, Rolf (Hannover, DT)

Application Number: 469461
Filing Date: 1974-05-13
Publication_date: 1976-04-13
Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft (Hannover, DT)
Primary Class(es): 156/398 156/131, 156/403
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US Patent Ref:

2951526	Sep, 1960	Haase	156/401.
3078204	Feb, 1963	Appleby	156/132.
3244575	Apr, 1966	Sabo et al.	156/401.
3489634	Jan, 1970	Pizzo et al.	156/398.
3645827	Feb, 1972	Frazier	156/403.
3816218	Jun, 1974	Felten	156/398.
3871942	Mar, 1975	Henley et al.	156/403.

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Primary Examiner: Powell, William A.
Assistant Examiner: Kittle, John E.
Attorney: Becker; Walter