TIRE BUILDING DRUM

• US 20110192543A1
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Inventors: Toyofuku, Masanobu
• Application Number:
  US13/123,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20110192543A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 156/378
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/2614 Bladders associated with the building drum, e.g. bladders used for the toroidal expansion, bladders for turning-up the plies
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/3228 using one bladder acting on each side of the drum
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/3235 using two or more bladders acting on each side of the drum
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 30/26 Accessories or details, e.g. membranes, transfer rings
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 30/32 Fitting the bead-rings or bead-cores; Folding the textile layers around the rings or cores

Abstract

Provided a building drum capable of accurately control inner pressure of folding bladders and a center bladder, and/or transmitting abnormality of the inner pressure. At least one of the folding bladders and the center bladder has, in a cavity thereof, a sensor module including an inner pressure sensor for measuring pressure in the cavity of the bladder, the sensor module being disposed more inward than the outer surface of the drum body in the radial direction.

Claims

1. A tire building drum having a drum body, and a bladder attached on the outer side of the drum body in the radial direction and inflating with supply of air, for folding side ends of a carcass band about bead cores on the respective sides, and/or, toroidally inflating a center portion of the carcass band extending between the bead cores on the respective sides, wherein

a sensor module is provided in a cavity of at least one of the bladders, the sensor module including an inner pressure sensor for measuring pressure in the cavity of the bladder and being disposed inward from the outer surface of the drum body in the radial direction.

2. The tire building drum according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor module includes a transmitting unit for transmitting pressure measured by the inner pressure sensor to an inner-pressure information receiver provided outside the building drum through radio wave.

3. The tire building drum according to claim 2, wherein

the transmitting unit is provided with a loop antenna that makes a circle on a predetermined plane.

4. The tire building drum according to claim 3, wherein

a line perpendicular to the predetermined plane is configured so as to be in parallel to a plane tangent to the outer surface of the drum at a position corresponding to the sensor module in the circumferential direction.