System and apparatus for storing and processing strip material
CA 1248074 A · Owner: Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (The) · Inventors: Weyand, Harley P.
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A system and apparatus therefor which stores and processes flexible strip materials and particularly tire manufacturing components such as the tread portion. A portable storage unit has a pair of hollow cylindri-, cal-shaped spools loosely supported on a pair of cradles within a frame. A pair of annular flanges adjacent the ends of each of the spool surfaces engages stop plates on the frame to retain the spools in position on the cradles when the frame is in both a vertical load and unload position and a horizontal storage and transport position. Drive units for loading and unloading the spools preferably are similar, each including a pair of expanding mandrels and a motor driven chain …
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- Granted January 3, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 3, 2006.
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