Method and system for marking tires
CA 2530223 C · Owner: Parks, Stefan A. · Inventors: Wood, Ira L.; Parks, Stefan A.; Smith, Donald L. Jr.
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A system and associated method of marking a molded vehicle tire with laser engraved information to provide both human visible and machine readable data concerning the tire. Information contained in a barcode on the tire is read at a first station and supplied to a control unit. The physical location of human visible information previously molded into the tire is read from the tire at a second station and supplied to the control unit which uses this information to position a laser located at a third station for engaging additional human visible information pertaining to the manufacture of the tire adjacent the existing visible information to satisfy the Department of Transportation …
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- Filed June 23, 2004 and granted January 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 23, 2024.
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