Abstract: An apparatus for stripping tread from a tire in preparation for tire retreading operations includes a hollow, generally cylindrical cutter which is mounted for rotation with a sharpened cutting edge of the cutter disposed adjacent the surface of a rotating tire to be stripped and with the cylindrical cutter surface intersecting the tire surface at a relatively large angle. A pivotally and oscillatorly mounted abrading device is provided adjacent the cutter for roughening both the tread and shoulder portions of the stripped tire.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a generally flat strip of uncured tread material about the tread receiving portion and adjacent portions of the side walls of a tire carcass including a first roller means resiliently urging the center portion of the strip into engagement with the tire carcass, a flexible belt having a generally flat or arcuate configuration of relatively large curvature and second roller means for resiliently biasing opposite sides or edges of the belt toward the carcass.