Patents by Inventor Gerrit Rodijk

Gerrit Rodijk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210379852
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building drum and a method for shaping tire components on the tire building drum, wherein the tire building drum has cover plates extending in the circumferential direction between each pair of directly adjacent turn-up arms to close gaps between the turn-up arms in the circumferential direction. The cover plates are arranged to remain at the first radius when the turn-up arms are moved from the level orientation towards the turned-up orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Evert DOPPENBERG, Gerrit RODIJK, Martin DE GRAAF
  • Patent number: 11110675
    Abstract: Provided is a tire building drum and a method for shaping tire components on the tire building drum, wherein the tire building drum has an annular sleeve that extends over turn-up arms in the longitudinal direction of the turn-up arms. The sleeve is elastic in the circumferential direction and fits elastically around the turn-up arms. The sleeve is provided with inelastic reinforcement elements extending in at least a part of the sleeve in a reinforcement direction transverse to the circumferential direction of the tire building drum, and has a fixed end that is retained in the axial direction and a movable end that is movable over the turn-up arms in their respective longitudinal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: Evert Doppenberg, Gerrit Rodijk, Martin De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20180207894
    Abstract: Provided is a tire building drum and a method for shaping tire components on the tire building drum, wherein the tire building drum has an annular sleeve that extends over turn-up arms in the longitudinal direction of the turn-up arms. The sleeve is elastic in the circumferential direction and fits elastically around the turn-up arms. The sleeve is provided with inelastic reinforcement elements extending in at least a part of the sleeve in a reinforcement direction transverse to the circumferential direction of the tire building drum, and has a fixed end that is retained in the axial direction and a movable end that is movable over the turn-up arms in their respective longitudinal directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Evert DOPPENBERG, Gerrit RODIJK, Martin DE GRAAF
  • Patent number: 8881785
    Abstract: Tire building drum having a turn-up mechanism for use in building an unvulcanized tire using rubber tire components, having two sets of turn-up arms (14), wherein each set of arms is connected to an axially shiftable arm support (17). The tire building drum is provided with means on the one hand for shifting the arm supports in a first direction to move the sets of turn-up arms axially towards each other, wherein the arras are tiltable in radial planes from a starting position to a tilting position, and on the other hand for in a second direction, opposite the first direction, shifting the arm supports to move the arms axially apart from the tilting position into the starting position. The tire building drum is provided with a pneumatic detection device (20) (23) for detecting whether at least one of the moving parts, such as the arms or the clamping device, are in the starting position, and for giving a detection signal indicating whether or not the arms are in the starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: VMI Holland B.V.
    Inventors: Martin De Graaf, Antonie Slots, Gerrit Mulder, Gerrit Rodijk, Jan Kornelis Grashuis
  • Publication number: 20110315322
    Abstract: Tyre building drum having a turn-up mechanism for use in building an unvulcanised tyre using rubber tyre components, having two sets of turn-up arms (14), wherein each set of arms is connected to an axially shiftable arm support (17). The tyre building drum is provided with means on the one hand for shifting the arm supports in a first direction to move the sets of turn-up arms axially towards each other, wherein the arras are tiltable in radial planes from a starting position to a tilting position, and on the other hand for in a second direction, opposite the first direction, shifting the arm supports to move the arms axially apart from the tilting position into the starting position. The tyre building drum is provided with a pneumatic detection device (20) (23) for detecting whether at least one of the moving parts, such as the arms or the clamping device, are in the starting position, and for giving a detection signal indicating whether or not the arms are in the starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Martin De Graaf, Antonie Slots, Gerrit Mulder, Gerrit Rodijk, Jan Kornelis Grashuis