Abstract: A device for connecting steel cord web sections, consisting of steel cord webs having steel threads disposed in a longitudinal direction, to form a steel cord web with steel threads disposed at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the original steel cord web. This device comprises a conveyor belt means having a plurality of narrow belts for feeding the steel cord web sections and retaining means for clamping the seam portions of the steel cord web sections to be connected. Also included are means for bringing together and joining, at a connecting point, the connection faces of the seam portions of the steel cord sections to be connected.The improvement of this invention lies in the conveyor belt means comprising an incoming conveyor belt having an upper section extending beneath the connection point and an outgoing conveyor belt having a plurality of narrow belts spaced with respect to one another for advancing the steel cord web which is produced.

Abstract: A wrapping over device for use with a rotatable solid body tire assembly drum. The wrapping over device includes an arcuate support having at least three conical finger elements mounted thereon. The finger elements are positioned progressively closer to an axial centerline of the tire assembly drum in a direction of rotation of the drum. A pressing roller is rotatably mounted on the support at a position between the conical fingers. A pivot drive pivotally mounts the support for rotation about an axis disposed at right angles to the assembly drum axial centerline. A parallel drive means mounts the pivot drive means for movement in a direction parallel to the tire assembly drum axial centerline.

Abstract: An axially and radially adjustable construction drum for pneumatic tires in which the drum has a variable width and is radially extensible and comprises two basic members, the relative distance between which is adjustable on an internal tube through a spindle and a screwthreaded sleeve with screw thread portions in opposite directions, in which the basic members support ring segments whose external surfaces form approximately cylindrical working surfaces and which are radially adjustable through bellows and on which is situated a resilient bandage with inflatable members disposed therebelow for holding over the edges of plies and between which is retained a middle portion which is radially extensible in the longitudinal direction of the drum.

Abstract: A loading device for supplying cord strips, intended for the belt or body of a tire, to a tire assembly drum. The loading device is comprised of a plurality of guide units displaceably mounted for longitudinal movement relative to the tire assembly drum. Each guide unit includes devices for storing a cord strip and a backing strip, for deflecting, for initially separating the cord strip from the backing strip, for final separation and removal of the cord strip from the backing strip, for winding up the backing strip, for guiding the cord strip in a short compensating loop and for delivering the cord strip to the tire assembly drum. The guide units also contain driving mechanisms for each of the above devices. The compensating loop device is rigidly mounted between the separating device and the delivering device.