Abstract: A tire building system comprises a band drum, a shaping drum, and a belt forming machine having two oscillating or rotating belt drums, in which the band drum and the shaping drum are arranged on the same axis in opposing relationship, a band transfer is disposed therebetween on the axis in such a manner as to reciprocate, the belt forming machine is arranged in parallel to the axis, and a belt transfer is disposed between the belt drum and the shaping drum in such a manner as to move in the axial direction and the direction normal to the axis.

Abstract: Method of transferring and setting bead part assemblies for tires, which comprises providing a bead part assembly stocking part in which a number of bead part assemblies is stacked one on top of the other in tiers through separators, an emptied separator collecting part disposed in the proximity of the bead part assembly stocking part, a tire building machine for thereon receiving bead part assemblies and building tires, bead part assembly holding means for picking up bead part assemblies one at a time and a separator holding means for picking up the separators one at a time; the step of causing the bead part assembly holding means to pick up a bead part assembly from the bead part assembly stocking part and carry the picked-up bead part assembly to the tire building machine and the step of causing the separator holding means to pick up a separator from the bead part assembly stocking part and carry the picked-up separator to the emptied separator collecting part.

Abstract: In a tire building apparatus comprising a band drum 1, a shaping drum 2, and a belt forming machine 101 having two belt drums 3 which can be oscillated or cyclically moved, the band drum 1 and the belt forming machine 101 are disposed on the same axis in opposing relationship, the shaping drum 2 is disposed so that it can be reciprocated between the position on the aforesaid axis and the standby position while maintaining the parallel condition with respect to the aforesaid axis, and a band transfer 4 and a belt transfer 5 are disposed so that they can be reciprocated along the aforesaid axis between the band drum 1 and the belt forming machine 101.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a tread pickup device which can pick up a tread on a truck reliably without manpower. The device comprises a plurality of short first forks for scooping up a front edge of the tread placed on the truck and holding the tread, long second forks which are arranged adjacent to the first forks and inserted throughout the total width of the tread, and a mechanism for raising and moving the first and second forks together with the tread.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tread centering device which automatically detects the position of tread center and holds it in a straight form even when the center of tread is not positioned in a straight form. The device mainly comprises a plurality of detectors for detecting a groove for centering the tread, a holding plate which is inserted into the detected groove, and a mechanism which moves said holding plate transversely to align said groove in a straight form.

Abstract: A guide mechanism consisting of guide plates and guide rods and a reciprocating mechanism consisting of a fluid cylinder are disposed on a machine frame capable of coming close to and away from a building drum through a fluid cylinder and disposed in such a manner as to keep a slight gap between a support surface of a material and a drum surface when it comes close to the building drum. A moving member capable of reciprocation toward and away from the building drum is disposed in the reciprocating mechanism. A material support plate extending toward the building drum and a support member consisting of leaf springs urging and separating the material between them and the material support plate through a material push mechanism are disposed on the moving member. A cutting guide member is disposed at the tip of the machine frame in a fashion such that its tip projects from the tip of the material support plate when the material support plate moves back.

Abstract: Emergency braking device for a brushless motor comprising damping means connected through a switch to the windings of the brushless motor in case of emergency to dissipate the energy stored in the inductance of the windings of the brushless motor. The impedance characteristics of the damper means are optimized by selecting a capacitance which has a predetermined relationship to the inductance of the motor winding.