Patents by Inventor Lucien DE LA MAR

Lucien DE LA MAR 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).

  • Apparatus and method for applying a gum strip to an edge of a cord reinforced ply
    Patent number: 10933576
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and a method for applying a first gum strip to a first edge of a cord reinforced ply, wherein the apparatus includes a ply support for supporting the cord reinforced ply and a first strip support that defines an elongate first strip region extending in the longitudinal direction for supporting the first gum strip with respect to the ply support, and wherein the first strip support includes a first retaining member for retaining a first part of the first gum strip below the first edge and a first folding member that is rotatable with respect to the first retaining member about a first folding axis from a flat position into a folding position opposite to the first retaining member with respect to the support plane for folding a second part of the first gum strip around the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Lucien De La Mar, Otte Haitsma, Ruud Albertus Gerhardus Hesselink, Kevin Voss, Jeroen Van Tienhoven
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A GUM STRIP TO AN EDGE OF A CORD REINFORCED PLY
    Publication number: 20200282632
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and a method for applying a first gum strip to a first edge of a cord reinforced ply, wherein the apparatus includes a ply support for supporting the cord reinforced ply and a first strip support that defines an elongate first strip region extending in the longitudinal direction for supporting the first gum strip with respect to the ply support, and wherein the first strip support includes a first retaining member for retaining a first part of the first gum strip below the first edge and a first folding member that is rotatable with respect to the first retaining member about a first folding axis from a flat position into a folding position opposite to the first retaining member with respect to the support plane for folding a second part of the first gum strip around the first edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Lucien DE LA MAR, Otte HAITSMA, Ruud Albertus Gerhardus HESSELINK, Kevin VOSS, Jeroen VAN TIENHOVEN