Patents by Inventor Tosio Azuma

Tosio Azuma 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).

  • Tire bead flipping apparatus
    Patent number: 3962020
    Abstract: A tire bead flipping apparatus where a flipper cloth is gradually folded around a tire bead in a manner to remove internal stress from the flipper cloth which would otherwise be developed therein due to dimensional discrepancy between the inner and outer diameters of the tire bead, by cooperation of various moving components which are positioned inside and outside the tire bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Hisashi Yonekawa, Tosio Azuma
  • Apparatus for and method of conveying and handling tire bead wires
    Patent number: 3960260
    Abstract: In the process of production of automobile tires, a tire bead wire is initially lifted onto an elevated conveyor and lowered from the conveyor to a tire bead wire working machine. The tire bead wire which is worked in the working machine is again lifted onto and conveyed by an additional elevated conveyor to a collecting position where the worked tire bead wire is joined to previously collected tire bead wires. When a predetermined number of tire bead wires are collected, they are conveyed to a following process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Tosio Azuma, Hisashi Yonekawa