US 11,701,850 B2
Apparatus for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels
Ivan Gildo Boscaino, Milan (IT); Gianni Mancini, Milan (IT); Cristiano Puppi, Milan (IT); and Erika Vaniglia, Milan (IT)
Assigned to PIRELLI S.P.A., Milan (IT)
Filed by PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A., Milan (IT)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,798.
Application 17/535,798 is a continuation of application No. 16/469,088, granted, now 11,220,077, previously published as PCT/IB2017/058218, filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 102016000130514 (IT), filed on Dec. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080687 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/06 (2006.01); B60C 19/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/0681 (2013.01) [B60C 19/002 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G01M 17/027 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels, said tyre having a radially inner surface comprising at least one service area and having a circumferential dimension, comprising:
a support device configured to support said tyre;
a detection device configured to detect at least one service area on said radially inner surface of the tyre;
a gripping member configured to pick up at least one noise-reducing element and place it on at least one target area defined on said radially inner surface of the tyre; and
a control unit operatively associated with said detection device and configured to determine a position in circumferential direction of said at least one service area on said radially inner surface of the tyre and to determine a position in circumferential direction of said at least one target area on said radially inner surface of the tyre based on the position in circumferential direction of said at least one service area and on said circumferential dimension of said radially inner surface of the tyre.