Appeal No. 2001-0093
Application No. 08/947,149
APPENDIX
1. A process for transporting a belt construction strip
having parallel reinforcing members embedded in a belt
construction material for forming a belt for a pneumatic vehicle
tire in an apparatus that includes a first and second conveying
device arranged to transport the belt construction strip in a
feed direction, and the first conveying device is arranged for
movement in a direction lateral to the feed direction,
comprising:
feeding the belt construction strip in the feed direction
over the first and second conveying devices toward a subsequent
processing device, the feed direction being oblique to the
reinforcing members and the belt construction strip including two
lateral sides extending in the feed direction;
forming a front edge on a front end of the belt construction
strip in the feed direction and a rear edge on a rear end of the
belt construction strip in the feed direction, the front and rear
edges extending obliquely to the feed direction and substantially
parallel to the reinforcing members;
defining a front tip from a portion of the belt construction
strip enclosed by the front edge and one of the two lateral
sides;
defining a rear tip from a portion of the belt construction
strip enclosed by the rear edge and the other of the two lateral
sides;
laterally moving the first conveying device in a direction
lateral to the feed direction to align the front tip at a
specified lateral position;
laterally aligning the belt construction strip, in a region
between the front tip and the rear tip, in accordance with its
position and without a lateral stop toY guide either of the
lateral sides; and
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