Manufacturing apparatus of rubber member and manufacturing method of rubber member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9919466-B2
Application number	US-201213682422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2012
Priority date	Nov 24, 2011
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member includes an extruder that kneads and feeds a rubber material; a mouthpiece that discharges the rubber material supplied from the extruder; a support member that has a support surface opposing the mouthpiece; a rubber collection chamber that is formed between the mouthpiece and the support surface, that collects the rubber material discharged from the mouthpiece, and that has an opening in a front movement direction of the support surface with respect to the mouthpiece; and a shutter that opens and closes the opening. A plate-like rubber member is molded using the rubber material discharged from the mouthpiece onto the support surface by relatively moving the support surface and the mouthpiece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member, comprising:
an extruder that kneads and feeds a rubber material;
a mouthpiece that discharges the rubber material supplied from the extruder;
a support member that has a support surface opposing the mouthpiece;
a rubber collection chamber that is formed between the mouthpiece and the support surface, that collects the rubber material discharged from the mouthpiece, and that has an opening in a front movement direction of the support surface with respect to the mouthpiece and an opening in a rear movement direction of the support surface; and
a shutter that opens and closes the opening in the front movement direction of the support surface with respect to the mouthpiece,
wherein a plate-like rubber member is molded using the rubber material discharged from the mouthpiece onto the support surface by relatively moving the support surface and the mouthpiece.

2. The manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mouthpiece includes a discharge port that discharges the rubber material to the rubber collection chamber, and the discharge port opposes the support surface.

3. The manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mouthpiece includes a discharge port that discharges the rubber material to the rubber collection chamber, and a flow channel that guides the rubber material supplied from the extruder, to the discharge port,
wherein the flow channel includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel that is provided in succession at the tip side of the first flow channel, and that has a smaller cross-section area than the first flow channel, and
wherein in the second flow channel, one side in the width direction is longer than the other side in the width direction.

4. The manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member according to claim 1 ,
wherein a gear pump is provided between the extruder and the mouthpiece.

5. The manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the support member includes a base that has a protrusion, and a support device that is attachable and detachable with respect to the base, and
wherein in a state where the support device having a through hole is attached to the base, the protrusion is fitted into the through hole, and the support device and the protrusion form the support surface.

6. The manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member according to claim 5 ,
wherein the protrusion and the support device are alternately arranged in the movement direction of the support surface with respect to the mouthpiece.

7. The manufacturing apparatus of a rubber member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shutter includes a tapered surface that is inclined in the direction apart from the support surface as it goes in the front movement direction of the support surface with respect to the mouthpiece.

Assignees

• Toyo Tire & Rubber Co

Inventors

• Kitagawa Masato
• Niwa Katsuji

Classifications

• B29C48/92

  Measuring, controlling or regulating · CPC title

• B29C48/2566

  Die parts · CPC title

• B29C48/301

  having reciprocating, oscillating or rotating parts · CPC title

• B29C48/387

  using a screw extruder and a gear pump · CPC title

• B29C48/37

  Gear pumps · CPC title