Claims
- 1. A method of transporting and guiding a tire tread on a conveyor having a plurality of rotatable driven rollers wherein said tire tread has raised shoulders with inner surfaces and said rotatable driven rollers are movable laterally comprising:
- a. loading said tread on said conveyor;
- b. rotating said driven rollers to transport said tread along said conveyor on said driven rollers; and,
- c. engaging said inner surfaces of said raised shoulders of said tread with guide rollers positioned at each side of said conveyor to exert centering pressure on said tread.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said guide rollers are tilted to exert centering pressure on said shoulders in directions toward said inner surfaces of said raised shoulders of said tread.
- 3. The method of claim 2 further comprising exerting said centering pressure by said guide rollers when said tread is moved between said guide rollers.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/563,363 filed Nov. 28, 1995 now abandoned.
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