Ribbon winding machine with indexable hubs

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR WINDING AN ELASTOMERIC RIBBON ON THE SURFACE OF A CURVE TIRE CASING, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, A FRAME, A BASE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS, A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL COLUMN PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE ECCENTRICALLY OF SAID FIXED VERTICAL AXIS, SAID COLUMN BEING ANGULARLY POSITIONABLE IN A VERTICAL PLANE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE, MEANS LOCATED ON SAID COLUMN SUPPORTING SAID TIRE CASING FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS NORMAL AXIS, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR APPLYING SAID ELASTOMERIC RIBBON TO THE SURFACE OF SAID TIRE CASING, SAID APPLYING MEANS FEEDING SAID RIBBON TO SAID TIRE CASING SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID VERTICAL AXIS, MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID TIRE CASING ABOUT ITS NORMAL AXIS SO AS TO CAUSE SAID RIBBON TO BE WOUND AROUND SAID TIRE, MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID BASE AROUND ITS FIXED VERTICAL AXIS TO CAUSE SAID TIRE TO ANGULARLY CHANGE THE RELATIVE POSITION OF ITS SURFACE WITH RESPECT TO SAID MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID RIBBON AND MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID COLUMN TO VARY SAID ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID COLUMN WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE WHEREBY SAID RIBBON MAY BE WOUND ACROSS THE FACE OF THE TIRE.