Mold, tire curing mold, and method for manufacturing mold
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorTomo Koyanagi
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Abstract
A mold capable of imparting an appropriate amount of heat depending on a part of an object to be heated, the mold for transferring heat to the object to be heated is provided with a hollow portion inside the mold, and a heat amount adjusting agent, which is accommodated in the hollow portion, for changing heat transfer property of the hollow portion, in which the heat amount adjusting agent is made of a powdery or granular material having a material property different from a material property of the mold.
Claims13
A mold for transferring heat to an object to be heated comprising:
- a hollow portion provided inside the mold;
- a heat transfer assisting member disposed in the hollow portion;
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- a heat amount adjusting agent held in the hollow portion for changing a heat transfer property of the hollow portion;
- wherein the heat amount adjusting agent is made of a powdery or granular material having a material property different from that of the mold, and
- wherein the heat transfer assisting member is provided to be insertable and removable to and from the hollow portion.
A tire curing mold for curing a tire by transferring heat to the tire, the mold comprising:
- a hollow portion provided inside the tire curing mold;
- a heat transfer assisting member provided in the hollow portion;
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- a heat amount adjusting agent held in the hollow portion for changing a heat transfer property in the hollow portion;
- wherein the heat amount adjusting agent is made of a powdery or granular material having a material property different from that of the tire curing mold, and
- wherein the heat transfer assisting member is provided to be insertable and removable to and from the hollow portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.