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US 11,027,506 B1Granted
Actuating ring for tire mold assembly
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsBabatunde Omogbolahan Agboola, William Andrew Haydu, Deep Samanta
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Abstract
An actuating ring for a tire mold includes an upper sidewall portion and a lower sidewall portion providing radial and axial movement of the actuating ring relative to the upper sidewall portion and the lower sidewall portion. The actuating ring has axially upper, circumferentially extending slots and axially lower, circumferentially extending slots axially offset from the axially upper, circumferentially extending slots.
Claims7
An actuating ring assembly for a tire mold comprising:
- a radially moveable tread mold portion operable with an upper sidewall portion and a lower sidewall portion to define a tire mold cavity in a closed position of the tire mold;
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- an actuating ring slidably engaging the upper sidewall portion and the lower sidewall portion to provide radial and axial movement of the tread mold portion relative to the upper sidewall portion and the lower sidewall portion, the actuating ring having axially upper rectangular circumferential slots and axially lower rectangular circumferential slots axially offset from the axially upper slots, one of the axially upper slots being circumferentially longer than another of the axially upper slots, one of the axially lower slots being circumferentially longer than another of the axially lower slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.