US 12,202,219 B2 · System for manufacturing a support structure

Abstract

A system cures and manufactures a partially-cured tire assembly. The system includes a plurality of elongate spacer members for maintaining corresponding a uniform cavity tension in the partially-cured tire assembly, each spacer member including a first longitudinal body member axially opposed to a second longitudinal body member, two cam bolts for adjusting a radial gap between the first longitudinal body member and the second longitudinal body member, and two springs each attached to the first body member and the second body member for maintaining a radial compressive force against the cam bolts; a first annular curing platen for securing spacer members relative to each other; and a second annular curing platen for securing spacer members relative to each other.

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Dependent claims

A system for curing and manufacturing a partially-cured tire assembly, the system comprising:

a plurality of elongate spacer members, each elongate spacer member including a first longitudinal body member radially spaced from a second longitudinal body member, two cam bolts for adjusting a radial gap between the first longitudinal body member and the second longitudinal body member, and two springs each attached to the first longitudinal body member and the second longitudinal body member for maintaining a radial compressive force against the cam bolts;
and
a first annular curing platen and a second annular curing platen for securing the elongate spacer members relative to each other, wherein each cam bolt is mounted within a circumferentially extending groove on a radially outer surface of the second longitudinal body member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for manufacturing a support structure

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System for manufacturing a support structure

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Abstract

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