Tire mold
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Hanya
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Abstract
A tire mold comprises a molding face for shaping the outside of a tire and a vent structure, wherein the vent structure comprises a hole having an opening in the molding face, an inserted piece disposed in the hole so that the surface of the inserted piece defines a part of a molding face, and a micro-gap of not more than 100 micrometers formed between the inserted piece and the hole for the purpose of vent.
Claims15
A tire mold comprising a molding face for shaping the outside of a tire and a vent structure, the vent structure comprising a hole having an opening in the molding face, an inserted piece disposed in the hole so that the surface of the inserted piece defines a part of a molding face, and a micro-gap of not more than 100 micrometers formed between the inserted piece and the hole for the purpose of vent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.