Device for treading a tire carcass
AssigneeMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorFrancois Chamoy
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for treading a vulcanized tire carcass using an uncured tread comprising a rim (6) for mounting the carcass, an elastic annular mold (7) whose circumferential outer surface is covered with an elastic sleeve (16), the mold being intended to mold the uncured tread (3), the device comprising two disc-shaped elastic flanges (8, 9) intended to cover, respectively, one sidewall of the assembly composed of the constituted tire covered with the mold (7), the larger-diameter peripheral end (82, 92) of each flange (8, 9) bearing a rigid annular member (33) for connection with the sleeve (16) covering the mold (7).
Claims10
A device for treading a vulcanized tire carcass using an uncured tread, comprising:
- a rim for mounting the carcass;
- an elastic annular mold whose circumferential outer surface is covered with an elastic sleeve, the mold being intended to mold the uncured tread;
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- two disc-shaped elastic flanges intended to cover, respectively, one sidewall of the assembly composed of the constituted tire covered with the mold, each flange having a larger-diameter peripheral end and a smaller-diameter peripheral end;
- the larger-diameter peripheral end of each flange bearing a rigid annular member for connection with the sleeve covering the mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.