Tire vulcanizing mold and method for producing the same

A method for producing a tire vulcanizing mold, wherein comprising the steps of:

• forming a generally cylindrical member having an inner peripheral shape corresponding to the surface of a tire tread portion;
• boring a radially penetrating, generally round hole in the generally cylindrical member on at least one of a plurality of predetermined segmenting faces along the circumference of said generally cylindrical member;
• segmenting said generally cylindrical member into a plurality of segmented pieces by cutting it at said plurality of predetermined segmenting faces including the one on which said generally round hole is bored;
• fitting and fixing a generally round-bar-shaped pin protector to a depressed groove of generally arcuate in cross section in one segmented piece of the two depressed grooves of generally arcuate in cross section, which are formed in two corresponding segmented pieces by said generally round hole being segmented by the above cutting;
• and assembling the two segmented pieces together by fitting the pin protector to the depressed groove in the other segmented piece of the two depressed grooves of generally arcuate in cross section, which are formed in two corresponding segmented pieces.