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US 2017/0361553 A1Published application
Sipe blade venting structure
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorEdward S. SEROKA
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Abstract
A system for venting a tire mold including at least one conduit that creates a fluid connection between an interior and an exterior of a tire mold, with at least one sipe blade extending across the conduit such that the air to either side of the sipe blade will exit the tire mold interior when a tire is formed.
Claims20
A tire mold comprising:
- a tire mold interior surface;
- at least one conduit extending from the tire mold interior surface to an exterior of the tire mold, wherein the at least one conduit includes at least one conduit opening at the tire mold interior surface;
- at least one sipe blade disposed in the tire mold interior surface, wherein the sipe blade extends across the at least one conduit opening;
- and
- at least one vent insert, and
- wherein at least a portion of the at least one vent insert is located inside of the at least one conduit.
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A system for venting a tire mold, comprising:
- a tire mold having an interior region and an exterior region,
- wherein the interior and exterior regions of the tire mold are in fluid connection with each other via at least one conduit extending from the exterior region to the interior region;
- and
- at least one sipe blade located in the interior region of the tire mold, extending across the at least one conduit.
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A tire mold comprising:
- an interior region;
- an exterior region,
- wherein the interior and exterior regions of the tire mold are connected via at least one conduit extending from the exterior region to the interior region, and
- wherein the interior region is defined by an interior surface;
- at least one sipe blade embedded in the tire mold and extending from the interior surface into the tire mold interior region, wherein the sipe blade is positioned at an interior opening of the conduit;
- at least one vent insert, wherein at least a portion of the vent insert is located within the at least one conduit, and at least a portion of the vent insert is located between the sipe blade and the exterior region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.