3d blade for forming kerf
AssigneeHankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Wook IHM, Su Bin CHOI
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a technique for minimizing the deformation of the shape of a kerf by improving the durability of a blade used in forming the kerf during tire vulcanization. A 3D kerf-forming blade according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in a tire vulcanization mold for forming a kerf and includes a frame formed in a shape of a plate having a wave shape in a cross section horizontal to a thickness direction and a support formed in a shape of a bar having one side connected to the frame and the other side connected to another frame.
Claims12
A 3-dimensional (3D) blade being installed in a tire vulcanization mold for forming a kerf, the blade comprising:
- a frame formed in a shape of a plate having a wave shape in a cross section horizontal to a thickness direction;
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- a support formed in a shape of a bar having one side connected to the frame and the other side connected to another frame,
- wherein the support prevents the frame from being deformed during a process of vulcanizing a tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.