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US 3,999,907 AGranted
Adjustable tire retread curing matrix
OwnerConstantine G. Pappasinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable tire curing mold or matrix suitable for retreading tires of varying diameter. A plurality of rigid mold segments with adjacent segments joined to form a continuous annular mold of variable diameter, and means for compressing the mold segments inwardly about a tire positioned within the mold.
Claims17
In an adjustable tire curing mold, the combination of:
- a plurality of rigid mold segments with adjacent segments having segment interengaging means forming a continuous annular mold both circumferentially and across the tire tread face and of variable diameter and fixed width for positioning around a tire;
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- compression means for urging said segments inward about a tire positioned in the mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.