Method and apparatus for off-loading a completed uncured tire

An apparatus for off-loading a shaped uncured tire from tire building means on which said tire has been assembled, the apparatus comprising ring means movable coaxially of the building means to engage the outer periphery of said tire and to carry said tire coaxially off said building means, internal chucking means mounted for movement perpendicularly of the axis of the building means to a first position coaxial with said ring means for coaxially engaging the inner periphery of at least one of the bead portions of said tire and to hold said tire at said first position while said ring means moves coaxially away from the tire, lift means operable after movement of the ring means away from the tire to lift said chucking means and said tire to a second position above said building means, and tire embracing means symmetrically engageable with the exterior surface of said tire in said second position and movable, after movement of the chucking means downwardly to a third position intermediate the first and the second said position, to move the tire horizontally to deliver the tire to conveying means at an elevation above said building means.

Apparatus for off-loading an uncured tire from tire building means on which said tire has been assembled and which building means includes a shaping drum and a transfer ring having radially movable segments and wherein said ring and said drum are spaced coaxially of each other along a building axis, said apparatus comprising inside chuck means for engaging the inward circumference of said tire, arm means having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to said building axis and carrying said inside chuck means adjacent to one of its axial ends, traveller means including means mounting said arm means for rotation about its longitudinal axis, column means supporting said traveller means for movement vertically, screw drive means mounted on said column means and engaging said traveller means for effecting said vertical movement, and tire embracing means for engaging the exterior surface of said tire at a plurality of arcuately spaced locations about said tire, swing arm means mounted on said column means to swing in a horizontal plane about a pivot adjacent one of its ends and having said embracing means attached at the other of its ends, driving means for moving said enbracing means between a position disposed immediately above a horizontal conveyor and another position disposed in coaxial alignment with the chucking means while the latter is in its axis vertical orientation.