Green tire feed system between forming and vulcanizing processes

A green tire feed system between forming and vulcanizing processes for feeding green tires formed by forming machine means and then placed on pallets and delivered to a plurality of vulcanizing machines comprising;

• a pallet receiving station;
• pallet sending means for sending said pallets from said forming machine means to said pallet receiving station and from said pallet receiving station back to said forming machine means;
• a plurality of vulcanizing machines positioned in a row;
• pallet loading tables disposed respectively in front of the respective vulcanizing machines in a row parallel with said row of the vulcanizing machines;
• shelves disposed in opposition to said pallet loading tables in a row parallel with said row of the pallet loading tables;
• a passageway formed between said row of said pallet loading tables and said row of said shelves, said pallet receiving station being positioned along said passageway at an end thereof;
• a stacker crane traveling through said passageway and having means for loading and unloading said crane with pallets;
• means controlling said stacker crane for direct transportation of pallets by said stacker crane between said pallet receiving station and said shelves, between said pallet receiving station and said pallet loading tables and between said shelves and said pallet loading tables;
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• loaders disposed respectively on the respective vulcanizing machines for taking out the green tires from the pallets on said pallet loading tables and loading them into said vulcanizing machines.