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US 5,208,045 AGranted
Tire curing unit
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorKarl J. Siegenthaler
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Abstract
A curing unit (1) (40) wherein a mold (2) is defined by first and second releasable half molds (3,4) moving in relation to each other along a first axis (6); the first half mold (3) being designed to turn about a second axis (30) perpendicular to the first axis (6) by virtue of actuators (31) which, when the half molds (3,4) are released, can turn the first half mold (3) to and from a maintenance position wherein its concave side faces upwardly.
Claims12
A tire curing unit comprising a mold which in turn comprises two oppositely-concave half molds coaxial with each other and with a first axis;
- a number of mold segments connected in a sliding manner to a first one of said half molds;
- means for releasably connecting said half molds;
- and first actuating means for moving said half molds in relation to each other along said first axis and between a closed nd an open position;
- and second actuating means for rotating at least said first half mold about a second axis substantially perpendicular to said first axis and to and form a maintenance position wherein the concave side of said first half mold faces substantially upwardly.
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