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US 5,330,337 AGranted
Road vehicle tire curing device
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorKarl J. Siegenthaler
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Abstract
A device for curing road vehicle tires, wherein an annular mold for forming a green tire, presents two inner annular supports supporting respective bead portions of the tire and defining seats for respective opposite portions of a gas curing unit. One of the two portions is connected to the other through the annular mold by means of a releasable joint, and presents axial thrust devices for packing the forming mold and the two annular heating plates against the other portion.
Claims17
A road vehicle tire curing device comprising a toroidal mold for receiving a tire and having first and second coaxial cylindrical inner surfaces;
- external means for heating said mold;
- a gas curing unit connected to said mold and comprising a first and a second portion on either side of the mold;
- each of said cylindrical surfaces defines a seat for a respective one of said portions of the curing unit;
- a releasable joint being provided for connecting the two portions of the curing unit through the mold;
- and one of the two portions of the curing unit comprising axial thrust means for packing the mold and external heating means against the other portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.