US 5,683,726 AGranted

Tire vulcanizing system

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

InventorsHisashi Mitamura, Kotaro Ozaki, Kashiro Ureshino, Hiroyuki Takebayashi

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Abstract

A tire vulcanizing system comprising (a) a tire vulcanizing press having a plurality of molding stations (b) a tire loader for loading tires onto the molding stations and (c) a tire unloader for unloading tires off of the molding stations, wherein the tire vulcanizing press comprises a fixed frame upon which the fixed molds of each molding station are mounted, a displaceable frame upon which the displaceable molds of each molding station are mounted, a tie-rod arranged between the molding stations and connecting the fixed frame to the displaceable frame, lifting cylinder for vertically displacing the displaceable frame along the tie-rod with respect to the fixed frame, half blocks for securing when necessary the displaceable frame to the tie-rod, thereby securing the displaceable frame to the fixed frame, and clamping means for forcibly clamping said displaceable molds to said fixed molds during tire vulcanization.

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Dependent claims

A tire vulcanizing system comprising a tire vulcanizing press having a plurality of molding stations at which a green tire is molded between a displaceable mold and a fixed mold clamped together at each of said molding stations, said vulcanizing press comprising:

a fixed frame supporting said fixed molds of said stations;
a displaceable frame supporting said displaceable molds of said molding stations;
lifting means for vertically displacing said displaceable frame with respect to said fixed frame, said lifting means having a first longitudinal axis which extends between said molding stations;
connecting means having a second longitudinal axis which extends between said molding stations for connecting said fixed frame to said displaceable frame, said second longitudinal axes of said connecting means being substantially parallel to said first longitudinal axis of said lifting means, said first longitudinal axis of said lifting means and said second longitudinal axis of said connecting means being positioned in a single vertical plane which extends between said molding stations;
lock means engageable with a portion of said connecting means for securing said displaceable frame to said fixed frame via said connecting means;
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clamping means for clamping said displaceable molds to said fixed molds.

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