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US 7,607,908 B2Granted
Insert for a tire mold vent
AssigneeBridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC
InventorEdward Seroka
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Abstract
An insert for a tire mold is provided. In one embodiment, the insert has an elongated cylindrical body. The insert includes at least one channel portion with a plurality of channels disposed in a non-axial direction along the surface of the insert. The at least one channel portion extends from a first end of the insert. The insert may further include a reduced diameter portion with at least one axial groove disposed thereon.
Claims20
An insert for a tire mold comprising:
- an elongated body having a first portion and a second portion,
- the first portion of the elongated body having a plurality of channels extending in a non-axial direction to the second portion of the elongated body, and
- the second portion of the elongated body having at least one axial groove.
A tire mold comprising:
- at least one elongated through hole extending from an interior surface of the tire mold to an exterior surface of the tire mold;
- and
- an insert disposed in the at least one elongated through hole, adjacent the interior surface of the tire mold, the insert having:
- a channel portion disposed adjacent the interior surface of the tire mold and having a plurality of channels disposed in a non-axial direction, and
- a reduced diameter portion spaced from the interior surface of the tire mold and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the channel portion.
2 more elements
An insert for a mold comprising:
- at least two channel portions including at least a first channel portion and a second channel portion, wherein each of the first and second channel portions includes a plurality of channels disposed in a non-axial direction along the surface of the insert;
- and
- a circumferential groove disposed between the first channel portion and the second channel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.