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US 9,517,604 B2Granted
Vulcanized tire vulcanization apparatus
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsMasayuki Ichinose, Yuusuke Tamura, Akio Obayashi
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Abstract
A vulcanization apparatus provided with a vulcanization vessel for vulcanizing a green tire and a suction line for sucking out gas from inside the vulcanization vessel after the vulcanization vessel has been opened. Accordingly, oily smoke generated when vulcanized rubber has been removed from a bladder and an inner wall of a mold can be more efficiently discharged than in cases in which gas inside a vulcanization vessel is sucked out and additional air is introduced into the vulcanization vessel only prior to opening the vulcanization vessel.
Claims4
A vulcanization apparatus, comprising:
- a vulcanization vessel for vulcanizing a green tire supported by a bladder to obtain a vulcanized tire;
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- a suction device configured to suck out gas from a space surrounding an outer periphery of the bladder that is inside the vulcanization vessel after the vulcanization vessel has been opened and the vulcanized tire is separated from the bladder, wherein the suction device sucks out the gas from a central axis side of a vulcanized tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.