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Heating press and method for vulcanizing a vehicle tire in said heating press under vacuum

US12325204B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Wenzel · Kirchhorsten, DE
Horst Wedekind · Garbsen, DE
Michael Ramm · Garbsen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2021
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29D30/0629
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heating press for vulcanizing a vehicle tire under a vacuum, having a heating press upper part (3) and a heating press lower part (6), the heating press upper part (3) has a hood upper part (4) mounted thereon and a container (2), which contains mold parts (16, 18, 21) of a segmented vulcanizing mold, in this hood upper part (4), wherein the hood upper part (4) has a first circular ring (23), which is arranged fixedly on the heating press upper part (3), and a second circular ring (24), which adjoins this first circular ring coaxially in an axial direction and can be telescopically retracted and extended on the inside of the first circular ring (23) in an axial direction P1, wherein vacuum-tight seals (5, 9) are arranged between the two circular rings (23, 24) and between the second circular ring (24) and the heating press lower part (6).

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