Patent · US Expired

Bladder for shaping pneumatic tire

US3963394A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1975
Grant dateJun 15, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 25, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29D2030/2635
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An expandable bladder for shaping a pneumatic tire, comprising a thick, substantially cylindrical center section having a multiplicity of convolutions perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical section on the inner surface of said section, said convolutions providing local reductions in thickness and additional axial extensibility to the bladder, a pair of annular, beaded end sections extending inwardly from each end of the cylindrical center section, and reinforcing material extending through the center section and end sections to limit the axial extensibility of the bladder. This abstract is not to be taken either as a complete exposition or as a limitation of the present invention, however, the full nature and extent of the invention being discernible only by reference to and from the entire disclosure.

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