Spacer in metal-mold vulcanizer for rubber hose
US4493632A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2021/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An annular spacer to be used, during the vulcanization in a metal mold of an unvulcanized rubber hose having a mandrel pierced therethrough, as fitted around the mandrel in intimate contact with either of the opposite ends of the aforementioned unvulcanized rubber hose. This annular spacer has an outside diameter greater than the inside diameter of the depression in the aforementioned metal mold and an inside diameter enough for the spacer to be inserted around the aforementioned mandrel, contains in the periphery thereof a plurality of grooves formed in the axial direction of the spacer, and is made of a material softer than the materials of the aforementioned metal mold and mandrel. By the use of such spacers of this invention having the aforementioned characteristics, therefore, rubber hoses of a fixed outside diameter can be manufactured in any desired length in one and the same metal mold.
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