Patent · US Expired

Green tire inserting apparatus in a tire vulcanizing machine

US4950142A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
7References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 9, 1989
Grant dateAug 21, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 9, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29D30/0603
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A green tire inserting apparatus with which upper and lower bead portions of a green tire can be inserted correctly and surely into bead rings of upper and lower metal molds. An upper bead portion and a lower bead portion of a green tire are gripped in a true-circular shape by separate segments to be pushed respectively into bead rings of upper and lower metal molds in a vulcanizing machine. Cylinders and linkages for radially expanding the segments and pushing the bead portions into the bead rings are provided in an upper portion and a lower portion of a center mechanism of a vulcanizing machine. There are provided stoppers for presetting a segment expansion limit, which are adjustable according to variation of a bead diameter of a green tire, and bead height regulators, which are adjustable according to variation of a height of a green tire. The adjustment can be made to be automatic.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.