| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 425035000 | Toroidal or annular female shaping means and coacting means holding preform thereagainst | 28 |
| 20080305195 | TIRE MOLD WITH VENT INLET DISPOSED UNDER MOLD RIB - A die rib for a tire mold defines the inlets to vent passages of the mold through the sides of the die ribs so that the vent passages do not open through the contour surface of the mold. In one exemplary configuration, the invention provides a die rib having a vent inlet disposed along at least one side of the die rib. The vent inlet may be disposed along up to 80 percent of the length of the die rib with at least one foot disposed against the contour surface of the tire mold section. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090162460 | TIRE MOLD - The invention provides a mold comprising an annular cavity to mold a tire. The mold includes one or more sidewall plates, wherein at least one of said sidewall plates has a recessed channel having an inlet and an outlet, said sidewall plate having an inner surface in engagement with an annular surface of a container plate, wherein the recessed channel and the annular surface of the container plate form a fluid manifold, for circulating a fluid manifold for circulating a fluid medium. Alternatively, the channel may be located inside the sidewall plate. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090162461 | TIRE MOLD - The invention provides in a first aspect a segmented mold comprising a plurality of segments arranged to form an annular cavity to mold a tire, the segments further include an inner face for molding the tread, said segments having one or more channels, one or more members received in said one or more channels, said members being joined together to form a fluid manifold for circulating a fluid medium therein. Preferably, the channels are located on the outer radial surface of the segments. The segments may optionally include two or more channels on the outer surface, wherein each channel has a tubular member received therein, wherein the first segment has a first and second tubular member, and the second segment has a first and second tubular member, wherein the first tubular member of the first segment is joined to the second tubular member of the second segment with a first crossmember, and the second tubular member of the first segment is joined to the first tubular member of the second segment with a second cross member, wherein all of said members being joined together to form a fluid manifold for circulating a fluid medium. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100092590 | TIRE FORMING MOLD - A tire forming mold in which a depression for forming a land portion of a tread surface is provided in a molding surface forming a tread pattern of a tire. The tire forming mold has a pocket provided in the depression, a block fitted into the pocket to form an exhaust chamber in an inner portion of the pocket and holding a laminated blade, which is formed by superposing thin plates, so that one end portion is exposed to the molding surface and the other end portion is exposed to the exhaust chamber, and an exhaust hole having one end portion is communicated with the exhaust chamber and the other end portion is communicated with a mold back face or a mold split face. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20120148697 | TIRE VULCANIZATION MOLD - A tire vulcanization mold includes an elongated exhaust groove open to a tire molding surface, a plate-like blade inserted in the exhaust groove leaving a small gap between the blade and groove defining surfaces, and an exhaust hole connecting the exhaust groove and mold exterior. The exhaust groove has a length reduced partway in a mold depth direction, and includes upper and shorter lower groove portions positioned on mold surface and back surface sides, respectively, of the mold. The upper groove portion thickness is greater than the blade thickness, and the lower groove portion thickness is less than or equal to the blade thickness. The blade includes a communicating portion connecting the upper and lower groove portions, and abuts against portions of the mold defining a bottom surface of the upper groove portion and edge surfaces of both sides in a thickness direction of the lower groove portion. | 06-14-2012 |
| 425036000 | Including distinct means to engage tire-type bead | 5 |
| 20080299240 | METAL MOLD FOR VULCANIZING TIRE TREADS - A metal mold for vulcanizing tire treads reliably preventing incorrect assembling of split pieces. The metal mold | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090035404 | Tire Mold And Pneumatic Tire Using The Same - In a tire mold | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090142432 | Bead ring locking mechanism of tire vulcanizer - The A bead ring locking mechanism restricts the relative turning of a tubular lifter moved upward or downward on the outside of a central mechanism outer casing with respect to an annular bead ring attached to the outer circumference of the lifter to form a part of a die. The locking mechanism includes a stopper member installed at the bead ring and attached so as to move back and forth with respect to the lifter, and an actuating member which moves the stopper member from the bead ring to the lifter. A recessed portion is formed at the lifter, a raised portion is formed at the stopper member, and the raised portion is fitted into the recessed portion by pressing the stopper member to the lifter using the actuating member. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20140004216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TYRES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140342026 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PHASE OF MOULDING AN ANNULAR FIXING STRUCTURE AND A TYRE INCLUDING AN ANNULAR FIXING STRUCTURE - Equipment for moulding and curing a green tyre includes a curing mould including a first bead moulding ring including a first surface for contacting a radially inner and axially inner surface portion of an annular fixing structure of the green tyre and a first sidewall plate including a second surface for contacting a radially inner and axially outer surface portion of the annular fixing structure. The first bead moulding ring is radially extendable from a contracted operating position to an expanded operating position so as to delimit a portion of the annular fixing structure between the first sidewall plate and the first bead moulding ring, and the first bead moulding ring is translatable towards the first sidewall plate for generating a first squeezing pressure on the annular fixing structure. The equipment further includes an inflatable bladder associated for operation with the curing mould. | 11-20-2014 |
| 425038000 | Including means placing preform in mold or removing product from mold | 6 |
| 20090123585 | TIRE VULCANIZING APPARATUS - A tire vulcanizing apparatus | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090162462 | TIRE VULCANIZING DEVICE - A tire vulcanizer is provided in which upper and lower clamp rings can be positioned at a shaping position easily and smoothly with a simple engagement structure. The tier vulcanizer with a vulcanizer body (A) and a shaping unit (B) is configured that the upper and lower clamp rings ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090263524 | TIRE VULCANIZER - The invention provides a tire vulcanizer having a vulcanizer body and a shaping unit and configured to be able to accurately mount a green tire in the shaping unit and shape it accurately when shaping the green tire in the shaping unit. As a result, the green tire can be placed and set accurately in a lower container of the vulcanizer body when the shaping unit is placed in a container of the vulcanizer body. In order to mount the green tire in the shaping unit (B) outside the vulcanizer body, the tire vulcanizer includes outside the vulcanizer body (A) a tire mounting device (D) which mounts the green tire in the shaping unit. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100159048 | Tire loader basket - A loader basket for gripping, transporting, and releasing tires, including a fixed ring, a rotating ring operatively interrelated with the fixed ring, a plurality of shoe arms pivotally attached to the fixed ring, shoe assemblies pivotally mounted on each of the shoe arms, alignment links pivotally mounted on the fixed ring and pivotally attached to each of the shoe assemblies, shoe arm actuating rods pivotally attached to each of the shoe arms and the rotating ring for pivoting the shoe arms about the fixed rings while maintaining the shoe assemblies in concentric relation during movement between collapsed and expanded positions, and an actuator for selectively moving the rotating ring relative to the fixed ring. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100278950 | TIRE VULCANIZER - A tire vulcanizer which can make a bladder supply pressurized fluid at a tire vulcanization position and a shaping position, disconnects the channel during movement of a lower container, while keeping the internal pressure of the bladder. Under a state where the lower container ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110117229 | SEGMENTED TIRE MOLD - The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing the upper and lower portions of two-part tire molds with an expansible opening to provide clearance for the insertion of green tires, in particular large green tires of the sort used on industrial or off-road vehicles. The tire mold according to the present invention provides a segmented tire mold wherein a plurality of circumferentially arranged segments that contribute to the shaping of the circumferential tread portion of a tire being molded are able to move in such a way as to include a radial and axial component of motion that provides a larger diameter for each of the two mold portions during the green tire loading operation. Thus the internal circumferential region of the top portion and of the bottom portion is able to expand in diametrical dimension when the two part tire mold is open. | 05-19-2011 |
| 425040000 | Including heating or cooling means | 6 |
| 20100104676 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING TIRE AFTER VULCANIZATION - The invention aims to provide a vulcanized tire cooling apparatus configured to blow cooling air to a vulcanized tire in rotation, thereby achieving uniform cooling of the vulcanized tire and shortening of cooling time as well as preventing the vulcanized tire from being deformed due to centrifugal force. It includes a blower unit ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20120128809 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A WORKPIECE USING SUCH A DEVICE - The invention concerns a device for heating a surface by induction, in particular for molding or transforming a part made of thermoplastic or thermosetting composite material. The device comprises a body having at least one portion made of magnetic and heating conducting material wherein is provided a plurality of closed cavities proximate the surface to be heated, each cavity surrounding a field winding. The heat produced by induction on the walls of the cavity is transferred by conduction to the heating surface. The distance between the cavities and the position of said cavities relative to the heating surface are such that the heating is substantially uniform on said surface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120251645 | TIRE VULCANIZER - To provide a tire vulcanizer which is configured to slide back a lifting/sliding mechanism to a waiting position, and which is featured in being capable of making uniform the squeezing force applied by the upper metal mold at the time of vulcanization. The tire vulcanizer ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 425041000 | Electrical | 1 |
| 20130017287 | TIRE VULCANIZERAANM Shintani; KojiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Shintani; Koji Tokyo JP - To provide a tire vulcanizer capable of solving problems of an electrical heating platen, which relate to the deformation at the time of tire vulcanization and to the replacement of the platen. The tire vulcanizer vulcanizes and molds a green tire placed in an outer mold by heating the green tire from the outer side and the inner side of the green tire, and is featured by including an electric platen ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 425042000 | Within cavity of hollow preform | 2 |
| 20100068320 | TIRE VULCANIZING MACHINE - It is an object of the present invention to prevent or suppress the occurrence of a temperature difference between upper and lower portions of a green tire in a vulcanizing process carried out by a tire vulcanizing machine | 03-18-2010 |
| 20120164254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLADDERLESS TIRE CURING - A system for curing tires that does not require a traditional bladder is described. The system has top and bottom assembly rings that are coupled to modified mold rings. The bottom assembly ring has a curing medium delivery system, which has ports and a diverter that disperses the curing medium thereby reducing the momentum of the curing medium striking a liner the tire being cured. The system is adapted for easy installation to existing center post presses. | 06-28-2012 |
| 425044000 | Means to directly apply fluid pressure to preform | 1 |
| 20130287875 | FLUID FEEDER AND TIRE CURING DEVICE - A fluid feeder which is capable of removing foreign matter on the surface of a rotor is provided. The fluid feeder is provided with a rotor housing body on which a rotor housing chamber for housing a rotor of a canned electric motor is installed and a pump casing in which a fluid feeding chamber hermetically installed so as to be connected consecutively to the rotor housing chamber is installed and an impeller is housed inside the fluid feeding chamber. Further, a hollow pipe body is used to connect the vicinity of a side face of the fluid feeding chamber with an upper end of the rotor housing chamber. | 10-31-2013 |
| 425046000 | Including removable tire tread shaping portion | 5 |
| 20090053344 | METHOD FOR CURING TIRES AND A SELF-LOCKING TIRE MOLD - A segmented mold | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100112109 | CONTAINER MOLD EXCHANGING APPARATUS - A container mold exchanging apparatus includes: a container support body which supports the jacket of the container from which the lower sidewall mold is separated; a gripping mechanism which includes upper and lower gripping members and grips each tread mold so as to be interposed between the upper and lower gripping members in the vertical direction; first and second driving mechanisms which respectively elevate the upper and lower gripping members; a third driving mechanism which expands or contracts the upper and lower gripping members in the radial direction of the container; and a fourth driving mechanism which moves the gripping mechanism along the axis of the container relative to the container support body. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20120114777 | REMOVABLE DEVICE FOR MOULDING A FLEXIBLE WALL IN THE GROOVE OF A TIRE PATTERN - The invention relates to a tire curing mold comprising at least one lining element for molding the tread of said tire, said lining element comprising at least one bead for molding a groove in the tread. The curing mold comprises at least one insert forming a portion of the bead, said insert partially or completely delimiting a slot extending into the depth of the bead. The slot is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the bead. The slot is configured in order to mold a flexible wall of reduced thickness made as one piece with at least one wall of the groove molded by the bead. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120177763 | Sector Mold with Radial Recoil - The vulcanizing mold ( | 07-12-2012 |
| 20160016371 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TIRE VULCANIZING MOLD AND TIRE VULCANIZING MOLD - To provide a method for producing a tire vulcanizing mold capable of obtaining a tire vulcanizing mold having excellent durability and high precision at low cost and to provide such a tire vulcanizing mold, the method includes producing a tire vulcanizing mold by assembling a pattern molding segment, produced by rapid prototyping, on a metal base segment, the method further includes a step of producing the pattern molding segment from a metal based on a shape of a surface layer part including a pattern shaping surface in a basic model of the tire vulcanizing mold. | 01-21-2016 |
