Patent ID: 9701078
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B25J,B29D,B29K

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing tires, comprising: moving a member in a first direction supporting at least one green tire and thereby transporting the at least one green tire into a predetermined loading zone of a curing station, the curing station being at a distance away from the member; after moving the member, transferring the at least one cured tire from the curing station to the member and the at least one green tire from the member to the curing station, and after the transferring, moving the member in the first direction while supporting the at least one cured tire out of the loading zone while the at least one green tire undergoes a process of curing in the curing station for a predetermined time, the process of curing occurring while the at least one green tire is removed from the member, wherein the member remains in the loading zone between the two transporting steps.