Patent ID: 6056852
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B29C,B29D,Y10S

Abstract:
A wick for use in forming a vacuum between a curing envelope, a strip of new precured tread, and a tire casing having sidewalls during retreading of the tire casing, comprising a thin, elongate, elastomeric pad having opposite ends, a fabric material embedded therein, and a face with a plurality of grooves which form a plurality of air passageways, said pad being flexible and having a predetermined length between said opposite ends such that said pad is capable of conforming to the contour of the surface of the tire casing and new precured tread and is capable of being positioned on the tire casing such that said pad extends transversely across the new precured tread including the surface of grooves in the new precured tread with said opposite ends overlying and terminating on opposite sidewalls of the tire casing.