Patent ID: 6582212
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B29C,B29D

Abstract:
A tire vulcanizing equipment comprising:a tire vulcanizer comprising: a vulcanizing/molding unit which is provided with a removable mold and which vulcanizes and molds a green tire within said mold into a vulcanized tire; a feed system for feeding the green tire to said vulcanizing/molding unit; and a discharge system for discharging the vulcanized tire from said vulcanizing/molding unit, said feed system and said discharge system being disposed on a first side of the tire vulcanizer; a green tire conveying line comprising a traveling rail laid so as to vertically overlap the feed system of the tire vulcanizer and a green tire conveying device which is disposed so as to be capable of traveling on said traveling rail and which feeds the green tire to said feed system from above; a mold conveying line comprising a mold rail disposed on an opposite side from the first side of the tire vulcanizer and a wheeled crane unit which is disposed so as to be capable of traveling on said mold rail and which can load and unload the mold to and from the tire vulcanizer; and a rail support member for supporting said green tire rail and said mold rail, said rail support member being mounted to a support frame of the tire vulcanizer, wherein a plurality of said tire vulcanizers are disposed so that respective opposite sides are opposed to each other, and said mold conveying line is laid between said tire vulcanizers.