Patent ID: 6508640
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B29D

Abstract:
A tire vulcanizing system comprising a plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations which contain a plurality of sets of movable tire mold assemblies to vulcanize a tire; a mold opening/closing station which is disposed at said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations to receive said tire mold assembly to open and close a tire mold, by which a vulcanized tire is removed and a green tire is inserted; a first mold transporting device and a second mold transporting device which are disposed between said mold opening/closing station and said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations to transport said tire mold assembly; a discharge station which is disposed on a mold loading side of said mold opening/closing station to discharge a heating/pressurizing medium in a bladder assembly of said tire mold assembly having been transported from said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations; and a supply station which is disposed on a mold unloading side of said mold opening/closing station to supply the heating/pressurizing medium into a heating chamber and the bladder assembly of said tire mold assembly, wherein said first mold transporting device is disposed on one side of said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations and said second mold transporting device is disposed on the other side of said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations, said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations and said first mold transporting device are cooperative so that said tire mold assembly is carried out from one side of said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations onto said first mold transporting device, said mold opening/closing station and said first mold transporting device are cooperative so that said tire mold assembly is transported to said mold opening/closing station by using said first mold transporting device, said mold opening/closing station and said second mold transporting device are cooperative so that said tire mold assembly is transferred from said mold opening/closing station onto said second mold transporting device, and said second mold transporting device and said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations are cooperative so that said tire mold assembly is transported to the other side of said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations by using said second mold transporting device, and is carried onto said plurality of rows of tire vulcanizing stations.