Patent ID: 6632308
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
In a method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire using bladderless cure, the method comprising building a tire on an associated tire building drum by the layering of multiple tire components on the drum wherein one component is an innerliner strip (28), and curing the tire in an associated bladderless shaping and vulcanizing mold, wherein the innerliner strip (28) is formed with precured regions (32), the improvement being characterized by:prior to applying the innerliner strip (28) to the tire building drum (26), curing the innerliner strip (28) at one or more regions (32) intermediate of uncured ends (30) of the strip (28) to form the precured regions (32), applying the strip (28) to the building drum (26), and splicing the uncured ends (30) of the strip (28) to one another.