Patent ID: 6719549
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: B29D

Abstract:
A tire vulcanizing equipment comprising:a vulcanizing station having placing parts for placing tire mold assemblies movable in a closed state and a housing shelf vertically having plural stages of the placing parts; an opening and closing station having a placing part for placing the tire mold assembly, an opening and closing device for opening and closing the tire mold assembly placed on the placing part of the opening and closing station, a carrying-out device for carrying a vulcanized tire from the tire mold assembly and a carrying-in device for carrying an unvulcanized tire to the tire mold assembly; and two transfer stations for transferring the tire mold assembly between a selected stage of the placing parts of the housing shelf and the placing part of the opening and closing station by a rotating action of the transfer stations and a rising and falling action of the transfer stations along the housing shelf of the vulcanizing station, said transfer stations comprising two independently vertically movable portions for simultaneously raising and lowering two tire mold assemblies; and means for transferring a tire mold assembly between said transfer stations.