Patent ID: 6158998
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B29C,B29D

Abstract:
A tire vulcanizer comprising (a) a fixed base on which at least one tire vulcanization mold is mounted having an upper and bottom half respectively, with the mold arranged with a plurality of other molds in a row on said fixed base (b) a movable frame which can reciprocate on said base in a longitudinal direction approaching and moving away from the mold, (c) a rail mounted on said fixed base to which said movable frame is attached to permit said frame to move longitudinally in a direction transverse to the row of molds on said fixed base, (d) an elevating frame attached to said movable frame so as to be raised and lowered, (e) a horizontal rail attached to said elevating frame oriented in a direction transverse to the direction in which said elevating frame is raised and lowered and in parallel to said row of molds with said horizontal rail having horizontal tracks, (f) a transfer member slidably affixed to the horizontal tracks of said horizontal rail, and (g) a green tire loader connected to said transfer member for providing controlled horizontal movement of said green tire loader along said horizontal tracks to permit unloading of a vulcanized tire and loading of a green tire from the mold by the process of (i) raising said elevating frame and opening the mold, (ii) lifting the upper half of the mold and moving one half of the mold relative to the other by means of said movable frame such that the upper half is moved away from the bottom half and (iii) moving said transfer member until the center of the green tire loader becomes concentric with the center of said bottom half of the mold thereby permitting removal of a vulcanized tire and reloading of a green tire in sequence.