Patent ID: 8449281

Claim:
A device for separating and removing a rigid core for building a tire, in which device at least two types of segment groups constituting a rigid core body divided in plurality in a circumferential direction of the tire are separated and removed sequentially for each segment type from the inside of the tire having been vulcanized or having not been vulcanized when the tire is built, the device comprising: a core holding mechanism including upper and lower support plates that are detachably provided upon a central shaft, wherein said upper and lower support plates extend primarily in the radial direction with respect to the central shaft; a slide table and positioning means which are provided on a support table of the separation/removal device, the slide table being slidable to convey the tire whose inner surface is held by the rigid core body and the core holding mechanism, to a central position on the support table; an elevating device provided above a longitudinally-extending centerline of the support table, and including clamping means to elevate the rigid core body and the tire from which the core holding mechanism is removed, to a position where the rigid core body and the tire do not interfere with the core holding mechanism; a pair of core separation/removal mechanisms disposed below the center of the support table, capable of elevating movement, and radially contracting and removing each type of the segment groups; an elevating cylinder disposed below the center of the support table in a vertical direction; and a horizontal table disposed with a guide rail disposed below the support table, wherein the core separation/removal mechanisms are each provided with a hold plate, designated respectively as a first hold plate and a second hold plate, wherein the first and second hold plates are both provided above the guide rail of the horizontal table, wherein the first hold plate is disposed with a plurality of attachment-detachment cylinders oriented radially, the attachment-detachment cylinders being configured and arranged to be attached to and detached from a first type of the segment groups, and wherein the second hold plate is slidable along the guide rail of the horizontal table, and is disposed with a plurality of attachment-detachment cylinders configured and arranged to be attached to and detached from a second type of the segment groups.