Patent ID: 8029256

Claim:
A laterally independently operated column-equipped vulcanizer comprising: a base plate; right and left, die opening and closing devices operable independently of each other, each of the die opening and closing devices having (i) an upper die mounting member corresponding to a lower die mounting member installed on the base plate, (ii) right and left paired columns erected on the base plate, wherein the upper die mounting members are supported in an ascendable and descendable manner on the right and left paired columns and the right and left paired columns throughout the two die opening and closing devices are arranged in a V-configuration as viewed in plan, a linear guide erected on the base plate, loaders for carrying green tires into the die opening and closing devices, said loaders being disposed on a side of the columns which are corresponding to the loaders, and said columns corresponding to the loaders being spaced from each other in a lateral direction among the columns arranged in the V-configuration, and unloaders for carrying vulcanized tires out of the die opening and closing devices, said unloaders being disposed on another side of the columns which are corresponding to the unloaders, and said columns corresponding to the unloaders being more widely spaced from each other in the lateral direction among the columns arranged in the V-configuration than the columns corresponding to the loaders.