Patent ID: 7744359

Claim:
A tire vulcanizing apparatus wherein a green tire carried-in is vulcanized using a vulcanization mold composed of upper and lower molds and the vulcanized tire is taken out after pressure cooling, the apparatus having a carrying-in position into which a green tire is conveyed from an original position, to a vulcanizing position at which the green tire is vulcanized, and to a pressure cooling position at which the vulcanized tire is pressure-cooled, and the apparatus comprising a frame having rails; a traveling carriage capable of reciprocating on the rails from the carrying-in position side toward the pressure cooling position side; a vulcanization mold having an upper mold capable of moving up and down at the vulcanizing position, and a lower mold which is mounted on the traveling carriage and moves between the vulcanizing position and the carrying-in position; a pressure cooling device disposed at the pressure cooling position and performing pressure cooling of the vulcanized tire; a tire receiving and mounting device which is attached to the traveling carriage, and which receives at the vulcanizing position the vulcanized tire held by the upper mold, conveys it to the pressure cooling position and mounts it on the pressure cooling device; and a green tire transfer device having a grip assembly capable of gripping a green tire which has been conveyed to the original position and capable of moving up and down, the grip assembly being attached to the frame through an arm rotatable in a horizontal plane between the original position and the carrying-in position, and the grip assembly moving from the original position to the carrying-in position by horizontal rotation of the arm, descending at the carrying-in position and transferring the green tire to the lower mold, wherein the traveling carriage, the vulcanization mold, the pressure cooling device, the tire receiving and mounting device and the green tire transfer device are mounted on the frame.