Patent ID: 8313319

Claim:
A post cure inflator for inflating and cooling a vulcanized tire by sealing high pressure air into the vulcanized tire, the post cure inflator comprising: a body frame; a rim for supporting the vulcanized tire at a bead portion of the vulcanized tire; a connecting member fixed at one end thereof to said rim; a rim supporting member provided in said body frame; a swingable and releasable clamping device provided in either said body frame or said rim supporting member to releasably clamp said connecting member to said rim supporting member; and a conveyance device for loading and unloading of the vulcanized tire, said conveyance device including tire grasping pawls configured for supporting the vulcanized tire from inside the tire bead, and being movable to a position where a vulcanized tire supported by the grasping pawls is coaxial with the rim supporting member to load the vulcanized tire onto the rim.