Patent ID: 8652394

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire, comprising: forming a primary molded body by fitting bead rings on opposite ends, in a width direction, of a cylindrical-shaped body in which at least a carcass material is mounted on an outer peripheral side of a film formed of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer; sucking and holding the primary molded body to an inner peripheral surface of a transfer and holding mold; inserting a cylindrical-shaped rigid inner mold including multiple divided bodies inside the primary molded body, thereafter stopping suction by the transfer and holding mold, and transferring the primary molded body to an outer peripheral surface of the rigid inner mold; turning up opposite ends of the carcass material in a width direction thereof on the rigid inner mold, while other tire constituting members are stacked on an outer peripheral surface of the primary molded body so that a green tire is molded; detaching the rigid inner mold from the green tire, thereafter disposing the green tire inside a curing mold installed in a curing apparatus, and heating the curing mold to a predetermined temperature; and pressurizing the film from an inner peripheral side to be inflated while being heated to cure the green tire, and bringing the film into close contact with and bonded to an inner peripheral surface of the tire.