Patent ID: 7056109

Claim:
A tire vulcanizing device comprising an upper plate and a lower plate which can be relatively displaced toward and away from each other, and a mold for vulcanizing and molding a tire, arranged between the upper plate and the lower plate, said mold comprising an upper and a lower side mold members arranged on an upper plate side and a lower plate side, respectively, and a plurality of sector mold members arranged between the upper and the lower side mold members, wherein an outer ring for positioning the sector mold members in the radial direction is arranged on the lower plate side, an actuator means for opening the sector mold members is arranged on the lower plate, so as to be displaceable vertically, and a seal means is provided for sealing a cavity in an air-tight manner, said cavity being defined by the upper and the lower side mold members and the plurality of sector mold members in a closed state of the mold, the seal means comprising a seal member arranged between the actuator means and the lower plate.