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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021136 | Annular venting of tire tread molds The present invention differs fundamentally from prior art because it provides for machining a substantial number of relatively thin annular tooling plates (10), fitting them together side-by-side in two opposed mold sides, and engraving the tread pattern int... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016578 | Apparatus for vulcanization and moulding of vehicle tyres An apparatus for molding and vulcanization of tyres for vehicle wheels includes a vulcanization press and a vulcanization mold associated with the press. The apparatus includes a pair of plates and a plurality of mold sectors that are mutually movable between an ope... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7976299 | Bisected mold for tire molding Provided are a bisected mold for tire molding that enables manufacturing of high-performance tires and that at a mold clamping, avoids a tire from being pinched to thereby attain a yield enhancement; and a process for manufacturing a tire. Inside a container bisecte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963756 | Segmented tire mold The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing the upper and lower portions of two-part tire molds with an expansible opening to provide clearance for the insertion of green tires, in particular large green tires of the sort used on industrial or off-ro... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959424 | Tyre curing mold A curing mold for a tire. The curing mold is in the form of a hollow cylinder, and has two parallel opposite sidewalls defining the base walls of the curing mold and having respective inner retaining surfaces; and a number of lateral sectors arranged successively to... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7802976 | Mold for molding tire and pneumatic tire molded by the same The mold for molding a tire has the contact part 42 that contacts with the end surface in the circumferential direction of the adjacent pieces and the non-contact part 44 that does not contact with the end surface in the circumferential direction of th... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7670124 | Metal mold for vulcanizing tire treads A metal mold for vulcanizing tire treads reliably preventing incorrect assembling of split pieces. The metal mold 1 for vulcanizing tire treads to form a tread of a tire, comprises a plurality of sector molds 3 equipped with a plurality of pieces 6 | 03/02/2010 |
| 7637727 | Tire curing metal mold A sector is provided with a plurality of pieces divided in a tire circumferential direction, a back segment supporting a plurality of pieces, and an elastic body interposed between end surfaces in the tire circumferential direction of the pieces. In an unheated stat... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7628598 | Tire mold and pneumatic tire using the same In a tire mold 10, in which a tread molding section 12 for molding of a tread comprises a plurality of segments 18 divided in a tire circumferential direction and the respective segments are provided movably in a tire radial direction, ridges | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628599 | Self-locking tire mold apparatus A segmented mold 2 for molding a tire 100 is described which has a central axis; plurality of radially movable tread forming segments; two sidewall forming plates, a top sidewall forming plate 8, and a bottom sidewall forming plate 6; a t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7594804 | Tire curing forming mold In a tire curing forming mold in which an annular mold portion brought into contact with a tread portion of a tire is constructed by sectors divided in a tire circumferential direction, an end portion of the sector is constructed by a piece attachable to and detacha... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7524175 | Method and apparatus to vent a mold A method and apparatus for venting a mold for vulcanizing a tire is provided. The mold comprises a plurality of tread segments for forming the tread on a green tire, wherein each of said tread segments further comprises an outer cavity plate having an interior surfa... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7416396 | Tire forming mold and pneumatic tire producing method using the same Provided are a tire forming mold which enables damage on ribs and blocks of a tire to be effectively prevented when the tire is removed from the tire forming mold in spite of a simple structure thereof, and a pneumatic tire producing method using the same. The tire ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7402031 | Piece for tire mold, method of producing the piece, piece-type tire mold and method of producing the piece-type tire mold To form a fine slit having a width of 0.1 mm or less in each piece of a piece type tire mold, a plate-like shim member 44 having a width of 0.1 mm or less is inserted into a rubber mold 40A when a piece 40 is to be produced, a molten metal such ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384252 | Method for producing tire vulcanizing mold and tire vulcanizing mold A 3-D solid model of a tire vulcanizing mold is constructed on CAD, lamination models the optimum value of the pitch of which is determined in consideration of molding accuracy and processing time are created by dividing this model in a predetermined lamination dire... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377761 | Tire vulcanizing mold High segmenting precision can be secured at a low production cost, and the dimensions of a gap between segmented pieces can be easily controlled. A tire vulcanizing mold (1) comprising an inner peripheral shape corresponding to the surface of a tire tread por... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371060 | Mold-attaching/detaching device in tire-vulcanizing machine Disclosed is a mold attaching/detaching apparatus in a tire vulcanizer, having locking/unlocking means configured so as to perform an engagement and disengagement by utilizing the relative movement between a top plate and bottom plate of the tire vulcanizer in a hor... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354261 | Tire vulcanizing apparatus Disclosed is a tire vulcanizing apparatus including: upper and lower circular plates, to which sidewall dies for forming side portions of a tire are attached; respectively; and plural segments, to which tread dies separated as plural pieces for forming a tread porti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341632 | Dispensing system with means for easy access of dispenser components and method of using same A foam-in-bag dispending system is featured with a dispenser with chemical output port, a film feed assembly which feeds film to the dispenser for receiving chemical output from the dispenser. The film feed assembly includes a film drive roller set which includes a ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338269 | Tire tread mold A mold for molding a tread of rubber mix, this tread comprising a running surface delimited axially by lateral faces, this mold comprising (i) a central part for molding the running surface, movable between an open configuration allowing filling of the mold and a cl... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329110 | Tire vulcanizing mold and pneumatic tire There is provided a tire vulcanizing mold capable of smoothly and surely forming narrow-width grooves in a treading face without causing the damage, breakage and the like of projections for the formation of the grooves in a sector mold and land portions in the tread... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314361 | Split type vulcanizing mold With a split-type vulcanizing mold, a proper clamping force of the mold is obtained without carrying out shim adjustment. A lower washer (16), disc springs (17), and an upper washer (18) are inserted into each of a plurality of cylindrical holes... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7290996 | Tire vulcanizing mold A vulcanizing mold for pneumatic tires includes a plurality of mold pieces for forming a tread portion of the tire, which can be assembled with each other in a circumferential direction of the tire. Each mold piece has a molding surface for forming a tread pattern o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276198 | Method and mold for making tire with tie bar A tire having an outer surface and plurality of circumferential and lateral grooves formed into the outer surface. The circumferential and lateral grooves extend to at least one groove depth to define a groove bottom surface. The circumferential and lateral grooves ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7259204 | Tire compositions comprising surface-modified silica A tire having a tread, where the tread includes a vulcanized rubber and silica that has been surface-modified with polymer chemically attached to the silica surface. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255320 | Mold for a plastic filter A mold, for molding a cylindrical filter having a narrow-pitched mesh structure through resin injection molding, has a cavity divided into sections radially freely attachable/detachable. The sections of the cavity being formed as stacked assemblies bodies each havin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234927 | Tire forming mold and pneumatic tire producing method using the same Provided are a tire forming mold which enables damage on ribs and blocks of a tire to be effectively prevented when the tire is removed from the tire forming mold in spite of a simple structure thereof, and a pneumatic tire producing method using the same. The tire ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225844 | Tread comprising incisions and lamella for molding these incisions A tread of elastomeric material for tires, this tread being provided with a plurality of incisions, each incision of average width e being defined by facing walls, this tread being characterized in that at least one of the walls defining each incision comprises at l... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213625 | Tread which reduces running noise A tire tread including a tread pattern formed by a plurality of motifs in relief defined by grooves oriented in the transverse direction and in the longitudinal direction of the tread, each of these motifs including a contact face and lateral faces, a plurality of t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201570 | Tire mold It is a subject to restrict protrusion of rubber when performing molding and to mold tires of superior uniformity; and for this purpose, the tire mold in which a mold for molding a tire tread is comprised of segments partitioned in a tire circumferential direction i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7160090 | Tire mold with helically extending heating conduit An apparatus for transferring heat into a product, such as a tire, formed at least in part by molding is provided. The apparatus includes a mold that has a central axis with a forming surface disposed radially outward from the central axis. A heating conduit is incl... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143799 | Three-dimensional sipes for treads Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7118702 | Tire mold The tire mold comprises a laminated peripheral crown having a stack in the circumferential direction of a plurality of thin sheets. Cutouts distributed over several adjacent sheets increase the venting ability of the mold. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114546 | Tire mold and method for making a tire mold A tire mold according to the invention includes a plurality of tread sectors for forming a tread portion of a tire and two shell inserts for molding the sidewalls of a tire wherein the tread sectors and the shell inserts are castings formed from the same model. A me... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7056109 | Tire vulcanizing device A tire vulcanizing device includes 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. The mold includes an upper and ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025581 | Tire vulcanizing mold There is provided a vulcanizing mold for a tire in which the capacity of venting air through between the molding pieces of the sector mold is significantly enhanced. A tread ring for vulcanizing and shaping a tread of the tire comprises plural sector molds which are... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7001559 | Production of pneumatic tires A method of highly efficiently producing pneumatic tires, wherein both bead portions (B) of a green tire (G) are supported by a pair of holders (24, 50) and opposite axial ends of a bladder (25) are tightly attached to the holders (24, 50), resp... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001163 | Mold and method of molding annular tread An annular mold for curing an annular ring tread is disclosed. The annular mold has a plurality of radially movable and outwardly expandable inner segments for forming the inner surface of the tread and a plurality of radially movable and inwardly contracting outer ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955782 | Method of molding a tire and mold therefor A tire molding method as disclosed wherein a segmented mold (2) has lugs (40) in the shoulder regions of the segments (4) with complimentary lug extensions (30) in the sidewall forming annular rings (6,8). The lug extensions (30... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952910 | Gas filled bodies In a plastic tube (1) for the production of gas filled bodies, with two superimposed sheets, connected in a gas tight manner to each other along a first longitudinal edge thereof, the upper sheet (2) and the lower sheet (3) are welded together i... | 10/11/2005 |
