Title:
膨張可能なブラダーを有するグリーンタイヤ貯蔵装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4264262
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A green tire holding device (10) including a frame (12), a rod (14) extending horizontally from the frame (12), and a bladder (16) mounted on the rod (14). The bladder (16) is inflatable to an inflated shape so that it contacts a substantial portion of an inner circumference of a green tire (T) to support the green tire during a pre-curing wait cycle. The green tire holding device (10) can comprise a plurality of rods (14), a plurality of bladders (16), and/or a plurality of bladders (16) on each rod (14). The bladders (16) can be inflated at substantially the same time and/or certain bladders (16) can be deflated independently of other bladders (16). In a tire manufacturing method, the loaded green tire storage device (10) is transported to a doping/curing area with the bladders (16) deflated. At the doping/curing area, the tires (T) are removed from the rods (14), doped, and re-hung on the rods (14). The bladders (16) are then inflated so that the tires (T) are stored on inflated bladders during the pre-curing wait cycle.
Inventors:
Kirby, The Ames M
Application Number:
JP2002565778A
Publication Date:
May 13, 2009
Filing Date:
December 28, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Bridgestone / Firestone North American Tire LLC
International Classes:
B29C33/02; B29C35/02; B29D30/00; B29D30/08; B60B30/04; B62D43/00; B29L30/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP49066778A |
Foreign References:
| DE273602A1 | ||||
| DE1208878B | ||||
| DE273602A1 | ||||
| DE273602A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent business corporation Odashima patent office