The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Randy Ray Beller

Gary C Parrish

Gary Bernard Schumacher

Gary Bernard Shumacher

Thomas Francis Quinn

Ralph Michael Parise

A bladder removing apparatus for a tire vulcanizer having a movable boom swiveled on a horizontally movable platform with a flexible connecting member carried by the boom for attachment to the bladder, whereby the platform is moveable and the boom is swingable into a centered position of the bladder, upon lifting of said bladder.

Bladder lifting apparatus and method

An improved method for applying an annular tread ( ) to a pneumatic tire casing ( ) which has the steps of mounting the tread ( ) on a tread expander assembly ( ) wherein the tread ( ) pass over a mount wheel ( ) prior to the casing ( ) being mounted onto the mount wheel. The improved apparatus ( ) has all the mechanisms for supporting the casing ( ) and the tread ( ) extended from one end ( ) allowing the operator to work entirely in front of the apparatus.

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North Canton, OH, United States of America

Randy Ray Beller