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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Chinglin Pan, Mauldin, SC (US);
Chinglin Pan, Mauldin, SC (US);
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
Particular embodiments of the invention include a closed-loop tread strip forming unit () and methods for forming tread strips using a closed-loop unit. Embodiments of such forming units include a tread strip extruder () located at a pre-cure end of the closed-loop tread strip forming unit. Such units include an uncured tread strip handling assembly () configured to transport the first uncured tread strip from the first tread strip extruder and to a first tread strip mold member (). The unit further includes a curing press () having an inlet and an outlet, a pre-cure mold handling assembly () configured to insert the loaded tread strip mold member into the curing press, a post-cure mold handling assembly () configured to receive the loaded tread strip mold member from the outlet of the curing press, a return assembly () configured to transfer the first tread strip mold member to the pre-cure end to complete a closed-loop.