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Patent No.:

US 10994448 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2018

Station and method for curing a tread strip

Applicant:

Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Francesco Iozia, Rome, IT;

Simone Neroni, Rome, IT;

Antonio Castaldo, Rome, IT;

Assignee:

BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

James P Mackey

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/46 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/40 (2006.01); B29D 30/52 (2006.01); B29L 30/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/42 (2006.01); B29C 43/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/46 (2013.01); B29C 35/02 (2013.01); B29C 33/424 (2013.01); B29C 37/0003 (2013.01); B29C 37/0007 (2013.01); B29C 2043/5046 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4084 (2013.01); B29D 30/52 (2013.01); B29L 2030/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Station () and method of curing for a tread strip (); provided are: a flat curing mold () which is composed of a lower shell () and an upper cover (); and an extractor element () which is suitable for extracting the cured tread strip () from the lower shell () after the curing operation; the cured tread strip () has a first wall (), which has a relief design and is in contact with the lower shell (), and a second wall () which is opposite the first wall (), and is in contact with the upper cover (); the extractor element () is suitable for adhering to the second wall () of the tread strip () along the entire length of the second wall () itself; and the extractor element () is movable perpendicularly with respect to the second wall () of the tread strip () in order to simultaneously raise the whole tread strip () from the lower shell ().

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