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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1977
Takuya Takahashi, Odawara, JP;
Masashi Ishigami, Yokohama, JP;
Bridgestone Tire Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article expanded at the center portion and having the maximum diameter at said portion, for example a ball-shaped flexible tube joint, is produced by using a mold consisting of a main mold having the same inner surface as the outer shape of said article, a cover mold provided with an elastic core having the same outer shape as the inner shape of the above described article and provided with a hollow cavity in the inside of the core, and a bottom mold provided with a projection, which detachably fits in the hollow cavity in the core, the main mold being put between the cover mold and the bottom mold, and a cavity having the same shape as the article to be molded being formed by the cover mold, the elastic core, the main mold and the bottom mold, and by pouring a liquid elastomer into the thus formed cavity and hardening said liquid elastomer.