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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Katsumi Ichikawa, Takasago, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A bladder carrying apparatus for a tire vulcanizing press by which a bladder assembly can be carried readily and rapidly onto and off of a center mechanism is disclosed. The bladder carrying apparatus includes an arm mounted on a chuck of a loader, which is mounted for upward and downward movement and also for turning movement for seating a green tire onto a lower metal mold of the tire vulcanizing press preferably mounted, for rotation motion between a center position on the center of the chuck and a retracted position outside of the perimeter of the loader, and a latch mounted on the arm for gripping an upper portion of a bladder assembly on a center mechanism of the tire vulcanizing press.