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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Nobuhiko Irie, Nagasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of green tire storage tables and a green tire loading/unloading apparatus for transferring a green tire on the green tire carrier onto the green tire storage table are provided between a green tire loader at the mold opening/closing station and a plurality of green tire carriers, at least one green tire storage table of the green tire storage tables is a movable green tire storage table, the movable green tire storage table being capable of reciprocating between a first position where a green tire is received by using the green tire loading/unloading apparatus and a second position where a green tire is delivered to the green tire loader, the green tire loading/unloading apparatus can travel between the plural green tire carriers and the plural green tire storage tables, the green tire held horizontally on the movable green tire storage table or by the green tire loading/unloading apparatus is turned so that the positioning control of green tire can be carried out, and the green tire type mark attached to the green tire surface can be read by a green tire type reading device of the movable green tire storage table or a green tire type reading device of the green tire loading/unloading apparatus.