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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anand P. Singh, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
McNeil & NRM, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/502 ;
Abstract
A tire curing press ( ) having a frame ( ), a bolster ( ) for mounting a lower mold section ( ), a cylinder ( ) mounted on the frame, a cylinder rod ( ) of the cylinder for moving the bolster and the lower mold section between a closed position and a partially open position, moveable indexing apparatus ( ) interposed between the cylinder rod and the bolster, and a plurality of steps ( ) of differing thickness on the indexing apparatus, whereby moving a selected one of the plurality of steps into alignment with the cylinder rod establishes a different partially open position of the lower mold section.