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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
Nobuhiko Irie, Nagasaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a tire vulcanizing system which can easily be arranged in an existing tire factory. The present invention provides a tire vulcanizing system having a vulcanizing station for mounting a plurality of sets of tire mold assemblies M on a flat surface of a predetermined height and a tire mold opening/closing station formed along the vulcanizing station , in which a tire mold opening/closing device , which takes out the tire mold assembly M from the vulcanizing station , and opens and closes the tire mold assembly M, is provided at the tire mold opening/closing station , and the tire mold opening/closing device is provided with an upper movable plate capable of elevating an upper mold Ma of the tire mold assembly M by connecting with the upper mold Ma, a horizontal transfer device for transferring the tire mold assembly M on the same level as the height of the flat surface, and a lower fixed plate capable of fixing a lower mold Mb of the tire mold assembly M.