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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
James Robert Tuttle, Hudson, OH (US);
Stanley Anthony Gwizdak, Jr., Sardinia, OH (US);
Roger Alden Fleming, Stow, OH (US);
James Glen Moore, Jr., Mogadore, OH (US);
Gary Scott Christie, Massillon, OH (US);
Clarence Maxon Gainer, Clinton, OH (US);
Bernard Byron Jacobs, Akron, OH (US);
Stephanie Anne Lee, Hartville, OH (US);
Harold Eugene Marlott, Canton, OH (US);
Frederick Forbes Vannan, Jr., Clinton, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Making a tire mold having a plurality of complete tire mold segments ( ) of epoxy resin mold material formed in the chambers ( ) of segmental shoes ( ) and having reinforced stand alone ribs ( ) formed in recesses in the tread models mounted in the shoes. The shoes ( ) and models ( ) are reusable and have standard shoe split diameters and chord lengths to reduce the time necessary to make the molds. The models ( ) are of resilient material and are also reusable.