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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Allen Rex, Doylestown, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 3/026 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 3/026 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus ( ) for shaping a tire wherein an outboard pocket assembly ( ) and an inboard pocket assembly ( ) are radially movable outwardly into engagement with preshaped bead/apex assemblies ( ) of a tire band ( ) and are movable axially to a cured tire width of the bead/apex assemblies for shaping other tire components to a cured tire shape and for positioning the ply edges at predetermined cured tire positions.