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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Larry Eugene Steidl, Akron, OH (US);
George Michael Stoila, Jr., Tallmadge, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a tire curing system ( ) having a plurality of molds disposed in side by side relation, transporting means ( ) for transporting green tires ( ) to the tire curing system, loading means ( ) for loading a green tire ( ) into a bottom mold half ( ) of one of the molds, mold closing means ( ) for closing a top mold half ( ) over the bottom mold half ( ), self-locking means ( ) for locking the top mold half to the bottom mold half, curing means ( ) for curing the green tires, mold opening means ( ) for opening the top mold half from the bottom mold half, unloading means ( ) for unloading the cured tire ( ) from the bottom mold half ( ) and take-away means ( ) for carrying the cured tires ( ) away from the curing system ( ). The loading means ( ) and the unloading means ( ) include a movable robot ( ) and the mold closing means ( ) and the mold opening means ( ) include a movable manipulator ( ). The robot and the manipulator move in straight lines.