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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Dennis Alan Lundell, Akron, OH (US);
William Dudley Currie, Stow, OH (US);
Dennis Alan Lundell, Akron, OH (US);
William Dudley Currie, Stow, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire building core assembly includes a shell assembly is formed by a plurality of shell segments and includes a central spindle-receiving throughbore. Two spindle units meet in axial alignment within the shell assembly throughbore and retain the shell segments in an expanded configuration forming a toroidal tire building surface. An open socket may be formed in a protruding end of one or both spindle units, the socket configured to couple with an end of an external arm mechanism. A latching mechanism moves between engaged and disengaged positions for releasably couple the one spindle unit to the second spindle unit within the shell assembly throughbore.