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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
William Dudley Currie, Stow, OH (US);
Dennis Alan Lundell, Akron, OH (US);
David Alan Henthorne, Copley, OH (US);
Mary Beth Dombrosky, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
William Dudley Currie, Stow, OH (US);
Dennis Alan Lundell, Akron, OH (US);
David Alan Henthorne, Copley, OH (US);
Mary Beth Dombrosky, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A core segment manipulating apparatus and method is provided for relocating core segments forming a toroidally shaped core body configured to carry a cured tire. The apparatus includes multiple core key segment engaging mechanisms and core second segment engagement mechanisms arranged in a spaced apart circular array adjacent to respective key segments and second segments of the core body. The key segment and second segment engaging mechanisms operate to individually move respective key segments and second segments from a radially outward core body position to a radially inward segment removal position. The key segment and second segment engaging mechanisms transfer a respective segment to a segment removal device at the segment removal position and return radially outward to a segment-receiving location.