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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Keiichi Tomoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshikatsu Hineno, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshifumi Murakami, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a center mechanism of a tire vulcanizing machine, including an upper clamp ring for grasping an upper opening end part of a bladder, a lower clamp ring for grasping a lower opening end part of the bladder, a hub on a side of a lower mold for supporting the lower clamp ring, a spacer connected to the hub and supported on the side of the lower mold to be ascendable and descendable, and a center post supported by the spacer to be extensible and contractible, the hub and the spacer are formed as members separate from each other, and are divisibly bound to each other by bolts.