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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Kazuto Okada, Kobe, JP;
Masatake Toshima, Kobe, JP;
Tomomichi Murata, Takasago, JP;
Yasuhiko Fujieda, Takasago, JP;
Kazuto Okada, Kobe, JP;
Masatake Toshima, Kobe, JP;
Tomomichi Murata, Takasago, JP;
Yasuhiko Fujieda, Takasago, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A tire vulcanizer used for vulcanizing a raw tire and includes a mold for removably housing the raw tire; a medium path which is connected to the inner space of the raw tire housed in the mold and through which a heating and pressurizing medium for vulcanizing the raw tire flows; and a heating unit, provided to the medium path, for controlling the temperature of the heating and pressurizing medium flowing through the medium path. The heating unit includes a heated body internally provided with a flow channel through which the heating and pressurizing medium flows, and an induction heating unit for heating the heated body through electromagnetic induction so as to heat the heating and pressurizing medium flowing through the flow channel.