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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
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 tire unloading apparatus for separating a cured tire from a toroidally shaped segmented core body configured to carry the cured tire includes a plurality of tire engaging paddle mechanisms positioned in a spaced apart circular array defining a cured tire receiving central opening, the cured tire mounted to a core body. The paddle mechanisms operatively move between a radially outward tire release position and a radially inward tire gripping position. The tire unloading apparatus further includes a core segment manipulating apparatus operative to move individual core segments from a radially outward tire supporting core body position to a radially inward segment removal position. A plurality of segment support arms forming a circular array below the tire receiving opening are in an operative location to support respective core body segments.