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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Bridgestone Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/44 (2006.01); B29D 30/06 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B29L 30/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/06 (2013.01); B29C 33/44 (2013.01); B29C 37/0007 (2013.01); B29D 30/0603 (2013.01); B29D 30/0662 (2013.01); B29C 33/442 (2013.01); B29C 35/02 (2013.01); B29L 2030/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A curing station for curing a tread strip, having a flat curing mold; a gripper which grips a portion of the cured tread strip inside the curing mold; an actuating device which, at the end of the curing process, moves the gripper to gradually extract the cured tread strip from the curing mold; and a guide device which, as the cured tread strip is extracted, is positioned over the curing mold, and has a main roller, about which the extracted part of the cured tread strip winds, and a secondary roller smaller in diameter than, and positioned parallel to and alongside, the main roller.