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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Michelin Recherche ET Technique, S.a., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Shuichi Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Abstract
A molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the tire is rolling. The molding element comprising a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade of a height intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread, this blade extending in a first direction of extension Y. The molding element has two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade. The molding element has a third cutting means of height extending in a second direction of extension X, this second direction of extension X making an angle α with the first direction Y which is between 75° and 105°. The height of the third cutting means is greater than the height of the blade.