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B29C 33/10 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1315054
PLUG-RESISTANT ARCH-VENTS FOR TIRE MOLDS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A split tire mold having a tread ring in which provi- sion is made for venting air circumferentially across the inner surface of the tread ring so that the air escapes from the parting line of the mold halves, dispenses with widely used, conventional, radially protruding vent stubs. The air is vented through "butterfly-shaped" or "double- wedge-shaped" arch-vents which provide passage for trapped air above each tread block of the tread as it is moved against the inner surface of the tread ring. The shape of the arch-vent passages and the angulation of the wedges is critical to the effectiveness of the arch-vent which forms an arch-vent bridge of cured rubber in a cured tire. The configuration of the bridge allows a cured tire to be easily removed from the mold cavity without leaving a broken-off piece of the rubber bridge to plug the arch- vents. This arch-vent design leaves unobtrusive flat- sided, narrow wedge-shaped pieces of rubber as the arch- vent stubs, tapered in two directions. The arch-vent stubs, when viewed in the radial direction towards the center of the tire, are so unobtrusive as to be cosmetic- ally acceptable in a finished tire. The upper surface of the arch-vent is close to the inner surface of the tread ring and essentially horizontal, while the lower surface of each arch-vent is inclined at an angle in the range from 30°-50° to the horizontal plane, but in opposite directions. An angle in this range provides surprising strength in the base area of the arch-vent stub so that, upon stripping the tire from the mold, the arch-vent bridge of cured rubber breaks cleanly and reliably at the narrowest and weakest point in the bridge.
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Bartley Donald Ray
Rockarts Rene Leon
Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.a.
Ogilvy Renault Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
Uniroyal Goodrich Canada Inc.
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