US1695835A - Vulcanizing apparatus - Google Patents

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US1695835A
US1695835A US175749A US17574927A US1695835A US 1695835 A US1695835 A US 1695835A US 175749 A US175749 A US 175749A US 17574927 A US17574927 A US 17574927A US 1695835 A US1695835 A US 1695835A
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Willshaw Harry
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
    • B29D30/0601—Vulcanising tyres; Vulcanising presses for tyres

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  • This invention relates to apparatus for moulding and vulcanizing the outer covers of pneumatic tyres, inflatable tubes and the like andhas particular reference to that type of apparatus which comprises two annular steam chests, one hinged upon or in relation to the other, adapted to embrace the respective halves of a tyre mould or the like.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide improved means whereby the two hingedchests are securelyv clamped one to another while the tyre or the like is undergoing vulcanization and to associate therewith control means for the fluid pressure supply to the interior of the product; so as to ensure (a) that fluid pressure is Within the product when the apparatus is closed; and/or (5) that such pressure is within the product onlywhen the apparatus is closed and/or Kc) that such pressure is released before the apparatus is opened.
  • the clamping means may comprise a unit, or units, including a hinged Q3 girder braclretprov'ided with a pivotal lever adapted so to actuate a cam, as to exert a contracting pressure between the steam chests.
  • the said lever may itself be pivotallyrnounted upon one of the chests.
  • the iluidpressure control may comprise a rotatable annular member adapted to actuate the fiuidpressure valve, the said member being provided-With projections adapted so to-coact with opposing projections upon the cam clamps as to prevent (a) its rotationto admit pressure tothe product-when the said clamps are in the inoperative position, and (b) the actuation of the said clamps to open the apparatus before the said member is rotated to exhaust pressure from the product.
  • the said control may comprise means wherebythe actuation of the valve is consequent uponthe actuation of the pivotal lever aforesaid, preferably however, only in admitting pressure to the productthe actuation of the. said lever being preferably consequent uponthe prior actuation of the said valve in exhausting-pressure from the prod uct.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofan alternative fluid pressure control according to this invention.
  • Figs. 4, 4 5, 5 and 6 are detail views of the alternative illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate an application of a preferred embodiment of this invention to that class of the hereinbefore referred to type of moulding and vulcanizing apparatus which consists essentially of two hollow annular shells or steam chests 1 and 2, horizontally disposed, the bottom chest 1 rigid. with the base 3 of the apparatus and the top chest 2 hinged at 4 upon or in relation. to the lower chest 1.
  • the clamps indicated. in general by the numeral 5 are arranged substantially equidistantly around the outer periphery of the apparatus, are so disposed as to function substantiall vertically, and are adapted to he operated individually.
  • a lug 6 upon-which is pivotally mounted a girder bracket 7 which extends from the said lug 6 to an adjacent lug 8 erected upon the upper or hinging chest 2.
  • a lever 9 Pivotalily mounted at the end '7 of the bracket 7 is a lever 9 which is provided about its pivot 10 with an eccentric conformation or cam-l1 adapted so to co-act with the last said lug 8 as to exert when the lever 9 is actuated, a contracting pressure between the steam chests.
  • the lug 8 is provided with a reinforcing plate 12 of the re quired configuration.
  • bracket 7 there is preferably provided thereupon, at its end 7*, a face 7 adapted in the inoperative positionto abut against an opposing face 1. upon the-lower chest 1-thereby the said bra ket is held in a position of ready accessibility-in the inoperative position.
  • the movement of the lever 9 preferably the same is provided with a stop 9 adapted to contact the face 7 of the bracket 7
  • the said stop serves the further purpose-by contacting 1n theoperative position the face 7 of the bracket-of the lower chest 1, the said member, hereinafter called the control ring, being provided at a point adjacent the fluid pressure valve 15 with a cam slot 14" which as shown in Figs. 1, l and 2,- isadapted to engage the actuating lever 15 of the said valve.
  • the said cam. slot isformed in a plate 14 dependent from the control ring 14 of the said plate further carrying a handle 14 to facilitate the I rotation of the said ring.
  • T he fluid pressure valve 15 may be of any convenient type, and is preferably mounted upon a bracket 15 dependent from the lower chest 1.
  • Means are provided to cause the actuation of the said valve and the said clamps to be interdependent for the purpose hereinbefore referred to.
  • the control ring is provided with lugs 16, hereinafter called ring lugs, disposed around its circumference to coincide with the disposition of the clamps,
  • bracket lugs the said clamps being provided with opposing lu s 17 hereinafter called bracket lugs.
  • ring lugs are shown arranged vertically while in Fig. 2 they are shown projecting radially, it being apparent that either construction may be utilized.
  • the ring lugs and the bracket lugs co-act together as hereinafter more fully explained, to
  • the ring lugs are positioned immediately behind the bracket lugs, projecting into the path of the same about the pivot of the bracket and thus'the clamps cannot be swung out of engagement with the upper chest to open the apparatus until the control ring has been rotated to actuate the valve to releasethe fluid pressure from the interior of the tyre.
  • the control ring has been rotated to actuate the valve to releasethe fluid pressure from the interior of the tyre.
  • the bracket may pivot upon the lug with which the cam lever coacts or alternatively the said bracket may be dispensed with entirely and the cam be pivotally mounted upon one of the chests.
  • cam lever would preferably be adapted to slide into initial engagement with an opposing lug on the other chest.
  • actuation of the valve is consequent upon the actuation of one or more of the pivotal levers 9 which function to exert the required contracting pressure between the chests.
  • valve t admit pressure to the product is consequent upon the actuation of the said lever to close the apparatus, while the actuation of the said lever to open the apparatus is consequent upon the prior operation of the saidvalve to exhaust pressure from the product.
  • T assoeiat with one of the clamps a spring loaded plunger 18 adapted to be displaced longitudinally consequent upon the actuation of the lever 9.
  • the plunger 18 is operatively connected to the actuating arm 15 of the fluid pressure supply valve 15'.
  • the valve e actuated to admit pressure to the interior of the tyre, the said actuation being consequent upon the depression of the plunger 18 by the lever 9 as the said lever moves into the operative position.
  • the said internal pressure may be exhausted automatically as-the said lever 9 moves in the reverse direction to open the apparatusthe plunger 18 being thereby allowed to rise under the influence of its loading spring 19 to open the Valve 15 to atmosphere.
  • the lever 9 may-not be actuated to open the apparatus until after the opening of the valve to atmosphere.
  • the preferred means consist in associating with the plunger 18, a spring loaded catch having jaws 2O adaptedto co-act with a projection 21 upon an extension 22 of, or a bracket attached to, the pivotal lever 9.
  • the cam face 21 of the lug 21 passes between the jaws of the catch until the lower face 21 of the said lug contacts the plunger 18 to actuate the valve.
  • the said jaws 20 contract over the edges 21 of the said lug 21.
  • Means are provided to ensure that I in achieving that end, the valve '15 is necessarily opened to atmosphere.
  • the plunger 18 is arralnged in a housing 23 pivoted at 24 in a bracket 25 attached to the fixed chest 1, the said housing carrying the jaws 20 of the catch.
  • the housing 23 is swung about its pivot 24 into the position indicated by the dotted line 22 in Fig. 3.
  • A'handle 26 is provided to facilitate the operation; and a stop 27 is provided to limit the extent thereof. When the housing 23 contacts the said stop, the jaws 20 have moved.
  • a spring 28 is provided to function between the said housing and the be provided to ensure (d) that the valve actuating clamp may be swung into position only numeral 29, is provided adjacent the valve actuating clamp 30,,with a claw lug 30 form ing a slot 30 and adjacent the other clamps 31 and 32 with radially extending lugs 31 and 32 respectively.
  • the girder brackets of the clamps are provided with an opposing conformation or projection 30, 31 and 32 respectively.
  • the control ring is provided with a handle 33 to facilitate its rotation, and a guide slot 34 engaging with a pin 35 rigid with the lower chest 1 to limit its rotation as hereinafter more fully explained.
  • the clamps 31 and 32 are swung into position and actuated. Then the control ring-thereby freed from the restraint of the projections 31 and 32 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A and the valve actuating the clamp 30-thereby freed from the restraint of the claw lug 30*is actuated as hereinbefore described, to admit fluidpressure to the interior of the tyre. illustrated in Fi 6, the lugs 31 and 32* upon the control ring ave moved behind the pro jections 31 and 32 upon the clamps 31 and 32 as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and thus the said clamps cannot be swung down to open the apparatus until the control ring is rotated to release them from restraint.
  • valve actuating clamp 30 is disengaged as here'inbefore described thereby releasing fiuid pressure from the interior of the tyre.
  • slot 30 in the clamp 30 coincides as shown in Fig. a with the circumferentially extending portion of the claw lug 30.
  • the control ring-thereby free-is then rotated in the direction of the arrow B?, Then the clamps 31 and 32th.us freed from the restraint of the lugs 31? and 32are disengaged and the apparatus is opened for the removal of the cured tyre.
  • Vulcanizing appartus of the characterdescribed including coacting mold chests one of which is movable relatively to the other, a valve operative to control the supply of fluid pressure to an inflatable member within the mold chests, actuating means for said valve, a locking member swing'ably mounted on one of said mold chests and carrying a clamping member adapted to ooact with the other mold chest and co-operating parts carried by said locking member and by said valve operating control means, said member having an inter.-'
  • 3.-Apparatus'of the character described comprising a pair of chests one movable relatively to the other, clamping means for locking the chests together comprising a girder bracket pivoted to one chest and having pivoted to the free end thereof a cam for coaction with a portion of the movable chest adapted to exert a contracting pressure between the chests, a ring slidable relatively to one chest, fluid pressure control means operatively connected with an inflatable tube within the chests, means carried by the ring for actuating the fluid pressure control means and (to-operating interlocking members carried by said ring and said girder bracket whereby the movement of the bracket and the ring are dependent one upon the other substantially as and for the purpose described, In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

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