Mould for vulcanising a tire comprising movable elements obtained by laser sintering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10046531-B2
Application number	US-201515327910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2015
Priority date	Jul 22, 2014
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

Mold (22) for vulcanizing a tire comprises a lining (2) for molding the tread of this tire and a mobile valve (1) intended to vent the mold (22). The valve is of a single piece and is guided in a guide part (200) belonging to the lining and in abutment on each side of this guide part to limit the movement of the valve in the lining. This valve and this guide part are made from the same material. The mobile valve thus produced is of one piece and non-removable from the guide part, and is therefore quicker and more accurate. It is held in the guide part by two abutments and, because it is made from the same material as the guide part, these can be produced at the same time. The mold in general comprises several valves to remove the air trapped during the molding of the tire.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mould for vulcanizing a tire comprising:
a lining for moulding the tread of this tire,
a mobile valve configured to vent the mould, wherein the valve is of a single piece, and
a guide part comprising a portion of the lining and configured to guide the valve, the valve being in abutment on each side of said guide part to limit movement of the valve in the lining, and
wherein said valve and said guide part are made from the same material, and the valve is nonremovable from the guide part.

2. The mould according to claim 1 , wherein the guide part comprises a part of a vent able to be detached from the lining.

3. The mould according to claim 1 , wherein the valve has a main body, a lower end and an upper end which are wider than the main body, each said end having a diameter d 1 , the guide part having a diameter D 2 , and wherein d 1 is greater than D 2 so that the valve can come into abutment with the guide part.

4. The mould according to claim 1 , wherein the valve is able to adopt an open position and a closed position and wherein the valve is configured to lie flush with the lining in the closed position.

5. The mould according to claim 3 , wherein the ends are conical, widening towards said ends.

6. The mould according to claim 3 , wherein the mobile valve has a guided part of height h 2 and that a zone of the diameter D 2 of the guide part has a height H 2 that is smaller than the height h 2 .

7. The mould according to claim 3 , wherein the main body and the guide part and the ends of the valve are cylindrical.

8. The mould according to claim 3 , wherein the main body and the guide part are non-cylindrical.

9. The mould according to claim 3 , wherein the upper end of the valve has an upper face with at least one blind hole.

10. The mould according to claim 3 , wherein the lower end of the valve has an underside face with a central hole that is at least partially conical.

Assignees

• Michelin & Cie
• Michelin Rech Tech

Inventors

• Calvel Romain
• Gueugneau Anthony

Classifications

• B22F10/40

  Structures for supporting workpieces or articles during manufacture and removed afterwards · CPC title

• B22F10/66

  by mechanical means · CPC title

• B22F10/28

  Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM] · CPC title

• B22F5/007

  of moulds · CPC title

• B29D2030/0617

  Venting devices, e.g. vent plugs or inserts · CPC title