Inventors:
Ralph Wayne Golightly - Gadsden AL
Michael Scott Coyne - Danville VA
Stanley Albert Crisp - Lillington NC
James Elmo Newman - Ringgold VA
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH
International Classification:
B29C 3358, B29C 3502
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for automatically spraying a mist of mold release into the confined space between a tire and an inflatable bladder in a tire molding machine so that the mold release covers the outer surface of the inflatable bladder and/or the interior surface of the tire and does not get onto the walls of the mold. In addition, bladder release is pre-sprayed onto the interior surface of the green tire prior to posititoning the green tire within the tire mold.