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Tire retreading bladder

  • US 4,197,064 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1979
  • Issued: 04/08/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tire retreading bladder comprising a generally annular member of a U-shaped cross section defined by a bight portion and a pair of legs, said annular member defining an interior volume, each leg terminating in a terminal edge of a generally circular configuration, each terminal edge having an axially outwardly directed annular sealing bead, a plurality of circumferentially spaced valley means opening through said terminal edge into said volume through which pressurized air may be introduced into and exhausted from said volume, each leg having interior and exterior surfaces, means disposed along each of said exterior surfaces for venting air from between such exterior surfaces and an interior surface of an associated tire adapted to receive therewithin said bladder, each of said venting means on each of said exterior surfaces having a radially inboard portion terminating radially short of the associated annular sealing bead, and each exterior surface defining between said radially inboard portions of each venting means and the associated sealing bead a generally smooth uninterrupted annular sealing surface.

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