Vulcanization press for vehicle tires

Claim 1

IN A TIRE VULCANIZING PRESS, A LATERALLY DISTENSIBLE VERTICAL AXIS TUBULAR MEMBER OPERATING BY SIDE EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH TIRE CARCASS FORMING MOLDS, INCLUDING A STATIONARY LOWER MOLD HALF AND A COAXIAL VERTICALLY MOVABLE UPPER HALF MOLD, AN ANNULAR NOSE FIXED ON AND DEPENDING FROM THE UPPER MOLD HALF AND PROJECTING BELOW THE CONTIGUOUS MOLD SURFACE AND PRESENTING, IN RADIAL VERTICAL CROSS SECTION, A RADIALLY OUTER STRAIGHT TIRE HEAD ABUTTING SURFACE OF THE SAME HEIGHT DIMENSION AS THE INNER WIDTH DIMENSION OF A TIRE BEAD, SAID NOSE FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY A RADIALLY INNER UPWARDLY CURVED SURFACE WHOSE LOWEST PART IS HORIZONTAL AND WHICH CURVES EVENLY THEREFROM UNTIL IT MERGES VERTICALLY WITH THE INNER FACE OF THE UPPER MOLD HALF, A VERTICALLY MOVABLE COAXIAL RING CARRYING THE TOP END OF THE TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID RING BEING MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO AND ALWAYS REMAINING ABOVE THE NOSE, THE NOSE THUS PRESENTING A SMOOTH UPPER AND OUTER ANNULAR SURFACE TO ENGAGE WITH THE TUBULAR MEMBER AS IT STRETCHES AND MOVES THEREPAST, WHEREBY WHEN FLUID PRESSURE IS APPLIED WITHIN THE TUBULAR MEMBER CAUSING IT TO EXPAND SIDEWARDLY, AND WHEN FLUID PRESSURE IS RELEASED FROM WITHIN THE TUBULAR MEMBER AND THE RING IS MOVED UPWARDLY CAUSING THE MEMBER TO CONTRACT SIDEWARDLY, THE TUBULAR MEMBER IS GUIDED SMOOTHLY RESPECTIVELY OUT AND IN OVER THE CURVED MOLD FACE AND THE CONTIGUOUS LOWER INNER SURFACE OF THE BEAD, AND PINCHING OF THE MEMBER IS PREVENTED, EVEN UPON THE CLOSING OF THE MOLDS.