Tire mold loader

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE LOADING OF A PREPARED TIRE INTO A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, ANNULAR MOLD HAVING A LOWER MATRIX HALF AND A COMPLEMENTARY UPPER MATRIX HALF; SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME, A STRUCTURE ON THE FRAME TO RECEIVE AND HORIZONTALLY SUPPORT THE LOWER MATRIX HALF, A VERTICAL-AXIS POWER CYLINDER UNIT SUPPORTED FROM SAID STRUCTURE IN DEPENDING RELATION TO SAID LOWER MATRIX HALF, A LOWER TIRE-BEAD ENGAGING DISC, CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DISC TO MOVE THE SAME UP AND DOWN, AN UPPER TIRE-BEAD ENGAGING DISC, A PISTON ROD PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE CYLINDER UNIT AND THROUGH SAID LOWER DISC AND SAID UPPER DISC, MEANS TO RELEASABLY LATCH THE PISTON ROD TO THE UPPER DISC, AN INITIALLY SEPARATE PRESSURE BAR ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED IN SPANNING RELATION ATOP THE UPPER MATRIX HALF UPON PLACEMENT OF THE LATTER ABOVE THE LOWER MATRIX HALF AND OVER A TIRE THEREIN, THE PISTON ROD BEING MOVABLE UPWARDLY FROM THE UPPER DISC AND THROUGH THE BAR UPON RELEASE OF THE LATCH MEANS, AND OTHER MEANS INCLUDED IN PART WITH THE FIRST NAMED LATCH MEANS TO RELEASABLY LATCH THE PISTON ROD TO THE PRESSURE BAR.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE LOADING OF A PREPARED TIRE INTO A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, ANNULAR MOLD HAVING A LOWER MATRIX HALF AND A COMPLEMENTARY UPPER MATRIX HALF; SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME, A STRUCTURE ON THE FRAME TO RECEIVE AND HORIZONTALLY SUPPORT THE LOWER MATRIX HALF, A VERTICAL-AXIS POWER CYLINDER UNIT SUPPORTED FROM SAID STRUCTURE IN DEPENDING RELATION TO SAID LOWER MATRIX HALF, A LOWER TIRE-BEAD ENGAGING DISC, CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DISC TO MOVE THE SAME UP AND DOWN, AN UPPER TIRE-BEAD ENGAGING DISC, A PISTON ROD PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE CYLINDER UNIT AND THROUGH SAID LOWER DISC AND SAID UPPER DISC, MEANS TO RELEASABLY LATCH THE PISTON ROD TO THE UPPER DISC, AN INITIALLY SEPARATE PRESSURE BAR ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED IN SPANNING RELATION ATOP THE UPPER MATRIX HALF UPON PLACEMENT OF THE LATTER ABOVE THE LOWER MATRIX HALF AND OVER A TIRE THEREIN, THE PISTON ROD BEING MOVABLE UPWARDLY FROM THE UPPER DISC AND THROUGH THE BAR UPON RELEASE OF THE LATCH MEANS, AND OTHER MEANS INCLUDED IN PART WITH THE FIRST NAMED LATCH MEANS TO RELEASABLY LATCH THE PISTON ROD TO THE PRESSURE BAR.