Method for forming non-skid tire treads

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF FORMING NON-SKIT SIPED TIRE TREADS WITH THE USE OF A TIRE MOLDING MACHINE THE STEPS OF SECURING SIPE-FORMING STRIPS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MOLD WITH CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-DIRECTED EXTENTS ARRANGED IN PAIRS OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING LINES SO THAT THE LINES OF EACH PAIR FORM OPPOSITE SIDES OF A CHANNEL HAVING THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE MOLDING RECESS FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL SUPPLYING ELONGATED TRACTION-AUGMENTING MEMBERS OF A WIDTH TO BE SNUGLY RECEIVED IN SAID CHANNELS, PLACING ONE OF SAID ELONGATED TRACTION-AUGMENTING MEMBERS IN EACH OF SAID CHANNELS TO EXTEND AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE MOLD AND SO THAT SAID SIPE STRIPS WILL SERVE THE DUAL FUNCTION OF MAINTAINING THE TRACTION-AUGMENTING MEMBERS IN EACH OF LATERALLY-LOCATED POSITION AND OF CREATING SIPES IN THE TIRE TO BE MOLDED, AND THEN WHILE THE TRACTION-AUGMENTING MEMBERS ARE THUS HELD AND POSITIONED FORMING A SIPED TIRE TREAD WITH THE ELONGATED TRACTION-AUGMENTING MEMBERS THEREIN.