Green tire shaping apparatus

Claim 1

A TIRE SHAPING APPARATUS, WHICH COMPRISES: A FIXED FRAME, A SWING FRAME SWINGABLE MOUNTED ON SAID FIXED FRAME SWINGING MEANS FOR SEINGING SAID SWING FRAME FROM A HORIZONTAL POSITION TO A VERTICAL POSITION, A TUBULAR SLEEVE SLIDABLY JOURNALED ON SAID SWING FRAME, A MAIN ROTARY SHAFT SLIDABLY COUPLED WITH SAID TUBULAR SLEEVE AND HAVING THEREIN A PRESURIZED FLUID CONDUIT EXTENDING IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF THE SHAFT AND OPENED AT ONE END, ACTUATING MEANS FOR SLIDING SAID SLEEVE AND ROTARY SHAFT RELATIVVE TO EACJ OTHER, ROTATING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SLEEVE AND ROTARY SHAFT, AND A TIRE SHAPING DRUM INCLUDING AN UPPER BEAD RING ASSEMBLY DETACHABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ONE END OF SAID MAIN ROTARY SHAFT AND HAVING AN ANNULAR MEMBER WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING GROVE IN ONE SIDE WALL THEREOF A LOWER BEAD RING ASSEMBLY DETACHABLY MOUNTED ON ONE END OF SAID SLEEVE AND HAVING AN ANNULAR MEMBER WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING PROJECTION ON ONE SIDE ALL THEREOF FACING SAID UPPER BEAD RING ASSEMBLY SO AS TO BE HERMETICALLY COUPLED WITH SAID GROOVE, AN ELASTIC TUBULAR MEMBER WITH OPENED END HERMETICALLY SEALED WITH SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEAD RING ASSEMBLIES SO AS TO BE CAPABLE OF FORMING A SEALED CHAMBER BY HERMETICALLY COUPLING SAID PROJECTION OF SAID LOWER BEAD RING ASSEMBLY AND SAID GROOVE OF SAID UPPER BEAD RING ASSEMBLY, SAID ELASTIC TUBULAR MEMBER BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CONDUIT SO THAT SAID ELASTIC TUBULAR MEMBER IS INFLATED WHEN PRESSURIZED FLUIDS IN DELIVERED THROUGH SAID CONDIUT, LOCK MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEAD RING ASSEMBLIES TO MAINTAIN THE COUPLING BETWEEN THE GROVE AND PROJECTIONS THEREOF, AND LOCK CONTROL MEANS FFOR CONTROLLING SAID LOCK MEANS COUPLE AND DECOUPLE SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER BEAD RING ASSEMBLIES FROM SAID OUTSIDE SAID UPPER BEAD RING ASSEMBLY.