Segmented tire mold to reduce flash

摘要

A segmented tire mold for molding a pneumatic tire with reduced flash in the sidewalls. The mold has an annular array of tread mold segments which have an inner circumferential surface and inwardly extending projections which form the tread pattern in the tire including the skid surface and tread lugs. The mold further includes a pair of sidewall mold plates which are in abutting contact with the tread mold segments and form a pair of circumferentially extending mold parting lines which are in axial alignment with a nylon reinforcing strip located in the crown portion of the tire and within ½ inch of the inner circumferential surface of the tread mold segments to reduce flash formed on the molded tire.