Apparatus for loading and unloading tires for a tire vulcanizing machine

摘要

An apparatus for loading or unloading tires for a tire vulcanizing machine is disclosed which essentially comprises a pair of vertically extending guide rods fixedly secured to a housing of the tire vulcanizing machine, a common board slidably fitted onto said guide rods so as to be displaced in the vertical direction with the aid of driving means, a pair of booms adapted to be displaced in the vertical direction together with said common board, each of said booms being turnable about the guide rod, tire grasping means including a plurality of grasping pawls at the one end of each of the booms, and means for limiting the extent of turning movement of the boom.