Abstract: An isolating mount for connecting two parts or mechanisms includes a rigid bushing surrounded by a resilient block which includes closed cavities on opposite sides of said bushing located along a first plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bushing and a passage formed by pipes extending outside the mount between the cavities. A quantity of liquid fills the cavities and passage, providing a liquid column of predetermined inertia in the passage between the cavities for controlling the frequency and amplitude of forces transmitted through the bushing to provide tuning of the damping characteristics of the mount to preselected frequencies of vibration. A rigid outer body surrounds and contacts the block and exerts compressive force thereon substantially along the first plane. The bushing is connected to one of the two parts to be isolated and the outer body is connected to the other of the two parts.

Abstract: A completed green tire is automatically released from a tire assembly drum and transported by automated holders to a discharge station, where an unloading track is positioned beneath the green tire. The holders include grips at the ends of reciprocable arms, arranged so the grips engage the periphery of the green tire at diametrically opposite points, which are on a line rotated somewhat from vertical with the bottom of such line away from the unloading track. Thus as the grips release the green tire, it rolls by gravity on its circular periphery onto the track mechanism, and passes to a discharge conveying system which can take the complete green tires to a vulcanizing and molding operation.