Abstract: A one-piece fishing rod handle is provided in which an integral handle portion is molded together with preformed rod handle components such as a reel seat is disclosed for use in through-rod-type construction wherein the rod blank extends axially through the entire length of the handle and foregrip. The individual preformed rod handle components are assembled onto either a mold core pin or fishing rod blank and properly registered in a mold cavity having the configuration of the finished rod handle. Molding resins such as polyurethane are then injected into the mold cavity and provide a handle portion which is bonded to the preformed reel seat. By the use of two differently dimensioned molds in conjunction with different density molding resins, dual composition one-piece fishing rod handles can also be molded.

Abstract: This relates to the forming of a seal between a container and a top element, such as a fitment, wherein the seal is subjected to a high top loading of a nature wherein conventional gasket materials, such as plastisols, will unduly flow and result in leakage. In lieu of the conventional gasket material, a hot melt material is utilized with the hot melt material being in a flowable state when the fitment is applied to the container and held in place by a mechanical interlock between the fitment and the container so as to cause an extrusion and flowing of certain of the hot melt material wherein the hot melt material functions both as a gasket and as a support to eliminate or restrain movement between the fitment and the container due to top loading. A special dispensing head is also provided for applying a controlled volume of hot melt material to each fitment in a preselected pattern.

Abstract: Method includes placement of rail-clamps in a concrete mould, while securing elements thereof on the outside of the mould. Concrete reinforcement members are placed on the clamps. A connecting rod is introduced through a mould opening and the mould thereafter is filled with concrete and treated by vibration.

Abstract: A method for centrifugally casting a rectangular access floor panel includes the steps of forming a metal pan having a planar bottom, peripheral sidewalls and a plurality of upstanding tabs, inserting the metal pan into a cavity defined by a two-part mold and filling the pan within the mold with a concrete mixture. The mold is rotated about a vertical axis and vibrated to evenly distribute the concrete mixture within the pan. A smooth magnetic sheet is placed within the cavity. The sheet engages the planar bottom of the metal pan and prevents seepage of the concrete mixture through openings in the bottom of the pan during casting. The apparatus includes a turntable, a drive for rotating the turntable and a mold clamped to the turntable. The mold is vibrated during rotation to insure a void-free distribution of the mixture throughout the pan.

Abstract: A workholder (6) has a contoured bonding surface (7), which essentially matches a contoured surface (4) of an airfoil (1). A plurality of studs (8) are disposed within a plurality of tapped holes (9) located about the workholder bonding surface. In operation, the studs are extended outwardly from the surface, and both the studs and bonding surface are contacted with a release agent (10). A curable resinous material (11) is applied to the bonding surface and studs, and an airfoil positioned next to the bonding surface, sandwiching the resinous material therebetween. After curing, a plurality of tapped holes (13) are formed in resin layer (11), with the extended studs fixably positioning the airfoil relative to the workholder. Removing the studs provides heatless release of the airfoil from the workholder.

Abstract: A method of molding a sleeve on a corrugated pipe consisting of an inner wall and fusion-bond ridges. Two clamps can close to engage several of the ridges. One to three of the ridges project into a molding space between the clamps. A core is inserted into pipe and closes the molding space. Hot pressurized resin softens and collapses the projected ridges and fusion bonds the pipe to the sleeve portion of the molding space.

Abstract: A method of making an integrated circuit package comprising an integrated "chip" within an hermetically sealed housing with external electrical leads extending from the chip terminals, and the product formed by such method. The method involves injection molding of a thermoplastic rim on and in sealed relation to a lead frame prior to locating the chip in the central region of the frame and installing fine wire connections from the chip terminals to the lead fingers. The housing is completed by a solid bottom wall insert sealed in the lower mouth of the rim and a solid top wall cap sealed to the upper mouth of the rim by procedures which involve no flowing of plastic material over or into contact with either (i) the upper surfaces of the lead fingers prior to making the wire connections to such fingers, or (ii) the chip and the wire connectors after they have been associated with the lead frame.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a wax-like cosmetic stick having an improved contour on its upper surface, by filling at the open bottom of the case with the stick material in a molten state, the case having a cap which provides the contour, allowing the stick to partially solidify, while maintaining the upper surface molten, placing a push-up device in the bottom of the case, seating the push-up device against the molten upper surface, said push-up being designed to allow substantially all of the air to escape during seating, then allowing final solidification of the stick.

Abstract: A holddown bar for a hatch cover of a railroad car or the like and having opposed ends one of which is adapted to be pivotally mounted to the car and the other of which is adapted to be releasably latched to the car while a medial portion thereof intermediate the opposed ends is adapted to extend across the hatch cover and carries a sealing gasket in a channel thereof that is adapted to engage against the hatch cover. The channel is defined by a surface of the holddown bar and the gasket is secured to the surface by adhesive disposed between the surface and the gasket and being directly secured to the gasket and to the surface by the adhesive characteristics of the adhesive. An interlocking member is carried by the holddown bar and has a first part thereof mechanically interlocked to the holddown bar and a second part thereof mechanically interlocked to the adhesive to thereby mechanically interlock the adhesive to the holddown bar.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dunnage rack including a molded pallet having a plurality of legs with caster supports integrally secured thereto, and to a method of forming such a dunnage rack. The dunnage rack is formed by first providing a mold for the pallet. A lower end of each leg portion of the mold is then blanked off with a caster support. The caster supports include a base plate arranged to support a caster and a plurality of flanges which extend upwardly from the edge, of the base plate into the mold. The flanges have an irregular surface. In a preferred embodiment, the irregular surface is formed by a plurality of openings or apertures. A molding material introduced into the mold engages the flange irregular surface to secure the caster support to the pallet legs.

Abstract: A base component for a fluid transfer device such as a hydraulic hand pump, cylinder or valve and a method of making the base component for such a device. The base component includes first and second base members having internal passages in communication with one another which subject the members to internal fluid pressure, and an encapsulating housing attaching the members together. In one form, the housing is composed of a moldable plastic material and surrounds both base members which are composed of extruded aluminum. In another form, the housing is integrally formed with one of the base members of a moldable plastic material and surrounds the other base member which is composed of extruded aluminum. In both forms structural members such as yoke members, which pivotally mount the piston and handle assemblies of a hand pump, may integrally be formed with the plastic housing.

Abstract: A process of making soft lenses from an esterifiable, partially cross-linked carboxyl-containing polymer, and a method of attaching a haptic to a swellable intraocular lens. The soft contact lenses are made by first forming a lens button from a hard polymer containing .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid such as acrylic or methacrylic acid and 0.1-10 mols per 100 mols of monomer of a divinyl cross-linking agent such as 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate. The hard lens button is then esterified by contact with an alcohol having up to 15 carbon atoms such as n-butanol under esterifying conditions in the substantial absence of water while simultaneously removing water of reaction. Unreacted alcohol may be removed by solvent exchange with a lower molecular weight alcohol and/or drying.

Abstract: A miniature small pitch connection element comprises an insulating elastomer body associated with conducting strips. The strips are disposed about the body over the largest part of its circumference and the remaining portion of the strips is overmolded by the body to be inside it to provide a strong mechanical connection between said strips and the body. The strips emerging from said body by their respective two ends.

Abstract: An assembly for mechanically connecting an electrical cable to the housing of an electrical device comprises a cable jacket with an annular groove filled with a resinous substance such as polyurethane, the resin forming a prism fitted to an aperture in the device housing. The surface defining the groove is roughened and provided with a multiplicity of teeth.

Abstract: A top concrete section for a manhole assembly is cast with a plurality of bolt slot inserts each insert having a substantially inverted T-shaped hollow interior for slideably receiving a nut which may be moved to any desired position along the base of the insert for threadedly engaging a threaded rod employed to rigidly secure a cast iron cover frame to the top section.The method for casting a manhole top section comprises the steps of releasably mounting each insert within the mould assembly by means of a retaining slide which itself is slideably received within a pair of holding brackets provided on each of the inner and outer mould members, the insert being substantially fully closed on all sides thereof and having a top surface formed of a thin web which is easily fractured or cut away after the top manhole section is cast. The fully enclosed insert prevents any concrete from entering into the interior thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bobbin in which a plastic flange is first insert molded to one end of a winding shaft of nonferrous metal alloy. A bushing of synthetic resin is the forced into a bore in the winding shaft at the other end thereof, and a core having a head is inserted into a bore in the bushing to close an open end of the bore in the bushing with the head of the core. The end of the winding shaft, an outer end of the bushing, and the head of the core are placed in a mold, and a synthetic resin material is injected through a sprue, a runner, and a gate in the mold into a cavity therein to mold a second flange on the end of the winding shaft therearound to obtain a bobbin having plastic flanges at both ends.

Abstract: Manufacturing lined concrete pipe in a reduced time, and provision of such pipe with reduced tendencies to rusting and liner separation, are achieved by a cartridge assembly (22) movable to and away from the pipe machine, a work stand assembly (23) for positioning the cartridge to receive a liner, liner tensioning structures (68) and liner to cartridge clamps (87) for moving the liner to the cartridge, tightening the liner, and holding the liner during transport by the cartridge, and tension bars (96) controlling wire tension during pipe formation. Concurrently with operation of the standard pipe machine, the work stand operates to place a liner on the cartridge. During the stripping cycle of the pipe machine, the cartridge delivers the liner to the core. During the pipe machine vibration under pressure cycle, the tension on the liner tension wires is relieved.

Abstract: Method and die to produce telecommunications cable with tensile reinforcement in the jacket in which the reinforcement is formed by succeeding tape lengths. Bonding or otherwise securing together of these lengths is avoided by overlapping them and interengaging projections of one into indentations in the other.

Abstract: A roller for supporting the rotating drum of a clothes drier or similar appliance includes a hub which is molded from a suitable polymer and a rubber tire which fits around and is interlocked with the hub. The tire is of uniform cross-sectional configuration and is stressed so that it remains in intimate contact with the hub rim, even after substantial use. To manufacture the roller, the tire, which is molded in a separate operation, is placed in a mold cavity that is configured to seal against the side walls of the tire and yet permit the tire to expand radially, maintaining the seals along the tire side walls throughout the expansion. Once the mold is closed, a polymer in a plastic state is injected into the region of the cavity surrounded by the tire, there being enough polymer forced into the mold to expand the tire radially against an outer surface of the cavity.

Abstract: An insulated conductor such as an encapsulated electrical circuit is made by locating the circuit components in a preformed carrier with opposed flexible walls with an external, outwardly facing abutment in the shape of a conical opening through each wall. The internal volume between the walls of the carrier is then filled with a hot fluid insulating plastic which also fills the conical opening forming a bridge between the openings. The bridge is caused to cool and set first so that it contracts developing a lengthwise tension which draws the walls toward each other providing the formation of air space between the walls and remainder of the filling.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic leaf spring including a curved central section and a pair of end sections, each having a bushing to receive a connecting member. The spring is formed from a plurality of longitudinally extending substantially continuous strands of fibrous material impregnated with a cured thermosetting resin which are wound in a loop configuration around the bushings. The windings consist of a pair of generally parallel runs which extend between the bushings and are disposed in contiguous relation and the resin is cured to formed an integral structure. Each bushing includes a tubular section and at least one circumferentially extending rib that extends outwardly from the tubular section and is encapsulated in the fibrous windings. The ribs act to prevent delamination of the two runs along the neutral axis of the spring when the spring is subjected to load in service.

Abstract: In order to form safety markings at a planar card made of a plastics material, which card may be used, for instance, as credit card, this card is built up from at least two parts. The inner border area between these two parts comprises a relief-like structure which is the carrier of the safety marking. In order to generate a watermark-like effect the upper part is made of a opaque plastic material and the other part is made of a transparent plastics material. When viewing through this card the areas of the opaque layer having the largest thickness appear as darker areas, whereby when viewing the same way the areas having a smaller thickness show a certain brightness. After being embossed the two parts of the thermoplastic material are joined to each other such that they cannot be separated such that no access from the outside is possible to this safety marking.

Abstract: A flash free, compression molded object which includes an insert and is formed using only one mold plate is disclosed. Molding compound is trapped in a mold cavity between the insert and mold plate. An extrusion vent allows excess molding compound and curing gases to escape from the mold cavity. Systems for forming a pin hole within the molded object and removing the molded object from the mold plate are also disclosed.

Abstract: Joining together two materials by a mechanical interlock resulting from "chips" at their interface is disclosed. The chips, composed of one of the two materials to be joined or of a third material are partially embedded into the surface of the first material when that material is formed so as to form surfaces which "overhang" the first material. Thereafter, the second material is formed against the overhanging surfaces of the chips to establish the mechanical interlock. This technique is particularly useful in anchoring a dissimilar material to a polymeric material having poor bondability and/or a high melt temperature, for example fluoropolymers, as illustrated by the forming of a liner for a pump casing, or the like, by rotational molding.

Abstract: A sensing device incorporating a sensing element and terminals for making electrical connection to the device is manufactured by placing the sensing element and the terminals in a mould and injection moulding a plastics body around them. The integral plastics body firmly bonds the parts of the device together and is shaped outwardly with a screw thread and a hexagonal nut portion--for example--so that the device can be screwed into a threaded aperture in a chamber wall. One application is a temperature indicator screwed into an automobile engine block.

Abstract: A method of making a sole construction for a shoe is disclosed, the sole construction being of the type having at least two independently prefabricated wooden parts which are interconnected at an area beneath the ball of the foot of a wearer by at least one flexible polyurethane intermediate part. The method includes steps of placing the wooden parts in a mold, introducing a polyurethane foaming material into the remaining free space in the mold, allowing the polyurethane foaming material to foam with the mold closed to form the intermediate parts in interconnected relation with the wooden parts, removing the wooden and intermediate parts from the mold and thereafter working the side surfaces of the sole construction and the surfaces thereof facing the foot sole by grinding or milling.

Abstract: A composite molded plastic article includes a metal nut insert adapted to be molded in place within the body of plastic material. The nut insert is adapted to be mounted on a pin projecting into a mold cavity of the mold used in forming the article. The nut insert includes a central bore extending between a pair of parallel, planar faces of polygonal outline and defining along the edges thereof a first pair of substantially planar, opposite side edges which angularly intersect a second pair of opposite side edges having a longitudinally extending groove therein and/or a parallel rib between the parallel, planar faces of the nut insert.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for vertically molding concrete slabs in which a tilted semi-cubical enclosure is provided containing a plurality of plates spacedly positioned from one another such that a cavity is formed between plates in which the slabs are formed. The tilt of the enclosure maintains the plates and spacers in their desired positions during loading and unloading of the enclosure. Within one aspect of this invention the spaced plates are insulation plates having fasteners projecting therefrom into cavities such that when concrete is poured into and permitted to harden in the cavities, the insulation plates will be laminated to the concrete.

Abstract: An impervious article of plastic material including a reinforcing frame member imperviously sealed within the plastic material which forms an outer covering thereof, is obtained by disposing the reinforcing frame member within a channel formed in shock resistant thermoplastic material, by heating a portion of the shock resistant thermoplastic material on outer sides thereof opposite sides defining the channel in which the reinforcing member is disposed, and over an area near an open portion of the channel to at least the softening point of the shock resistant plastic material, and then injecting a compatible plastic material substantially resistant to cracking under stress onto the outer sides of the thermoplastic material and over the open part of the channel in which the reinforcing member is disposed.

Abstract: A novel closure-making process and apparatus are disclosed for formation of plastic closures. The closures include a plastic closure cap which is compression molded to provide a closure having the requisite strength. The process includes steps for formation of a sealing liner within the closure cap if desired, with formation of a novel liner-retaining arrangement provided for secure retention of the liner within the cap. The process also includes steps for formation of a tamper-indicating pilfer band integrally with the plastic cap of the closure for formation of closures requiring a suitable tamper-indicating device.

Abstract: A window with integral molded stile or frame has been disclosed along with a method for making it. The system according to the invention makes it possible to mold by injection two plastic parts in molding cavities (1', 2'). Material is first injected into the cavity (2') while a core (9) delimits a hole (15) in the molded part. Then the core (9) is removed from the hole (15) and the cavity (1') is placed facing the hole. Material is injected into this cavity. The material passes into the hole (15) and fills an enclosure (14) which molds an assembly stud for the parts molded in the cavities (1', 2').The invention is applicable to making a window-stile unit for automobiles.

Abstract: An electrical connector and a method of making the same in which the electrical connections of contacts to the bared ends of the stranded conductors of a cord are positioned within two layers of insulating material. An inner body of insulating material has spaced arms joined to a base with each arm surrounding a corresponding one of the connections. The inner body is injection molded in a mold cavity with serrated or other type irregularly shaped inner surfaces which provide a turbulent flow of fluid insulating material that tends to force any loose strand at the bared ends of the conductors away from the inner surfaces. An outer body of insulating material is injection molded around the inner body and between the arms of the inner body.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for preforming automobile rooftop coverings made of flexible sheets of vinyl and the like. The flexible material is treated with a thermosetting composition and then applied to an automobile rooftop form. Pneumatic tensioning means are attached to the edges of the material at a plurality of spaced-apart points to tension it over the form to a predetermined orientation and shape while maintaining the forces on the material substantially in equilibrium. The material is heated to set the thermosetting composition. Clamping means lightly engage the material to hold it in the predetermined shape until the setting temperature is reached and then firmly engage it to form maginal flanges thereon. The shaped material is then removed from the form by a vacuum carrier and then cooled and trimmed in the carrier.A pressure-sensitive adhesive and release liner may also be applied to the material so that after it is shaped it can be directly adhesively secured to an automobile rooftop.

Abstract: A method and apparatus associated with plastics material applied by injection moulding to a metal substrate by surrounding at least a portion of the substrate with a mould and injecting flowable plastics material into the mould, characterized in that the method and/or the apparatus utilizes locally induced heat in the portion of the metal substrate surrounded by the mould to bond and sealingly adhere the plastics material to the metal substrate in total surface-to-surface contact.

Abstract: A composite fibre reinforced body is formed from a first portion in which the reinforcing fibres thereof are exposed and splayed at one part upon which part is cast a settable liquid which wicks into the spaces between the splayed fibres to integrate the two portions. The fibre reinforced body is a pultrusion of glass fibre and thermosetting resin and a second portion is an aqueous plastic resin of viscosity less than 500 centipoise.

Abstract: A decorative emblem is formed by insertion of a decorative foil shape into a preformed bezel and encapsulating and bonding the foil to the bezel with a fluent, curable plastic material. After an initial casting of a measured amount of plastic onto the base of the bezel, the foil is inserted and seated. A second cast of plastic forms a cap contiguous with the sides of the bezel and encapsulates the foil and bonds it within the bezel. Upon curing, the plastic cap gives a lens effect to the decorative emblem. The emblem may be equipped with attachment means for fastening it to an automobile, appliance, or other object. In alternative embodiments, a decorative foil shape is placed directly onto the base of the bezel, and a fluent, curable plastic material is cast thereon. As the plastic material cures, it migrates around the edges and under the foil to at least partially encapsulate the foil and bond it within the bezel.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for production of plastic optical fiber connectors specifically for production of plastic plug ferrules employable for plastic optical fiber connectors, wherein improvements are realized to decrease the production cost thereof, to enable accurate finished dimension thereof, to enhance the advantage of mass production thereof, and to decrease the connection loss thereof.

Abstract: A unitary molding insert (24) and pin (27) of the prior art are replaced by an improved molding insert (30) which is provided with a plurality of collapsible pin assemblies (56), each including a unitary hollow, cylindrical boss (58), and a separate piston (60) having a unitary valve (62) and pin (64). Each piston (60) may be inserted in its boss (58) with its valve (62) being seated on the upper edge of the boss (58) and with its pin (64) engaging the inner surface of a mold (84) to maintain the insert (30) in a stable position during the encasing of the insert (30) with a suitable molding material. When the mold is substantially filled to capacity, the pressure created by the molding material will force the piston (60), valve (62) and pin (64) to a recessed position within the boss (58).

Abstract: The method of battery molding metal-reinforced panels of matrix forming materials like, for example, concrete is improved by the use, as reinforcement for each panel, of a stratiform and biplanar structure formed of two spaced coextensive metal sheets in a parallel and mutually supporting arrangement. Preferably, at least one sheet has a multiplicity of perforations as well as a multiplicity of protrusions. The reinforcements are provided with partitioning layers and stacked in the cavity of a molding box. Upon casting and setting of the concrete or the like material into the cavity compartments metal-reinforced panels are obtained in which the biplanar reinforcement extends substantially through the panel. The tiltable molding apparatus for use in battery-molding of the panels includes a molding box in combination with at least one fluid-cushion or fluid-bag capable of varying its outer shape in response to the amount of fluid within said cushion.

Abstract: An electrical connector which is covered on its exterior surface with a non-adhering, non-electrically conductive material. The electrical contact surfaces of the electrical connector are free of the non-electrically conductive material. This electrical connector is manufactured by mounting the electrical connector on a mounting fixture wherein the electrical contact surfaces are in direct contact with the mounting fixture, heating the electrical connector to within a desired temperature range, then submerging the electrical connector in a quantity of powdered plastic which evenly coates the exterior surface of the electrical connector, removing the electrical connector from the powdered plastic, reheating of the electrical connector to cause fusing of the powdered plastic into an integral mass, cooling of the electrical connector and then removing such from the mounting fixture.

Abstract: A process for forming wall modules wherein foam insulation blocks are supported in a frame and crossed nails are driven into said furring strips for supporting reinforcing rods and concrete which is poured between said blocks and said frame and the spaces between said blocks around the nails and reinforcing rods thereby holding the reinforcing rods in place until the concrete is poured around them and thereafter the nails hold the furring strips to the concrete module.

Abstract: A process for providing attaching ends projecting from a wood-resin composite veneer body such as the end of an elongate, hollow windmill blade, and wherein the attaching ends are provided on studs which are resin bonded in position in elongate enlarged openings formed in the ends of the bodies and have threaded ends or the like projecting therefrom. The process involves the preforming or precasting of resin sleeves of predetermined thickness around the plug ends of the studs to leave the attaching ends projecting therefrom, prior to inserting of the studs into the enlarged openings provided in the composite body. Curing of the sleeves thus occurs remotely from the wood-resin body.

Abstract: Method for forming a projectile for a smooth bore gun from a metal bullet, ubstantially made of lead, and a wad-flight control element of plastic material. The bullet is constituted by a metal body provided with an ogive with centering fins and comprises one or more cylindrical segments. The wad-flight control element comprises a container, connected to the bullet and containing the same, an amortizing portion and a cup for sealing off propellant gases. The amortizing portion and the sealing cup act to control the projectile during its flight. The bullet is positioned in a mold by the ogive and the plastic is injection molded about the bullet and inserts to define the flight control element.

Abstract: A capstan for use on a tape transport, including a hub, a tubular outer rim supported co-axially about the hub, and a body portion of foam plastic between the hub and rim.

Abstract: A method by which a previously molded hollow plastic retainer having an open end portion necessitated by the need to withdraw a mold core therefrom may be embedded in a molded trim article with the open end beneath the surface and yet the molding material is prevented from flowing through the open end portion and filling the hollow of the retainer.

Abstract: An electrical connector and a method of making the same in which the electrical connections of contacts to the bared ends of the stranded conductros of a cord are positioned within two layers of insulating material. An inner body of insulating material has spaced arms joined to a base with each arm surrounding a corresponding one of the connections. The inner body is injection molded in a mold cavity with serrated or other type irregularly shaped inner surfaces which provide a turbulent flow of fluid insulating material that tends to force any loose strand at the bared ends of the conductors away from the inner surfaces. An outer body of insulating material is injection molded around the inner body and between the arms of the inner body.

Abstract: A concrete plate assembly, e.g. as load carrying members or for building facades, comprises an inner concrete slab, an outer concrete slab spaced from the inner slab, and at least one main or stress-absorbing anchor embedded and interconnecting the slabs which are reinforced. The intervening space can be filled with an insulation and/or can constitute an insulating air space. According to the invention, at least one of the concrete slabs in the region of the connecting anchor, is provided with a closed reinforcing ring which lies in the plane of the slab, preferably midway of the cross section thereof, the anchor being embedded in the concrete within the reinforcing ring and preferably centrally thereof.

Abstract: For over-molding a thermo-plastic material on a connector, the connector is, at the outlet of the machine having crimped the connector on a conductor, carried into a gripper maintaining the connector when introducting a core mounted on a conveyor. The connector is then carried into an injection mold from which it is extracted before complete cooling, to be carried to a cooling station comprising a mold similar to that of the injection mold but being at a lower temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of moulding a tire for a wheel rim by means of a mould having mould parts, said mould parts being movable between a closed working position in which they enclose a mould cavity with the shape of the tire and an open position in which said mould parts are spaced apart, wherein in the open position of the mould parts a hollow tire core is positioned in the mould cavity while being receivable with respect to said parts, wherein the mould parts are moved into the working position, in which a residual cavity not occupied by the tire core is left free in the mould cavity, said residual cavity. Preferably the tire core is arranged on the wheel rim before being positioned with respect to the mould parts. The invention also provides a device for moulding a tire and a tire obtained with the aid of the method and device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a pipe socket having a sealing ring (8) at the inner surface of the pipe socket wall. The sealing ring has a fastening portion (16) and a sealing portion (20) connected therewith. The sealing portion (20) is displaceable in the axial direction of the pipe socket to be able to take different positions therein in order to adapt to different tolerances. It is a problem that the sealing portion (20) because of its displacability is not adapted to constitute such a surface around which the pipe wall can be formed. In order to obviate this drawback the pipe wall is formed so that the sealing portion (20) is positioned outside the pipe socket during the forming operation, whereupon the sealing portion is folded into the pipe socket after the forming operation.