Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire bead seating method and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 轮胎座椅的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13048130Application Date: 2011-03-15
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Publication No.: US08746318B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Clinton Robert Clark , Charles Edward O'Connor, IV
- Applicant: Clinton Robert Clark , Charles Edward O'Connor, IV
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Agent Anthony P. Filomena
- Main IPC: B60C25/128
- IPC: B60C25/128

Abstract:
A tire bead seating apparatus for seating tire beads on a vehicle wheel, the apparatus comprising: (a) a repositionable arm operatively coupled to a rotatable drum, the repositionable arm directing the rotatable drum into selective engagement with an inflated tire mounted to a vehicle wheel, the rotatable drum operative to rotate when engaging the inflated tire to rotate the inflated tire and the vehicle wheel; (b) a first set of rollers selectively contacting a first peripheral surface of the inflated tire, the first peripheral surface bridging between a first sidewall and a treaded surface of the inflated tire; (c) a first set of rollers selectively contacting a second peripheral surface of the inflated tire, the second peripheral surface bridging between a second sidewall and the treaded surface of the inflated tire, the first sidewall being generally opposite the second sidewall; (d) a first bead roller selectively contacting the first sidewall proximate a first bead of the inflated tire; and, (e) a second bead roller selectively contacting the second sidewall proximate a second bead of the inflated tire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110220297A1 TIRE BEAD SEATING METHOD AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-09-15
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