Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Loading device for tire testing machine
- Patent Title (中): 轮胎试验机装载装置
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Application No.: US14002460Application Date: 2012-03-12
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Publication No.: US08950250B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Takehiko Wakazono , Glen Thompson
- Applicant: Takehiko Wakazono , Glen Thompson
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2011-085604 20110407
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/001702 WO 20120312
- International Announcement: WO2012/137416 WO 20121011
- Main IPC: G01M17/02
- IPC: G01M17/02 ; B65G37/00

Abstract:
Provided is a loading device that is provided in a tire testing machine including a testing station (30) provided with a spindle (31) attached with a tire (50) to be tested and feeds the tire (50) from a predetermined standby position to a testing position where the center of the spindle matches the center of the tire (50) in the testing station (30). The loading device includes: conveyors (1, 2) that convey the tire (50) from the standby position toward the testing position in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the tire; and positioning devices (6B, 20) that position the tire to be tested to a position, in which a front end of the tire in the feeding direction matches a point separated from the spindle by a predetermined distance, as the standby position. Setting of the standby position based on the position of the front end of the tire (50) in the feeding direction shortens the feeding distance and the feeding time and hence shortens the testing cycle time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130333615A1 LOADING DEVICE FOR TIRE TESTING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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