Patent · US Expired

Foldable spare tire

US4238259A · kind A · utility

4Cited by
10References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 1979
Grant dateDec 9, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 21, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29D30/20
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Tendency of a tire bead core to be rotated by the tire ply wrapped around the core, when the tire is expanded from a cylindrical or collapsed state to its normal toroidal operating state, particularly after the tire is cured, is inhibited, or eliminated by arrangement of the ply relative to the bead core which disposes the ply tension force direction at or nearly at the bead core center The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawing and the following detailed description.

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