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Tubeless tire curing method

US4575438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 1984
Grant dateMar 11, 1986
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Expiry dateDec 24, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29D2030/549
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Tubeless tire curing rim apparatus having rim bodies which telescope together under spring pressure to form an initial seal between a tire bead and sealing rim flanges on the rim bodies and which telescope apart as the tire is inflated to form the conventional bead rim seal. The bead-to-bead spacing for the tire is adjustable by means of calibrated threaded rings on the rim bodies or by a means of calibrated threaded central column.

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