Single bead tire mounter
US4800944A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C25/138
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A horizontally disposed vehicle wheel having a tubeless tire resting upon the wheel in a forwardly offset inclined position is located beneath a work head which is then lowered to an operating position at a fixed distance above the wheel. A radially extensible arm is mounted for rotary oscillation below the head about an axis coaxial with that of the located wheel and carries at its outer end a set of rollers which, upon rotation of the arm in one direction will engage the lowermost bead of the tire where located above the upper rim of the wheel and progressively face the engaged bead radially outwardly beyond the rim and downwardly below the rim to mount the lower bead only on the wheel. The apparatus self adjusts itself to wheels of different diameters and axial widths.
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