Patent · US Expired

Tire bead-breaker

US4953606A · kind A · utility

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6References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 13, 1989
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60C25/025
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tire bead-breaker having a jack stanchion adapted for substantially vertical use, a jack body mounted on the stanchion for substantially vertical movement therealong, a wheel support associated with and movable with the body and extending outwardly substantially horizontally therefrom, the support having a substantially planar bed for supporting a wheel in substantially horizontal posture with a portion of the tire tread juxtaposed the stanchion such that the side wall thereof faces substantially upwardly, a butting device affixed to the stanchion above the support and being adapted to engage a tire side wall adjacent the tire rim to break the tire bead from the rim in response to upward movement of the body and support and a wheel supported thereon.

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