Apparatus for improving the fit of a tire on a wheel

US5222539A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hofmann Maschinenbau GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Franz Ruppert · Heppenheim, DE
• Georg Lipponer · Zwingenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 1991
• Grant date: Jun 29, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60B29/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for improving the fit of a pneumatic tire on a wheel comprises a plurality a conical pressure rollers. A first pair of pressure rollers with their larger diameter positioned downwardly are arranged diametrically opposite each other with respect to the axis of the tire. A second pair of pressure rollers with their larger diameter positioned upwardly are arranged similarly diametrically opposite the pressure rollers with their larger diameter upwardly are arranged alternately with pressure rollers with their larger diameter downwardly in the peripheral direction of the tire.