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Device for locking a tire

US5271443A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1991
Grant dateDec 21, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60C15/028
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tire locking device installed inside the cover of a tire mounted on a wheel rim and exerting pressure on the beads of the cover, urged against the flanges of the rim, includes a metal strip shaped as a cylindrical ring which is split parallel to its generator lines, is provided on both circumferential edges with extrusions made of an elastomer type material. The extrusions are split level with the split in the metal strip, and a means for connecting the edges of the strip with the intrusions form an annular lock of total width which is greater than the nominal spacing between the inside faces of the beads of the cover in which the device is mounted.

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