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Machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal

US7076876B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 2003
Grant dateJul 18, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49494
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal, allowing access to the inside of the tire, which has a frame bearing an upright on which a support for the tire is mounted for vertical translation, the support ensuring on its own the holding and rotation of the tire about its axis by being in contact with the latter solely via a toric section of the tire, this section being arranged substantially vertically when the tire is installed on the machine.

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