Tire mounter and method of mounting tire
US7584775B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C25/138
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a tire mounter capable of preventing a tire from being damaged by minimizing a contact of a bead part of the tire relative to a wheel. The tire mounter, for receiving the wheel on which the tire is temporarily fixed aslant and mounting the tire on the wheel from a temporarily fixed state when mounting the tire, comprises a bead guide plate having an arc-shaped plate piece, the arc-shaped plate piece having a bottom surface side positioned on an upper surface side of the wheel, and an outer peripheral arc-shaped part positioned on an outer peripheral surface of the wheel. The bead guide plate is turned toward a bead part of the tire at a non-mounting side of the tire while being interlocked with a turning of a tire bead press roller, and thereby the bead guide plate turns ahead of the tire bead press roller so that the bead part of the tire at the non-mounting side of the tire slides on a surface side of the bead guide plate to be mounted on the wheel. With the configuration of this tire mounter, a contact load of the tire when mounting on the wheel can be significantly reduced, thereby minimizing the damage to the tire.
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