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Tire inspection apparatus, tire inspection system, and method for inspecting tires

US9658135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

STEINBICHLER OPTOTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Marcus Steinbichler · Neubeuern, DE
Junli Sun · Raubling, DE
Berndhart Leitner · Neubeuern, DE
Stefan Otte · Waldkraiburg, DE
Emanuel Fuchs · Rochester, US
Tobias Huber · Herrischried, DE
Matthias Prams · Raubling, DE
Rainer Huber · Piding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 23, 2014
Grant date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M17/022
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tire inspection apparatus for the optical inspection of a tire (4) comprises a housing with a support surface (3) for the tire (4) to be inspected; several measuring heads (7, 8, 9, 10; 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17), each of which comprises an optical measuring system, for inspecting the inside tread surface (11) and/or the external lateral surface (18) of the tire (4); and a positioning device (21, 22, 23, 24) for moving some or all of the measuring heads (7-10; 12-17) into a rest position and into a measuring position. To improve a tire inspection apparatus of this type, the measuring heads (7-10; 12-17) and the support surface (3) are installed without freedom of rotation.

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