Wheelwright machines – Rubber tire mounting and/or demounting apparatus
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Shakeri, Hadi (Department: 3723)
Wheelwright machines
Rubber tire mounting and/or demounting apparatus
C157S001000, C157S020000, C141S004000, C141S038000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11379149
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for simply and inexpensively positioning mounted automobile and truck tires for effective setting of a bead, with subsequent inflation in an efficient manner. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus is a wheel-like structure with an outer rim in the shape of a polygon, such as a circle, octagon, hexagon, or square. The outer rim supports a plurality of mounting brackets adapted to hold tires for inflation. Tires that have been mounted on wheel rims are placed on the mounting brackets, a bead is set by a blast of air, and an air inflation hose is connected to the tire. The wheel rotates, so that additional tires can be placed on subsequent mounting brackets, resulting in a series of tires being inflated continuously and simultaneously. When a tire is completely inflated, the hose is disconnected and the tire removed from the device for storage, shipping or further handling.
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Baker Donelson
Ramage W. Edward
Shakeri Hadi
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