Wheelwright machines – Rubber tire mounting and/or demounting apparatus – For collapsing or shifting tire axially
Patent
1980-03-27
1982-05-04
Smith, James G.
Wheelwright machines
Rubber tire mounting and/or demounting apparatus
For collapsing or shifting tire axially
B60C 2506
Patent
active
043277942
ABSTRACT:
A tire changer including a base having a lower extremity to support the base on an underlying surface, a tabletop having wheel grippers, a pivot mounting the tabletop on the base for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal axis between a generally horizontal, tire changing position and a generally vertical, wheel loading and unloading position whereat the wheel gripper is in sufficiently close proximity to the underlying surface supporting the base so as to be engageable with and securable to an upright wheel and tire on an underlying surface, a motor for selectively pivoting the tabletop between the two positions thereof, a bead loosening device connected to the base and defining a tire and wheel receiving space for receipt of an upright tire and wheel, the bead loosening device including at least one bead loosening shoe generally horizontally movable across the space in a direction generally transverse to the horizontal axis.
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Leeper Charles G.
Wood John F.
Hennessy Industries, Inc.
Smith James G.
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