Patent classifications
B24B5/36
System and Method for Pre-Conditioning Pneumatic Tires Prior to Mounting Same Onto a Wheel
A tire pre-conditioning system for conditioning a bead of a tire includes a burnisher and a controller. The burnisher is attached to a shaft. The controller is in communication with at least one of the burnisher or the tire. The controller is configured to move one of the burnisher or the tire until the burnisher is opposing the bead of the tire. The controller is also configured to supply pressurized fluid into an internal cavity of the tire to cause the bead to contact the burnisher to burnish the bead of the tire.
ANGLED BATTERY ORIENTATION FOR A TIRE BUFFER
A tire repair tool for buffing an interior surface of a tire, the tire repair tool including an elongated housing that extends along a longitudinal axis, an electric motor disposed within the housing, a gearbox coupled to the electric motor, a chuck coupled to the gearbox and configured rotate about the longitudinal axis and to receive a workpiece tool such as a buffing wheel, a switch that operatively controls the electric motor, a biased trigger operatively coupled to the switch, and a battery for supplying power to the electric motor. The battery has an elongated housing that defines a battery axis, wherein the battery axis forms an oblique angle with the longitudinal axis.