Patent classifications
B60C25/132
Tire machine mount and demount head and clamp foot adapter
A mount and demount head configured as a housing affixed to a shaft of an OEM tire machine with a semicircular shaped shaft affixed to the housing. The shaft has a bulbous protrusion on a bottom end of the shaft with specific tapers. The shaft and the bulbous end have a flattened portion for following the contour of the rim. On the upper side of the bulbous end is the narrow semicircular shaft with a tapered top end, tapered to a widened shaft, which is affixed to the housing. A non-metallic insert is preferably inserted into a void in the flattened portion of the narrow semicircular shaft and bulbous end to protect the rim surface. Clamp adapters are used to clamp and hold small wheel assemblies whereby the clamp adapters are inserted over the OEM clamps to extend the clamp capability of the OEM tire machine.
Tire machine mount and demount head and clamp foot adapter
A mount and demount head configured as a housing affixed to a shaft of an OEM tire machine with a semicircular shaped shaft affixed to the housing. The shaft has a bulbous protrusion on a bottom end of the shaft with specific tapers. The shaft and the bulbous end have a flattened portion for following the contour of the rim. On the upper side of the bulbous end is the narrow semicircular shaft with a tapered top end, tapered to a widened shaft, which is affixed to the housing. A non-metallic insert is preferably inserted into a void in the flattened portion of the narrow semicircular shaft and bulbous end to protect the rim surface. Clamp adapters are used to clamp and hold small wheel assemblies whereby the clamp adapters are inserted over the OEM clamps to extend the clamp capability of the OEM tire machine.
TIRE REMOVING DEVICE
A tire removing device, which is disposed on a wheel rim of a large vehicle for removing a tire, includes a seat provided with a first end and a second end, the first end movably clamping a wheel disk of the wheel rim; a power cylinder disposed on the second end of the seat and provided with a cylinder body and a moving shaft movable against the cylinder body; and a tire removable plate connected to an end of the moving shaft. When the power cylinder is put in operation, the tire removable plate pushes the inner edge of the tire, so as to remove the tire from the wheel rim.
TIRE REMOVING DEVICE
A tire removing device, which is disposed on a wheel rim of a large vehicle for removing a tire, includes a seat provided with a first end and a second end, the first end movably clamping a wheel disk of the wheel rim; a power cylinder disposed on the second end of the seat and provided with a cylinder body and a moving shaft movable against the cylinder body; and a tire removable plate connected to an end of the moving shaft. When the power cylinder is put in operation, the tire removable plate pushes the inner edge of the tire, so as to remove the tire from the wheel rim.
Robotic tire mounter
A robotic tire mounter for mounting a tire to a wheel is disclosed. The robotic tire mounted comprises a robotic arm and a gripping unit. The gripping unit further comprises a plurality of gripping fingers that are selectively moveable between a releasing position and a gripping position. When in the gripping fingers are in the releasing position, the gripping fingers are positioned adjacent one another adjacent a center of the gripping unit. A method of mounting a tire to a wheel using a robotic tire mounter is also disclosed.
Robotic tire mounter
A robotic tire mounter for mounting a tire to a wheel is disclosed. The robotic tire mounted comprises a robotic arm and a gripping unit. The gripping unit further comprises a plurality of gripping fingers that are selectively moveable between a releasing position and a gripping position. When in the gripping fingers are in the releasing position, the gripping fingers are positioned adjacent one another adjacent a center of the gripping unit. A method of mounting a tire to a wheel using a robotic tire mounter is also disclosed.