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US 10,052,832 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a wheel with a tyre and a wheel with a tyre
AssigneeCapak Ltd.
InventorsMichael Andrews, Paul Andrews
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AssigneeCapak Ltd.
InventorsMichael Andrews, Paul Andrews
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Methods of forming a tire 4 directly on a wheel in which the wheel has a conduit which runs between its hub and rim. A mold is placed over the wheel in order to form a cavity between an inner surface of the mold and the wheel's rim. Liquid materials to form the tire 4 are injected into the cavity via the conduit and the wheel spun to distribute the materials throughout the cavity, which materials solidify to form the tire 4 attached to the wheel. The method includes the step of placing a hub cap 6 over a face of the wheel prior to placing the mold and sealing the hub cap 6 to the wheel during the molding process. The tire 4 may have a substantially hollow interior 50 which may include a flexible web 18 sealed within the rim of the wheel by the hub cap 6.
A method of manufacturing a combination wheel and tyre comprising the steps of providing a wheel and moulding a tyre to the wheel, placing a mould over the wheel such that a cavity is formed between an inner surface of the mould and a rim of the wheel, for receiving material to form the tyre, wherein the wheel is provided with an inlet which is fluidly connected by a conduit to an outlet in the rim of the wheel, and a material to form the tyre is injected into the inlet, and wherein a hub cap is provided and the method includes the additional steps of covering a face of the wheel with the hub cap prior to the step of placing the mould, and sealing the hub cap to the wheel during the moulding process.
A method of manufacturing a combination wheel and tyre comprising the steps of providing a wheel and moulding a tyre to the wheel, placing a mould over the wheel such that a cavity is formed between an inner surface of the mould and a rim of the wheel, for receiving material to form the tyre, wherein the wheel is provided with an inlet which is fluidly connected by a conduit to an outlet in the rim of the wheel, and a material to form the tyre is injected into the inlet, and wherein a hub cap is provided and the method includes the additional steps of covering a face of the wheel with the hub cap prior to the step of placing the mould, and sealing the hub cap to the wheel during the moulding process, wherein the hub cap has a plurality of apertures and the method includes the step of aligning the apertures with the outlet to fluidly connect the apertures with the outlet, and wherein the rim has a first open channel and the outlet opens into the first open channel, the step of placing the hub cap further including the step of covering the first open channel with the hub cap whilst aligning the apertures of the hub cap with the first open channel.
The Method wherein the wheel has a rim and opposite faces, and the tyre is moulded about the rim by placing a mould over the wheel such that a cavity is formed between an inner surface of the mould and the rim of the wheel, the wheel having an inlet which is fluidly connected by a conduit to an outlet in the rim, whereby material to form the tyre is injected into the inlet, the wheel with tyre further having a hub cap sealed to a face of the wheel by the moulded tyre during the moulding of the tyre, and wherein the tyre has a substantially hollow interior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.