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US 10,369,853 B2Granted
Bead seater apparatus and method for using the same
AssigneeAndroid Industries LLC
InventorsLawrence J. Lawson, Barry Allan Clark
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Abstract
An apparatus for seating a bead of a tire adjacent a bead seat of a wheel is disclosed.
Claims52
A portion of an apparatus for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising:
- a canopy portion including
- a body portion, and
- a plurality of tire-wheel-assembly-engaging legs extending away from the body portion, wherein the plurality of tire-wheel-assembly-engaging legs include at least:
- a first tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg, and
- a second tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg
- wherein the first tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg and the second tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg are spaced apart from each other at an angular orientation.
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A method for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising the steps of:
- compressing the inflated tire-wheel assembly directly adjacent a canopy portion;
- and
- actuating one or more motors that are connected to one or more of:
- a vibrator and a roller member for conducting work upon the inflated tire-wheel assembly.
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A method for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising the step of:
- compressing the inflated tire-wheel assembly directly adjacent a canopy portion, wherein the compressed inflated tire-wheel assembly includes a tire, wherein the compressed inflated tire-wheel assembly results in an upper sidewall surface and a lower sidewall surface of the tire being arranged in a pattern defined by a plurality of peaks and valleys.
A method for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising the steps of:
- compressing the inflated tire-wheel assembly between a tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion and a canopy portion;
- rotating the inflated tire-wheel assembly after the inflated tire-wheel assembly is compressed between the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion and a canopy portion;
- and
- seating a bead of a tire of the inflated tire-wheel assembly adjacent a bead seat of a wheel of the tire-wheel assembly.
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A method for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising the steps of:
- arranging a lower sidewall of a tire of the inflated tire-wheel assembly adjacent a plurality of lower tire-sidewall-surface-engaging devices including at least:
- a first lower tire-sidewall-surface-engaging device of a tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion;
- and
- a second lower tire-sidewall-surface-engaging device of the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion;
- arranging an upper sidewall of the tire of the inflated tire-wheel assembly adjacent a plurality of upper tire-sidewall-surface-engaging devices including at least:
- a first upper tire-sidewall-surface-engaging device of a canopy portion;
- and
- a second upper tire-sidewall-surface-engaging device of the canopy portion for compressing the tire of the inflated tire-wheel assembly between the plurality of lower tire-sidewall-surface-engaging devices and the plurality of upper tire-sidewall-surface-engaging devices for manipulating each of the lower sidewall of the tire and the upper sidewall of the tire from a substantially planar orientation to a non-planar orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.