Auto-adjust cylinder used with bead width adjusting apparatus
AssigneeAkron Special Machinery, Inc.
InventorsCharles A. Lint, Benjamin E. Hillman, Brian D. Mitchell
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Abstract
A chucking apparatus for positioning a tire in a tire uniformity machine includes an upper chuck assembly, a lower chuck assembly operative with the upper chuck assembly to capture a tire therebetween, and a dual piston cylinder coupled to the lower chuck assembly which moves the tire into engagement with the upper chuck assembly. The dual piston cylinder has an axially extending inner piston rod from which axially extends a field-replaceable inner piston stem.
Claims18
A chucking apparatus for positioning a tire in a tire uniformity machine, the apparatus comprising:
- an upper chuck assembly;
- a lower chuck assembly operative with said upper chuck assembly to capture a tire therebetween;
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- a dual piston cylinder coupled to said lower chuck assembly so as to move the tire into engagement with said upper chuck assembly, said dual piston cylinder having an axially extending inner piston rod from which axially extends a field-replaceable inner piston stem.
A lower chuck assembly used in a chucking apparatus of a tire uniformity machine comprising:
- a dual piston cylinder having an axially movable outer piston rod, an inner piston rod axially movable with respect to said outer piston rod, said inner piston rod having a stem opening;
- an inner piston stem detachably received in said stem opening and extending axially from said inner piston rod;
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- a nose cone shaft having a nose cone opening therethrough which slidably receives said inner piston stem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.