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US 10,894,377 B2Granted
Tire regrooving tool and related methods
OwnerMoises Garcia, Antonio Mercadoinventors
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Abstract
This device, designed for cutting the grooves of pneumatic tire treads, includes a re-grooving tool having two distal cutting points that creates grooves in the tire treads having two subgrooves. The grooves improve the fuel efficiency of vehicle and the subgrooves improve channeling and clearance of rain, snow, mud, and other hazardous materials on the road.
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A tire regrooving device for cutting grooves in the tread of a tire, comprising:
- a. a main body having a gripping handle at its near end and a cutting tool assembly at its distal end, said assembly comprising
- i. a cutting blade, said cutting blade having
- 1. two distal cutting points and being operable to cut grooves having two subgrooves in the surface of said tire,
- 2. two lateral branches, each ending at one of said two distal cutting points, and
- 3. two medial branches that extend obliquely back toward the main body and attach at a central apex point and
- ii. a blade holder to which said cutting blade is attached.
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A method for cutting grooves in the tread of a tire, the method comprising:
- a. inserting a cutter blade into the tread of a tire, the cutter blade being mounted in cutting tool assembly said cutter blade having
- i. two distal cutting points,
- ii. two lateral branches, each ending at one of said two distal cutting points and
- iii. two medial branches that extend obliquely back toward the cutting tool assembly and attach at a central apex point;
- and
- b. passing the cutter blade in a circumferential direction along the tire surface, carving out the tread material enclosed by the cutting blade and the guide element to create a groove having two subgrooves in the tire surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.