Bicycle Wheel with Rim for a Tubeless Tyre
AssigneeRodi-Metalurgicas Do Eixo, S.A.
InventorsClaudia Patricia Alfonso Felgar, Alexandre Do Couto Gandarinho
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a bicycle wheel with a rim for a tubeless tyre, characterised in that it is provided with a rim 1 intended to receive a number of fixing elements 6, which are in accordance with the number of spokes 2, such fixing elements being assembled by fitting and sliding between the wheel's hub 8 and the rim 1 and which are fixed into the desired positions. Therefor it is necessary to make special holes in the upper part of the rim 1 without the need to make any holes in the lower wall.
Claims7
Bicycle wheel with rim 1 for a tubeless tyre, characterised in that the said rim 1 has a profile with a “U” configuration with a transversal partitioning wall provided with a central channel between the “U” legs 3, such wall determining a chamber 2 and on which are practiced perforations 5 according to the number of rays 7 with which the said rim 1 is to be attached to the wheel's hub 8, which shall receive elements 6 to fix the said spokes 7, such fixing elements being initially fitted in the perforations and later on turned 90° to promote the fixation thereof on the walls of chamber 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.