Bead Seater Apparatus and Method for Using the Same

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:
• a first tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg,
• a second tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg,
• a third tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg, and
• a fourth tire-wheel-assembly-engaging leg, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth tire-wheel-assembly-engaging legs are spaced apart from each other at a second angular orientation.

A portion of an apparatus for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising:

• a tire-wheel-assembly-support portion including:
• a head portion,
• a neck portion, and
• a base portion,
• wherein a lower surface of the neck portion is connected to and extends away from an upper surface of the base portion,
• wherein an upper surface of the neck portion is connected to a lower surface of the head portion.

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, wherein the vibrator vibrates at a frequency ranging between approximately about 5600 cycles-per-minute to approximately about 8000 cycles-per-minute.