US 2019/0187028 A1 · Pneumatic Tire Pre-Conditioning System and Method

Abstract

A pneumatic tire pre-conditioning system includes a conveyor system, a belt assembly, a friction device and a drive system. The conveyor system includes a tire engaging surface, a first side, and a second side. The belt assembly is adjacent to the first side of the tire engaging surface. The friction device is adjacent to the second side of the tire engaging surface. The drive system is configured to move a tire along the tire engaging surface in a path between the belt assembly and the friction device.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A pneumatic tire pre-conditioning system, comprising:

a conveyor system including a tire engaging surface, said conveyor system having a first side and a second side;
a belt assembly adjacent to the first side of the tire engaging surface;
a friction device adjacent to the second side of the tire engaging surface;
and
a drive system configured to move a tire along the tire engaging surface in a path between the belt assembly and the friction device,
wherein a distance between the belt assembly and the friction device is less than an outer diameter of the tire.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/226,184Filed 19 Dec 2018

Priority

20 Dec 2017

Published

20 Jun 2019

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

B60C 25/0512
Machines: integrated systems performing multiple operations, e.g. assembly lines
G01M 17/022
Tyres: the tyre co-operating with rotatable rolls
B60C 25/002
Apparatus or tools adapted for mounting, removing or inspecting tyres: inspecting tyres
B29D 2030/0642
Measuring, calculating, correcting tyre uniformity, e.g. correcting RFV: correcting by stretching

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Abstract

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