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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsDennis Alan Lundell, Steven John Chesnes, William Dudley Currie, John Edward Anderson
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An improved bead setting assembly includes at least one bead setter. The bead setter in turn includes a frame member and magnetic segments pivotally mounted on the frame member at positions about an opening in the frame member. Means are provided to selectively rotate the magnetic segments radially inwardly to a bead retaining position and radially outwardly from the bead retaining position. A plurality of clamp segments are pivotally mounted on the frame member at positions about the frame opening, and each clamp segment in turn includes a clamp arm with a multi-piece construction. Means are provided for selectively rotating the clamp segments radially inwardly into engagement with the bead and radially outwardly from the bead engagement. A rotary encoder is mounted on the frame member and is operatively connected to a selected one of the clamp segments for determining a disposition of the bead.
A bead setting assembly, the assembly including at least one bead setter, the at least one bead setter comprising:
The bead setting assembly of claim 13, wherein the pin is a spring-loaded mechanical fastener.
The bead setting assembly of claim 13, wherein the inward piece is capable of rotating about the pin up to about forty-five degrees relative to the outward piece.
The bead setting assembly of claim 13, further comprising a resilient member extending between and connecting the inward and outward pieces.
The bead setting assembly of claim 13, wherein the inward member includes a radially-outwardly extending extension being formed with a respective mechanical stop surface and the outward member includes a radially-inwardly extending extension being formed with a respective mechanical stop surface, the mechanical stop surfaces cooperating to enable alignment of the inward and outward members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.