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US 4,166,493 AGranted
Tire bead expander
OwnerDon B. Boseninventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for expanding the beads on tubeless tires, including a stand into which such a tire is to be rolled, a flexible draw strap adapted to peripherally surround the tire or to cooperate with an arcuate central frame in surrounding the tire, cinching apparatus for substantially uniformly tightening the draw strap around the tire, and valving structure through which compressed air may be supplied to tire inflation apparatus.
Claims5
A tire bead expander comprising a stand;
- guide means on the stand including spaced apart side members between which a wheel assembly comprising a wheel having a tire mounted thereon is rolled and held in a vertical position, said guide means further including a central tire support with side edges on which the tire is adapted to be supported and a space therebetween extending from a ramp portion at a front of the stand rearwardly and upwardly in arcuate configuration to receive the wheel assembly;
- a flexible draw strap partially positioned in the space between the side edges on which the tire is adapted to be supported and being long enough to peripherally surround the tire;
- means to anchor one end of the draw strap to the stand;
- and
- means closely adjacent the said one end of the strap for taking up the other end of the draw strap to thereby substantially uniformly tighten the draw strap around the tire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.