Devices for fitting and removing tires
AssigneeManta, Naamioze Venncotschap
InventorEleutheer A. Hessels
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Abstract
The invention pertains to improvements to devices for fitting and removing tires, whereby the fitting and removing tool can be moved both horizontally and vertically and is adjustable relative to the dimensions of the wheel rim, characterized by the fact that means are provided which permit aforesaid tool to be clamped in any possible horizontal position; means which permit aforesaid tool to be clamped in any vertical position whatever and means which permit aforesaid tool to be moved over a short distance during the clamping operation, in order to assure that it will clear the rim, whereby aforesaid means are controlled by means of one single handle.
Claims9
In a tire fitting and removing apparatus having a base, a wheel holder, an upstanding support on said base and a horizontal beam extending from said support over said wheel holder, the improvement comprising:
- a tire engaging tool mounted at the lower end of a vertical rod (7), a body (10, 11) with a vertical passage (9) in which said vertical rod (7) is slidably mounted and with a horizontal passage (12) through which said horizontal beam (13) extends and on which beam said body (10, 11) is slidably mounted, first (19, 20, 17) and second (19, 20, 21, 22) operating means (19, 20, 21, 22, 17), first clamping means (18) controlled by and coupled with said first operating means for clamping said horizontal beam (13) in said horizontal passage (12), second clamping means (24-33) controlled by and coupled with said second operating means for clamping said vertical rod (7), said first and second operating means having common control means (19, 20) and third means (35) forming part of said second clamping means for lifting said vertical rod a predetermined height relative to said beam when said second clamping means is operated.
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