Device for the positioning of tires

A device for laterally positioning a tire lying on a conveyor, which tire is conveyed individually to a station of the conveyor at which station the lying tire is aligned laterally with respect to a vertical plane of the conveyor extending in the longitudinal direction of the latter by means of stops which are movable between a position above the conveyor to block the passage of the tire thereon and a position allowing the passage of the tire, and at which station the tire is subjected to a processing step, wherein there is provided at least one rotationally symmetrical element forming a stop for the tire when said movable stops are in the position allowing the passage of the tire, said element being rotatable about its longitudinal axis lying parallel to the rotational axis of the tire lying on the conveyor and being movable between a working position in which it stops the tire and a non-working positioning allowing the passage of the tire, said station including at least one support member which is formed roller-like, laterally spaced to one side of said vertical plane, and arranged within a free region of the conveyor, and being rotatable about an axis lying at right angles to said vertical plane, and being liftable against the downwardly directed tire sidewall for the purpose of one-sided tilting of the tire and being lowerable therefrom, whereby, when said support member is lifted, rotation of the tilted tire is caused by virtue of the contact of a region of the tire sidewall still resting on the conveyor, with the conveyor.