Apparatus for exteriorly painting and interiorly coating tires
AssigneeInternational Marketing, Inc.
InventorsRobert D. Fogal, Sr., Robert D. Fogal, Jr., George E. D. Morgan
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Abstract
A machine for applying tire paint and tire sealant to recapped tire sidewalls and interiors, respectively. The machine includes a pair of tire paint applicator pads which are carried by a frame and carriage capable of reciprocal motion in three different directions to bring the applicator pads into selective engagement with tire sidewalls. The machine also includes spray nozzles carried by an associated frame and carriage for bringing the nozzles into a position to direct tire sealant into the interior of an associated recapped tire.
Claims29
Apparatus for painting the exterior sidewall surfaces of a tire comprising means for rotating a tire about its axis, a carriage, said carriage including first and second paint applicator carrying arms carrying respective first and second paint applicators for applying paint to exterior sidewall surfaces of a tire during the rotation thereof, said paint applicator carrying arms being disposed in generally parallel relationship to each other, first means mounting said paint applicator carrying arms upon said carriage for reciprocal sliding movement toward and away from each other in a first reciprocal movement direction, first means for selectively moving said paint applicator carrying arms toward and away from each other in said first direction thereby accommodating tires of different width between said paint applicators, second means mounting said paint applicator carrying arms upon said carriage for reciprocal sliding movement in a second reciprocal movement direction generally normal to said first direction and to said tire axis, second means for selectively reciprocally moving said paint applicator carrying arms toward and away from said tire axis in said second direction thereby accommodating tires of different diameters between said paint applicators, and third means for selectively reciprocally moving said carriage in a third reciprocal movement direction generally normal to said second direction thereby accommodating tires of different heights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.