Valve stem alignment tool
OwnerGary L. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A tool used particularly with vehicular tires, including inflatable inner tubes, is formed with a rim clamp arranged for securement to a peripheral rim portion of a vehicular tire rim, and an internallyy threaded or alternatively smooth bore cap member arranged for securement to a valve stem, with a plurality of chain links of adjustable length mounted between the rim clamp and the cap member to maintain alignment of the valve stem during installation and removal of a valve stem or valve stem and tube member relative to the vehicular rim.
Claims3
A valve stem alignment tool arranged for mounting to a vehicular tire rim having a peripheral annular flange, with the vehicular tire rim including a valve stem receiving bore directed therethrough spaced from the peripheral annular flange, and a valve stem slidably directed through the valve stem receiving bore, wherein the tool comprises,
- a plurality of chain links, and
- the chain links including adjustment means mounted between adjacent chain links of said chain links for adjusting effective length of said chain links, and
- said chain links including a clamp chain link mounted at a first distal end of said chain links, and
- a cap member chain link mounted at a second distal end of said chain links, and
- said clamp chain link mounted to a "V" shaped rim clamp and said cap member chain link mounted to a cap member, with the cap member including a valve stem receiving bore for receiving a free distal end of said stem therewithin, and
- the rim clamp includes a first plate fixedly mounted to a second plate at an intersection defining an acute angle between the first plate and the second plate, and
- the first plate includes a matrix of first plate teeth canted towards the intersection, and the second plate includes a matrix of second teeth canted towards the intersection, and
- the first plate includes a first plate rear distal end, the first plate rear distal end including a first swivel yoke, the first swivel yoke including a first yoke cylindrical socket and a first cylindrical plate rotatably mounted within the first cylindrical socket captured therewithin, and a first connector rod fixedly and coaxially mounted to the first cylindrical plate extending exteriorly of the first swivel yoke, the first connector rod fixedly mounted to a first link plate, said first link plate mounted to one of said chain links at said first distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.