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US 5,312,237 AGranted
Auxiliary support for road vehicle tires
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorKarl J. Siegenthaler
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Abstract
An auxiliary support (1) for a road vehicle tire (2), which support (1) is defined by a tubular drum (3) fitted in a fluidtight manner with the interior of a finished tire (2) for mutually locking the bead portions (22) of the tire (2) in a fixed position when the tire is pressurized, and constituting a carriage whereby the pressurized tire (2) is transferred along a post-inflation route (8) subsequent to curing.
Claims5
An auxiliary support for a road vehicle tire comprising a drum having a substantially cylindrical outer surface;
- two annular elements fitted in a sliding and fluidtight manner to said outer surface, said outer surface comprising an intermediate portion and two end portions;
- first and second stop means for confining said annular elements within said intermediate portion of said outer surface;
- each annular element having an outer surface mating in a fluidtight manner with a respective bead portion of a tire;
- at least one of said stop means being releasable from one of said annular elements;
- and said end portions of said outer surface defining rolling surfaces for said drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.