Machine for mounting tires on wheel rims
AssigneeMACIS S.r.l.
InventorFranco Magnani
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Abstract
The machine has a base, a fixed arm connected to the base and defining an inverted "U"-shaped configuration having a free end. A conventional bead extractor is connected to the free end of the fixed arm, which overlies a rotatable tire-supporting platform driven by a drive unit. The rotatable platform is mounted on a plate having opposite sides provided with bearings movably connected to a pair of parallel guide elements fixed to the sides of the base. A fine-adjustment mechanism is provided for positioning the plate and the rotatable platform with respect to the bead extractor and the fixed arm for accommodating a wide range of different sizes of wheels and tires.
Claims6
Machine for mounting tires on and removing tires from wheel rims of any diameter, comprising a box-like base, a fixed arm disposed at one end of the base 3 and rising from said base (3), said arm being shaped like an inverted U and supporting a bead extractor fixture at one end directed towards the base, a rotating wheel supporting platform, said platform protruding from the upper face of said base, said platform being provided with conventional means for securing the wheel rim, wherein said platform is mounted on sliding means that can slide horizontally with respect to said base, said sliding being finely adjusted by virtue of fine adjustment elements, said sliding being orientated in a direction that converges/diverges with respect to said arm, said sliding means being supported by guiding devices which are rigidly associated to said base, and said upper face of said base supporting elements for seating the tire mounted on the wheel rim.
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