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US 5,626,241 AGranted
Aircraft tire storage and inspection rack
OwnerPeter B. Holdeninventor
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Abstract
A storage and inspection rack for wheel and tire assemblies. The inspection rack includes an exterior tubular metal framework, a removable fire retardant protective cover and roller carriage assemblies. The frame provides a plurality of individual bays. Each bay houses a roller carriage assembly for easy loading and unloading of the wheel and tire assembly which stand upright therein.
Claims21
A storage and inspection structure for wheel/tire assemblies and tires comprising
- in combination, an exterior frame having a front, a rear, two opposing sides and a top, a protective cover for the frame and at least one roller carriage assembly,
- said frame comprising a plurality of upright and horizontal members joined together forming a structure having a plurality of separated, side-by-side bay members, each bay member having two opposing bay sides, a rear, a front and a top, each bay member enclosed on the two opposing sides and in the rear by the upright and horizontal members, and open at the front,
- said protective cover comprising releasable plastic flaps mounted over the frame's opposing sides and individual plastic flaps over the front of each bay member,
- said roller carriage assembly housed in one bay member, said roller carriage assembly comprising two spaced apart rubber formed, inwardly tapered rollers rotatably mounted on opposing slots in opposing side supports, said rollers capable of supporting and rotating a wheel/tire assembly or tire in an upright position.
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A method for protecting, storing and inspecting wheel/tire assemblies comprising
- providing an exterior frame divided into a plurality of enclosed and separated, side-by-side bay members, a releasable flexible protective cover, and a roller carriage assembly housed in each bay member, said roller carriage assembly comprising two spaced apart rubber formed inwardly tapered rollers,
- supporting and rotating in an upright position a wheel/tire assembly, in each bay on the two spaced apart rubber rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.