Pressure indicating device for a tire
AssigneeL&F Plastics, Co., Ltd.
InventorMu-Chuan Hsu
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Abstract
An apparatus mounted on a valve for indicating tire pressure comprising a pressure indicator including a downward pipe having an inner thread, a hollow downward cylinder projected into the pipe, the cylinder having a bottom opening, a mainspring having one end coupled to the cylinder, the mainspring being capable of pivoting as air passes through the opening, and a pointer coupled to the other end of the mainspring. In a mounted state of pressure indicator and valve, the inner thread of the downward pipe is secured to the valve and the cylinder is urged against the valve to form an air path from the tire to the mainspring through the valve and the opening for the pivoting pointer.
Claims17
An apparatus mounted on a valve of a tire for indicating pressure of the tire, with the valve including an elongate slender bar movable between open and close positions, the apparatus comprising a pressure indicator including a cap having an inner thread threadably secured to the valve, a hollow downward, cylinder projected into the cap and engaged with the elongate slender bar, the cylinder having a bottom opening, a spring on the hollow downward cylinder to bias the hollow downward cylinder relative to the cap and away from the elongate slender bar, a mainspring having one end coupled to the downward cylinder, the mainspring being capable of pivoting as air passes through the bottom opening of the cylinder, a pointer coupled to the other end of the mainspring, and a scale, wherein in a mounted state of the pressure indicator and the valve, the valve is in the closed position when the hollow downward cylinder is not pressed against the bias of the spring;
- and when the spring is compressed, the hollow downward cylinder moves the elongate slendar bar to the open position to form an air path from the tire to the mainspring through the valve and the bottom opening for pivoting the pointer.
An apparatus for mounting on a valve of a tire for indicating pressure of the tire, with the valve of the tire including an elongate slender bar movable between open and close positions, comprising, in combination:
- a cap having an open end, a closed end, and an inner thread extending from the open end, with the inner thread being threadably securable to the valve, with the closed end including an inner surface, an outer surface, and a passage extending between the inner and outer surfaces;
- a hollow cylinder extending through the passage and having first and second ends, with the first end being engageable with the elongate slender bar of the valve;
- and a pressure indicator on the second end of the hollow cylinder, with the hollow cylinder being moveable relative to the cap between normal and pressed states, with the hollow cylinder in the pressed state moving the valve to the open position and forming an air path from inside of the cap to the pressure indicator and in the normal state not urging the elongate slender bar of the valve from the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.