US 8,464,775 B2 · Tool for tire uninstalling and installing machines

Abstract

A tool for tire uninstalling and installing machines includes an element for connection to a movable bearing member of the tire uninstalling and installing machine, which has a longitudinal axis, and a round contact element which is freely and rotatably supported by said connection member about a rotation axis and which has an external outline in contact with a contact portion of a side of a tire installed to a rim, the round element having a flared contacting and lifting surface suitable to contact and lift the tire from the rim, which has a base facing toward the rim and defining a first opposed vertex, touching means extending from the base toward the rim for touching a portion of the rim.

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Dependent claims

A tool for tire uninstalling and installing machines comprising:

a joining member to a movable bearing element of a tire uninstalling and installing machine, the joining member having a longitudinal axis;
a round contact element which is born free to rotate by said joining member around a rotation axis and which has an external contact outline configured to contact a side of a tire installed on a rim, said round contact element having:
a flared contacting and lifting surface suitable to contact and lift said tire from said rim, said flared contacting and lifting surface extending from a base turned toward said rim and defining a first apex;
and touching means having a cylindrical base and frustoconical extension portion configured to contact a peripheral portion of said rim, said touching means protruding from said base toward said rim in a direction opposite to said flared contacting and lifting surface.

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Tool for tire uninstalling and installing machines

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Tool for tire uninstalling and installing machines

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Abstract

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