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US 8,915,285 B2Granted
Bead seater apparatus and method for using the same
AssigneeAndroid Industries LLC
InventorsLawrence J. Lawson, Barry A. Clark
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Abstract
An apparatus for seating a bead of a tire adjacent a bead seat of a wheel is disclosed.
Claims28
An apparatus for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising:
- a tire-wheel-assembly lifting portion;
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- a canopy portion arranged over the tire-wheel-assembly lifting portion, wherein the tire-wheel-assembly lifting portion moves the inflated tire-wheel assembly from a first orientation away from the canopy portion to a second orientation in direct contact with the canopy portion for compressing the inflated tire-wheel assembly between the canopy portion and the tire-wheel-assembly lifting portion, wherein the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion includes:
- a head portion, a neck portion and a base portion, wherein a lower surface of the neck portion is connected to and extends away from an upper surface of the base portion, wherein an upper surface of the neck portion is connected to a lower surface of the head portion.
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A method for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising the steps of:
- arranging the inflated tire-wheel assembly upon the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion;
- elevating the inflated tire-wheel assembly from a non-elevated orientation upon the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion to an elevated orientation upon the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion;
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- arranging the inflated tire-wheel assembly in direct contact with a canopy portion such that the inflated tire-wheel assembly is compressed by the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion and the canopy portion, wherein the compressed inflated tire-wheel assembly includes a tire, wherein the compressed inflated tire-wheel assembly results in an upper sidewall surface and a lower sidewall surface of the tire being arranged in substantially sinusoidal orientation.
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A method for processing an inflated tire-wheel assembly, comprising the steps of:
- arranging the inflated tire-wheel assembly upon the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion;
- elevating the inflated tire-wheel assembly from a non-elevated orientation upon the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion to an elevated orientation upon the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion;
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- arranging the inflated tire-wheel assembly in direct contact with a canopy portion such that the inflated tire-wheel assembly is compressed by the tire-wheel-assembly-lifting portion and the canopy portion;
- actuating one or more motors that are connected to one or more of:
- a vibrator and a roller member for conducting work upon the inflated tire-wheel assembly, wherein the vibrator vibrates at a frequency, wherein the frequency includes an amount ranging between approximately about 5600 cycles-per-minute to approximately about 8000 cycles-per-minute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.