Device and a method for obtaining information about a wheel
AssigneeSocieta' Italiana Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche - S.I.C.E. - S.P.A.
InventorGiuliano Vignoli
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Abstract
A device and a method for obtaining information about a wheel, the device including a penetrating body for at least partially inserting between a tire and a rim of a wheel, and a unit for acquiring the images, the unit being installed on a portion of the penetrating body which is designed to be positioned in an internal space between the tire and the rim.
Claims11
A device for obtaining information about a wheel (100), comprising a penetrating body (72) for being at least partially inserted between a tire (101) and a rim (102) of a wheel (100), and a unit (73) for acquiring images installed in a portion of the penetrating body (72) designed to be located internally of the tire (101), in a position between the tire (101) and the rim (102), wherein the penetrating body (72) is flat and narrow in shape to define a probe insertable between the rim flange and the tire bead, wherein the device comprises a profiled arm (70) hinged to a carriage, and wherein the penetrating body (72) is attached to a free end of the profiled arm (70).
A method for obtaining information about a wheel (100) comprising stages of insertion of a penetrating body (72) between the tire (101) and a rim (102) of the wheel (100), and acquiring images using a unit for acquiring (73) installed on the penetrating body (72) designed to be located internally of the tire (101), wherein the penetrating body (72) is flat and narrow in shape to define a probe inserted between the rim flange and the tire bead, wherein the penetrating body (72) is attached to a free end of a profiled arm (70) hinged to a carriage, wherein said stage of insertion of the penetrating body and of acquiring the images are carried out after completing a stage of bead braking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.