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US 8,968,619 B2Granted
Method and manufacturing a wheel and tyre combination
AssigneeCapak Ltd.
InventorMichael J. Andrews
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a wheel and a tire comprising the steps of providing a wheel and molding a tire to the wheel. A mold may be placed over the wheel, such that a cavity is formed between an inner surface of the mold and a rim of the wheel, for receiving material to form the tire, which may be in a liquid form and allowed to solidify in the mold to form a tire attached to the wheel.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing a wheel and a tyre combination comprising the steps of:
- providing a wheel having a rim;
- placing a mould over the wheel, such that a cavity is formed between an inner surface of the mould and the rim of the wheel, said cavity receiving material to form the tyre;
- wherein the wheel is provided with an inlet which is fluidly connected by a conduit to an outlet in the rim of the wheel;
- and
- moulding a tyre to the wheel, wherein material to form the tyre is injected into the inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.