Method and apparatus for mounting and demounting large wheels
AssigneeTribine Industries LLC
InventorBen N. Dillon
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Abstract
Disclosed is an elongate arbor for mounting a wheel or wheel/tire combination onto an axle of a vehicle. One of the axle hub or the wheel bears threaded studs and the other bears tapped holes. The elongate arbor is terminated at one end with elongate fork tubes and at the opposite end with a flange having a plurality of apertures, says 3 apertures. The wheel to be mounted has tapped holes created to match the arbor flange apertures for mounting the wheel onto the arbor with threaded studs. Forks from, for example, a forklift, can be inserted into the elongate forklift tubes to lift and maneuver the arbor/wheel combination to align the wheel mounts with the axle mounts and threaded studs inserted for securement. The large wheel now can be mounted to axle hub of the vehicle.
Claims15
An elongate arbor for mounting a large wheel onto an axle hub of a vehicle, the large wheel having tapped holes created between mounting holes, which comprises:
- the elongate arbor having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (a) the elongate arbor proximal end being terminated with elongate fork tubes;
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- (b) the distal end terminated with a rotatable flange having a plurality of apertures that match tapped holes created in the large wheel;
- the elongate arbor further having a central tube and a plurality of flanges carried thereby and supporting said elongate fork tubes, said central tube having a zerk at its distal end;
- the arbor being configured to have forks inserted into the elongate fork tubes for lifting and maneuvering the flange apertures into alignment with the large wheel tapped holes for insertion of a threaded stud to secure the large wheel onto the elongate arbor.
A method for mounting a large wheel onto an axle hub of a vehicle, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) creating tapped holes in said large wheel between mounting holes;
- (b) providing an elongate arbor having a proximal end and a distal end;
- (i) the elongate arbor proximal end being terminated with elongate fork tubes;
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- (ii) the distal end being terminated with a rotatable flange having a plurality of apertures that match the tapped holes created in the large wheel;
- (c) inserting forks into the elongate fork tubes for lifting and maneuvering the rotatable flange apertures into alignment with the large wheel tapped holes;
- (d) inserting threaded studs into the aligned flange apertures and the large wheel tapped holes to secure the large wheel onto the elongate arbor;
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- (e) mounting said large wheel onto said axle hub using another set of threaded studs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.