Machine and method for fitting and removing a tyre
AssigneeCorghi S.p.A.
InventorGiulio Corghi
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Abstract
A machine (1) for fitting and removing a tire (2) from a corresponding rim (3) of a wheel (4) of a vehicle, comprises: a rotating wheel-holder unit (6); a column (8); an upper arm (15) and a lower arm (23) slidably coupled to the column (8); an upper operating head (16); a lower operating head (24), rotating about a third axis of rotation (C) and equipped with a lower fitting tool (33), elongate in a direction for being operatively inserted between a lower bead of the tire (2) and an upper edge of the rim (3) and angularly spaced from the lower bead breaker tool (32) by a predetermined angle, so that the tools are selectively and alternatively positionable in an operating configuration.
Claims11
A machine for fitting and removing a tyre from a corresponding rim of a wheel for a vehicle, comprising:
- a wheel-holder unit rotating about a first vertical axis of rotation;
- a column having a guide oriented vertically;
- an upper arm and a lower arm, each having a first and a second end;
- a lower carriage coupled to the guide of the column and connected to the first end of the lower arm;
- an upper operating head, coupled to the second end of the upper arm and provided with at least one upper fitting tool and/or a removal tool, designed to be operatively acting on an upper bead of the tyre, the first end of the upper arm being slidably coupled to the column;
- a lower operating head, connected to the second end of the lower arm and provided with at least one lower bead breaker tool designed to operate on a lower bead of the tyre, wherein the lower operating head rotates about a third axis of rotation and is equipped with a lower fitting tool, having an elongate shape for being operatively inserted between a lower bead of the tyre and an upper edge of the rim and angularly spaced from the lower bead breaker tool by a predetermined angle, so that the tools are selectively and alternatively positionable in an operating configuration, wherein the tools are oriented towards the wheel, by rotation of the lower operating head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.