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8176960 System for transporting and manipulating tires and wheels  
A factory layout including a track circuit, one or more wheeled carts for traversing the track circuit and a tire/wheel assembly carried by the wheeled cart. One or more work stations can be...
8161632 Flip seal apparatus and system and method for inflating a tire using the same  
An inflator device is disclosed. The inflator device includes a seal assembly that maintains, while sealing from ambient pressure, an open air passageway between a tire bead and wheel bead seat...
8136567 Car tire attachment mechanism  
This application provides a mechanism for the attachment of a tire to a unique style of car rim commonly used on, but not limited to model cars. The device consists of a base plate with a spindle...
8096328 Modular tire inflator  
A tire inflation apparatus for inflating a tire mounted on a rim comprises an inflation head mounted to a moveable inflation shaft of a head position cylinder and an assist cylinder mounted to a...
8051889 Apparatus for tyre-changing machines  
An apparatus for tire-changing machines includes a base having a face turned upward, a supporting and locking platform for wheels, mounted rotating on such face around a rotation axis and defining...
8011412 Tire removal aid for large tires to minimize / eliminate scuffing of the wheel  
An apparatus for protecting the exterior or polished surface of wheels as tires are removed and placed on the wheel. The apparatus includes a substantially flat base having a plurality of...
7997321 Automatic bead seater assembly  
An automatic bead seating assembly to automatically move a bead seating assembly or manifold into contact with a wheel or tire assembly and cause the bead to be seated. The assembly comprises an...
7971621 Filling bell for filling a tubeless tire  
A filling bell can be used to fill a tubeless tire arranged on a wheel rim with a pressurized gas. The filling bell includes an annular sealing face which can be pressed onto a side wall of the...
7905269 Hand-held/portable tire demounting machine  
A tool for pulling a first and second tire bead off of a wheel assembly. The tool is inserted between the bead to be removed and the rim edge, and engages the bead to be removed with a grappling...
7896054 Machine for fitting and removing wheel tires for vehicles  
A machine for fitting and removing wheel tires for vehicles includes a supporting structure of a clamping and rotating device for clamping and rotating the wheel rim and an operating head for...
7896055 Bead holder  
A bead holder for installing a tire on a wheel includes a body portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The second portion includes a flat inner surface and a flat outer surface. The flat...
7882882 Tire changing machine  
A tire changing machine for changing difficult to mount tires is provided. The machine utilizes various implements configured about the machine's chassis in such a way that they do not interfere...
7870883 Method of manufacture of an energy absorbing tire cage  
A tire cage is disclosed for containing the debris from a tire explosion. The cage includes a lightweight energy absorbing material for protecting structural members of the cage from tire explosion...
7866365 Portable tire demounting tool  
A method and apparatus for demounting tires from wheel assemblies with a swiveling dual hook assembly and a prying foot. The tool has two holding hooks that grasp the tool to the wheel and a foot...
7861760 Portable tire demounting tool  
A method and apparatus for demounting tires from wheel assemblies with a hook assembly and a prying foot. One tool has two holding hooks that grasp the tool to the wheel and a foot that is attached...
7845655 System for transporting and manipulating tires and wheels  
A factory layout including a track circuit, one or more wheeled carts for traversing the track circuit and a tire/wheel assembly carried by the wheeled cart. One or more work stations can be...
7832449 Tire mounting and dismounting methods and systems  
Apparatus and methods are described for mounting and dismounting tires. Apparatus typically comprises a pressing assembly positionable relative to a fixed wheel rim such that the pressing assembly...
7828035 Machine for fitting and removing wheel tires for vehicles  
A machine for fitting and removing wheel tires for vehicles includes a bearing structure that supports a clamping and rotating device of the wheel rim for vehicles around a substantially vertical...
7798196 Bead breaker roller head for a tire mounting-demounting machine  
A tire mounting-demounting machine having a bead breaking arm with a work head having a head-holder support (10), bracket member (6) pivoted at one end thereof to the head-holder support (10), a...
7793699 Apparatus for mounting tires on large wheels  
A device for mounting a tire on a wheel that includes a locking ring to hold the tire in place on the wheel, where the device includes a locking member which locks to the rim of the wheel and...
7789116 Wheel unit  
A wheel unit (10) comprises a wheel rim (12), a pneumatic tyre (14) receivable on the wheel rim (12) and a runflat assembly (16) adapted to be seated on the wheel rim (12) to close off a well (22)...
7784519 Tyre fitting machine  
A tire fitting machine having a wheel mounting means 1 which is mounted rotatably about a vertical axis 5 and to which a wheel rim 6 is to be fixed when fitting or removing a tire, wherein the...
7775249 Tire stand  
A method and apparatus for centering a tire on a wheel for concentrically mounting the tire on the wheel. The tire and wheel assembly are placed on an arched member which gravitationally centers...
7743812 Apparatus for fitting or removing a pneumatic tire to or from a rim of a vehicle wheel  
An apparatus for fitting or removing tyre to or from a rim 1 of a vehicle wheel comprising a hooked tool 2 which is controlledly moved in a pivotal connection location 4 along a sliding guide 11...
7740043 Tire changer apparatus  
Tire changer apparatus having a horizontally extended frame; a wheel holder device provided on said frame and designed to support a tired wheel (14) with horizontally positioned wheel axis; a...
7726376 Locking device for a tire mounted on a wheel rim to optimize dynamic balancing of a tired wheel  
The present invention relates to a locking device design to act between a tire and its respective wheel rim for dynamically balancing a tired wheel. The locking device is arranged to be installed...
7712510 Tire installation tool  
An installation tool for mounting a tire to a wheel, the tire and wheel defining a central axis, the tire having opposing annular sides and two circumferential beads that define an opening through...
7703497 Tyre mounting/dismounting machine  
A tire mounting/dismounting machine (1), comprising a base (2), rotating means (3) for supporting and blocking a wheel (100) and a column (4) associated to the base (2), a first arm (7) and a...
7699087 Method for mounting a pneumatic tire  
Method for mounting a pneumatic tire on a well base rim of a motor vehicle wheel, in which the pneumatic tire is grasped by means of a manipulator, brought up to a rim held in a clamping device and...
7677292 Hand-held/portable tire demounting machine  
A tool for pulling a first and second tire bead off of a wheel assembly. The tool is inserted between the bead to be removed and the rim edge, and engages the bead to be removed with a grappling...
7640963 Tire/wheel bead entrapment remover  
A tire/wheel bead entrapment remover is disclosed. The tire/wheel bead entrapment remover includes one or more working assemblies having a circumferential perimeter that substantially engages a...
7631681 Tire-rim separation device  
A portable tire bead breaker comprising a plurality of elements which can be disassembled to form a compact kit. Includes a base over which a tire and rim may be placed, a support member, and a...
7628193 Portable tire changer  
Systems for removing a tire from a rim are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a substantially flat base. A centerpiece is configured to attach to the base. A primary lever...
7621311 Tire-wheel assembly adjuster  
A tire-wheel assembly adjuster is disclosed. The tire-wheel assembly comprises a working assembly adapted to be adjustable along an axis relative a workpiece and a sub-assembly coupled to the...
7614865 Method and apparatus for filling a tire and wheel assembly with a closed cell polyurethane foam  
An apparatus and method for filling a tire and wheel assembly cavity, that can be a large tire and wheel, with a flexible closed cell polyurethane foam that is passed as a mixture of reacting...
7604035 Apparatus for mounting a tire on a vehicle wheel rim  
A tire mounting apparatus includes a mounting head that is rotated by a drive shaft and slidably carries two adjusting plates. A push rod extends coaxially through the drive shaft, and a deflecting...
7591295 Bead breaking unit for tire changing machines  
A bead breaking unit for tire changing machines includes an arm having an adjustable supporting device for the pad against which a tire can be positioned, the adjustable supporting device including...
7584775 Tire mounter and method of mounting tire  
The invention provides a tire mounter capable of preventing a tire from being damaged by minimizing a contact of a bead part of the tire relative to a wheel. The tire mounter, for receiving the...
7562687 Tire mounting lever having a curved mounting surface  
A mounting lever (1) according to one embodiment of the invention for dismantling a vehicle tire from a rim comprises a rod-formed handle portion (101) and a work portion (102) provided at its...
7556078 Multiply sloped, rim traversing, bicycle tire installation tool  
A tool for completing the mounting of a bicycle tire onto its rim that is superior to those provided by the tools of the prior tire irons. The use of a tool is usually required to complete the job...
7556470 Nested-stacked tire separator and bottom unstacker with inflator  
A device for separating individual tires that have become entwined including a movable head for engaging at least one tire in a stack of tires, an engaging finger coupled to the movable head, and...
7546865 Machine for assembling and disassembling a tyre fitted with a rigid inner run-flat ring  
A machine for assembling and disassembling a tyre fitted with a rigid inner run-flat ring, wherein the machine is a tyre removing machine having a turntable; a tool column located alongside the...
7543622 Tire changer having oil injection system  
A tire changer apparatus comprises a rotor operative to support a wheel rim. A toolhead is movable into engagement with the wheel rim during a tire changing operation. A gas distribution network is...
7530383 Method of manufacture of an energy absorbing tire cage  
A tire cage is disclosed for containing the debris from a tire explosion. The cage includes a lightweight energy absorbing material for protecting structural members of the cage from tire explosion...
7513288 Tool for making it easier to mount a tyre onto a rim  
Tool for mounting a tire onto a rim, suitable for making it easier to insert the bead of the tire under the bead-stopping edge of the rim and inside the channel of the rim itself; said tools...
7506671 Multi-size tire filling apparatus and method  
A tire filling apparatus preferably includes a support and seal arrangement on which a wheel-tire combination is supported in a horizontally lying orientation, a tire filling plate, and a plurality...
7500503 Apparatus for assembling tire and wheel  
An apparatus of the present invention is designed for assembling tires having a pair of spaced beads of various diameters and configurations with the respective wheels having a pair of seats...
7497761 Tool for automatically assembling-disassembling a tire to/from a wheel rim  
The present invention relates to a tire assembling-disassembling tool for use in a tire assembling-disassembling machine arranged to rotatable support a tired wheel or wheel rim, said tool being...
7481258 Device for tyre disassembling machines designed to simplify tyre assembling without excessive stretching  
The present invention relates to an improved device for tire disassembling machines in general, designed to simplify tire assembling on rim without excessive stretching.
7455097 Machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheels  
A machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheels includes a base frame, a clamping and rotating device for clamping and rotating the rim of a vehicle wheel around a horizontal rotation axis, which...