Wheelwright machines inventions 06/08

20080128091 - Tire mounter and method of mounting tire: The invention provides a tire mounter capable of preventing the tire from being damaged by minimizing a contact of a bead part of the tire relative to a wheel. In the tire mounter for receiving a wheel on which a tire is temporarily fixed aslant and mounting the tire on... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080128092 - Apparatus for mounting a tire on a vehicle wheel rim: An apparatus for mounting a tire on a wheel rim 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 rod slopes laterally from the push rod through respective openings in... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.a.

20080128093 - Device for mounting a pneumatic tire onto a vehicle wheel rim: A device for mounting a pneumatic tire onto a vehicle wheel rim comprises a handling robot, including a robot hand (7), which is movable about a plurality of axes and comprises a rotationally drivable flange (8) and a gripper (2) attached thereto, the gripper including a base element (10) and... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.