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US3214791A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Quadruple post-inflating machine

Assignee: Firwood Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1965-05-11
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1985-05-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Donald E Ericson
  • 👤 Wright Robert William
  • 👤 Woodson B Kilgore

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 13:55
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29D; B29D30/00; B29D30/06; B29D30/0601; B29D30/0633; B29D30/0643

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 250 words
IN AN APPARATUS TO ACCOMMODATE COOLING OF A TIRE AFTER VULCANIZATION AND WHEREIN A TIRE IS ELEVATED FROM A SUPPORT PATH, CLAMPED AND INFLATED IN A FIRST POSITION AND THEN MOVED TO A REMOTE POSITION FOR COOLING WHILE A SECOND TIRE ON THE SUPPORT PATH IS BEING ELEVATED, CLAMPED AND INFLATED IN THE FIRST POSITION, THE IMPROVEMENTS OF A ROTATABLE CARRIAGE MOVABLE ARCUATELY TO TWO ADJUSTED POSITIONS ABOUT A FIXED HORIZONTAL AXIS, MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR ENGAGING, CLAMPING AND INFLATING A TIRE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SEPARABLE CLOSURE ELEMENTS HAVING ANNULAR SURFACES ENGAGEABLE, RESPECTIVELY, WITH THE OPPOSITE BEADS OF A TIRE, MEANS FIXING ONE OF SAID ELEMENTS TO SAID CARRIAGE, MEANS FOR MOVING THE OTHER TO SAID ELEMENTS RELATIVE TO THE CARRIAGE TO A REMOTE FIRST POSITION AT WHICH THE ELEMENT SURFACES ARE SPACED APART THROUGH A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF A TIRE AND AT WHICH THE OTEHR OF SAID ELEMENTS IS POSITIONED BENEATH SAID SUPPORT PATH AND TO SECOND POSITION AT WHICH THE ELEMENT SURFACES ARE SPACED APART THROUGH A DISTANCE NOT GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BEADS OF A TIRE AND AT WHICH SAID OTHER OF SAID ELEMENTS IS POSITIONED ABOVE SAID SUPPORT PATH, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID ELEMENTS TO ONE ANOTHER; MEANS FOR INTERPOSING A TIRE BETWEEN SAID ELEMENTS WHEN SAID OTHER OF SAID ELEMENTS IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION; AND MEANS FOR ARCUATELY MOVING SAID CARRIAGE ABOUT SAID AXIS ONLY WHEN SAID OTHER OF SAID ELEMENTS IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 250 words
IN AN APPARATUS TO ACCOMMODATE COOLING OF A TIRE AFTER VULCANIZATION AND WHEREIN A TIRE IS ELEVATED FROM A SUPPORT PATH, CLAMPED AND INFLATED IN A FIRST POSITION AND THEN MOVED TO A REMOTE POSITION FOR COOLING WHILE A SECOND TIRE ON THE SUPPORT PATH IS BEING ELEVATED, CLAMPED AND INFLATED IN THE FIRST POSITION, THE IMPROVEMENTS OF A ROTATABLE CARRIAGE MOVABLE ARCUATELY TO TWO ADJUSTED POSITIONS ABOUT A FIXED HORIZONTAL AXIS, MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR ENGAGING, CLAMPING AND INFLATING A TIRE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SEPARABLE CLOSURE ELEMENTS HAVING ANNULAR SURFACES ENGAGEABLE, RESPECTIVELY, WITH THE OPPOSITE BEADS OF A TIRE, MEANS FIXING ONE OF SAID ELEMENTS TO SAID CARRIAGE, MEANS FOR MOVING THE OTHER TO SAID ELEMENTS RELATIVE TO THE CARRIAGE TO A REMOTE FIRST POSITION AT WHICH THE ELEMENT SURFACES ARE SPACED APART THROUGH A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF A TIRE AND AT WHICH THE OTEHR OF SAID ELEMENTS IS POSITIONED BENEATH SAID SUPPORT PATH AND TO SECOND POSITION AT WHICH THE ELEMENT SURFACES ARE SPACED APART THROUGH A DISTANCE NOT GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BEADS OF A TIRE AND AT WHICH SAID OTHER OF SAID ELEMENTS IS POSITIONED ABOVE SAID SUPPORT PATH, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID ELEMENTS TO ONE ANOTHER; MEANS FOR INTERPOSING A TIRE BETWEEN SAID ELEMENTS WHEN SAID OTHER OF SAID ELEMENTS IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION; AND MEANS FOR ARCUATELY MOVING SAID CARRIAGE ABOUT SAID AXIS ONLY WHEN SAID OTHER OF SAID ELEMENTS IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION.

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