Tire mounting tool

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SPREADING THE BEADS OF A TUBELESS TIRE INTO CONTACT WITH THE RIMS OF A VEHICLE WHEEL IN ORDER TO MOUNT SAID TIRE ON SAID WHEEL COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY-CIRCULAR SUPPORT DISC HAVING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDRICAL HOLES BORED RADIALLY INTO ITS PERIPHERY AT EQUALLY SPACED POINTS ABOUT SAID PERIPHERY; (B) A PLURALITY OF SPRING STEEL RODS EACH HAVING ONE END THEREOF FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED IN ONE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOLES AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID DISC, THENCE AT AN ACUTE ANGLE DOWNWARDLY FROM THE HORIZONTAL, AND THEREAFTER VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY A DISTANCE EQUAL TO ABOUT HALF THE BREADTH OF SAID TIRE; (C) A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ANNULAR SLEEVES MOUNTED ON THE LOWER FREE ENDS OF ALL EXCEPT ONE OF SAID RODS; (D) A FLEXIBLE, STEEL CABLE, HAVING A DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY SUCH THAT IT WILL NOT BE SELF-SUPPORTING WHEN FORMED INTO THE GENERAL CONFIGURATION OF A CIRCLE A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO ENCOMPASS BETWEEN ABOUT 180* AND 270* OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID TIRE, PASSING SLIDEABLY THROUGH SAID SLEEVES; (E) HOOK MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT DISC WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT DISC AND ITS APPURTENANT ELEMENTS MAY BE SUSPENDED IN AN ELEVATED POSITION; (F) A FOUR-WAY AIR VALVE MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT DISC AND HAVING A FLUID INLET COUPLING, TWO FLUID OUTLET COUPLINGS AND A FLUID EXHAUST MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID OUTLET COUPLINGS; (G) AN ARCUATE, FLAT, HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED SECTOR HAVING AN INNER RADIUS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE RADIUS OF SAID TIRE; (H) MEANS FOR FIXEDLY ATTACHING THE FREE END OF SAID ONE RADIAL ROD TO SAID SECTOR ADJACENT THE CENTER OF SAID SECTOR; (I) A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HAVING AN AIR-OPERABLE PISTON SLIDEABLY MOUNTED THEREIN AND A PISTON ROD ATTACHED TO SAID PISTON AND PASSING THROUGH ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER; (J) PIVOT MEANS FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SECTOR ADJACENT THE CENTER, OUTER EDGE THEREOF TO PIVOTALLY SUPPORT SAID CYLINDER ON SAID SECTOR; (K) SLEEVE-TYPE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE END OF SAID SECTOR ADJACENT THE FREE END OF SAID PISTON ROD AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ONE END OF SAID CABLE; (L) COUPLING MEANS ADAPTED TO COUPLE SAID ONE END OF SAID CABLE TO SAID FREE END OF SAID PISTON ROD, WHEREBY SAID ONE END OF SAID CABLE WILL BE MOVED BACK AND FORTH THROUGH SAID GUIDE MEANS AS SAID PISTON ROD IS MOVED BACK AND FORTH; (M) AIR LINE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN ONE OF SAID OUTLET COUPLINGS OF SAID VALVE AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDER ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID PISTON; (N) AIR LINE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID FLUID OUTLETS OF SAID VALVE AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDER ADJACENT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PISTON; AND (O) L-SHAPED HOOK MEANS ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CABLE WITH ITS FREE ENDS ORIENTED DOWNWARDLY; (P) SAID SECTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES BORED THERETHROUGH ALONG AN ARCUATE LINE ADJACENT THE END OF SAID SECTOR OPPOSITE THE FREE END OF SAID PISTON ROD AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING END OF SAID L-SHAPED HOOK AND PERMIT ADJUSTMENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CIRCLE FORMED BY SAID SECTOR AND SAID CABLE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SPREADING THE BEADS OF A TUBELESS TIRE INTO CONTACT WITH THE RIMS OF A VEHICLE WHEEL IN ORDER TO MOUNT SAID TIRE ON SAID WHEEL COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY-CIRCULAR SUPPORT DISC HAVING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDRICAL HOLES BORED RADIALLY INTO ITS PERIPHERY AT EQUALLY SPACED POINTS ABOUT SAID PERIPHERY; (B) A PLURALITY OF SPRING STEEL RODS EACH HAVING ONE END THEREOF FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED IN ONE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOLES AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID DISC, THENCE AT AN ACUTE ANGLE DOWNWARDLY FROM THE HORIZONTAL, AND THEREAFTER VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY A DISTANCE EQUAL TO ABOUT HALF THE BREADTH OF SAID TIRE; (C) A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED ANNULAR SLEEVES MOUNTED ON THE LOWER FREE ENDS OF ALL EXCEPT ONE OF SAID RODS; (D) A FLEXIBLE, STEEL CABLE, HAVING A DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY SUCH THAT IT WILL NOT BE SELF-SUPPORTING WHEN FORMED INTO THE GENERAL CONFIGURATION OF A CIRCLE A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO ENCOMPASS BETWEEN ABOUT 180* AND 270* OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID TIRE, PASSING SLIDEABLY THROUGH SAID SLEEVES; (E) HOOK MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT DISC WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT DISC AND ITS APPURTENANT ELEMENTS MAY BE SUSPENDED IN AN ELEVATED POSITION; (F) A FOUR-WAY AIR VALVE MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF SAID SUPPORT DISC AND HAVING A FLUID INLET COUPLING, TWO FLUID OUTLET COUPLINGS AND A FLUID EXHAUST MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID OUTLET COUPLINGS; (G) AN ARCUATE, FLAT, HORIZONTALLY-DISPOSED SECTOR HAVING AN INNER RADIUS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE RADIUS OF SAID TIRE; (H) MEANS FOR FIXEDLY ATTACHING THE FREE END OF SAID ONE RADIAL ROD TO SAID SECTOR ADJACENT THE CENTER OF SAID SECTOR; (I) A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HAVING AN AIR-OPERABLE PISTON SLIDEABLY MOUNTED THEREIN AND A PISTON ROD ATTACHED TO SAID PISTON AND PASSING THROUGH ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER; (J) PIVOT MEANS FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SECTOR ADJACENT THE CENTER, OUTER EDGE THEREOF TO PIVOTALLY SUPPORT SAID CYLINDER ON SAID SECTOR; (K) SLEEVE-TYPE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE END OF SAID SECTOR ADJACENT THE FREE END OF SAID PISTON ROD AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE ONE END OF SAID CABLE; (L) COUPLING MEANS ADAPTED TO COUPLE SAID ONE END OF SAID CABLE TO SAID FREE END OF SAID PISTON ROD, WHEREBY SAID ONE END OF SAID CABLE WILL BE MOVED BACK AND FORTH THROUGH SAID GUIDE MEANS AS SAID PISTON ROD IS MOVED BACK AND FORTH; (M) AIR LINE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN ONE OF SAID OUTLET COUPLINGS OF SAID VALVE AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDER ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID PISTON; (N) AIR LINE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID FLUID OUTLETS OF SAID VALVE AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDER ADJACENT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PISTON; AND (O) L-SHAPED HOOK MEANS ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CABLE WITH ITS FREE ENDS ORIENTED DOWNWARDLY; (P) SAID SECTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES BORED THERETHROUGH ALONG AN ARCUATE LINE ADJACENT THE END OF SAID SECTOR OPPOSITE THE FREE END OF SAID PISTON ROD AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING END OF SAID L-SHAPED HOOK AND PERMIT ADJUSTMENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CIRCLE FORMED BY SAID SECTOR AND SAID CABLE.