Valve construction for tubeless tire

Claim 1

A valve for the bore in a tire rim of a tubeless tire comprising: a tubular metal valve body having a passage communicating with the interior of the tubeless tire; a valve core movable in the passage to block a flow of air therethrough out of the interior of the tubeless tire; said valve body having, a rim surface engagement flange extending radially outwardly of the rim bore and bearing on one side of the rim adjacent the rim bore for fixing said valve body in one direction in the rim bore, a deformable tubular portion permanently deformed from an axial position to a radially outwardly extending position and bearing on an opposite side of the rim adjacent the bore to fix the valve body in an opposite direction, and a sleeve extending through the bore and connecting said deformed tubular portion and said engagement flange, the spacing between said flange and said deformed tubular portion being approximately equal to the length of the rim bore; said deformed tubular portion comprising an initially annular tubular portion extending axially with a remainder of said valve body which is deformed downwardly against an outer surface of the rim adjacent the rim bore; and a soft material lining the outer diameter of which is initially approximately equal in diameter to the diameter of the rim bore, disposed and compressed between the rim bore and said valve body sleeve for establishing an air-tight seal between said valve body and the rim, ends of said soft material lining at opposite ends of the rim bore being bent over by said flange and said deformed tubular portion and pressed into engagement with the one and the opposite side of the rim adjacent the rim bore.