Patent ID: 11951701
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE BANDAG, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for servicing a machine having an expandable rim, comprising:
removing a cylindrical rim structure from the machine;
disassembling the cylindrical rim structure to separate a plurality of shoes forming the cylindrical rim structure;
disassembling at least one shoe so as to separate a shoe interface component from a shoe rim component, wherein the shoe interface component is positioned radially inward relative to the shoe rim component;
providing a replacement shoe interface component;
aligning the replacement shoe interface component to the previously removed shoe rim component with pins and connecting the replacement shoe interface component to the shoe rim component to form a replacement shoe;
reassembling the cylindrical rim structure by rejoining the plurality of shoes using the replacement shoe interface component; and
reconnecting the cylindrical rim structure to the machine.