Patent ID: 11865669
Assignee: ANDROID INDUSTRIES LLC
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A pre-conditioning system for conditioning a tire, the system comprising:
a first bead-burnishing mandrel attached to a first shaft;
a second bead-burnishing mandrel attached to a second shaft;
an air pressure source in fluid communication with an internal cavity of the tire; and
a controller in communication with the first mandrel, the second mandrel and the air pressure source, the controller operable to:
arrange the first mandrel adjacent a first bead of the tire and the second mandrel adjacent a second bead of the tire; and
direct pressurized fluid from the air pressure source into the internal cavity of the tire for causing:
the first bead to move while contacting the first bead-burnishing mandrel, and
the second bead to move while contacting the second bead-burnishing mandrel.