Patent ID: 9724888
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B29D

Claim:
1. A machine, comprising: an expandable rim including a plurality of shoes arranged symmetrically in a circumferential direction, each of the plurality of shoes including a base portion and a rim portion, the base portion positioned closer to the axis of rotation, the rim portion including a rim segment and flange segments on either side of the rim segment, the rim segment having an original rim width measured along the rotation axis of the rim between inward facing surfaces of the flange segments, said expandable rim is configured so that it may be expanded in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rim; a belt disposed along the rim segment of the plurality of shoes; and a band positioned around a circumference of the rim segment, the band positioned contiguous with an inward facing surface of at least one of the flange segments; wherein an adjusted rim width, measured along the rotation axis between at least one inward facing surface of the band and an inward facing surface of the flange segment at another side of the rim portion, is different than the original rim width; wherein the band includes a plurality of band segments, each of the plurality of band segments defining a circular curvature corresponding to a circular curvature of the rim segment, each of the plurality of band segments securely retained on the rim segment via a retaining member positioned in relation to each of the plurality of band segments.