Patent ID: 8613296
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: B60C,B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tire inflating station for inflating a tubeless tire arranged on a rim with a pressurized gas, comprising: a stand; a conveyor arranged on the stand for receiving and further conveying a wheel consisting of a wheel rim and a tire mounted on the wheel rim; an inflation device arranged above the conveyor and having an inflation opening connectable to a gas supply and at least two inflation rings of different diameters from each other and which are configured to engage in a sealing manner with an upper side face of a tire of a wheel arranged lying under the inflation device; and a bearing having a sealing surface which cooperates with a lower side face of the tire and on which the wheel rests during inflation; wherein the inflation device comprises on its lower side a carrier plate which is mounted such that said carrier plate can move backwards and forwards along an axis between at least two working positions in a straight-line mechanism, the inflation rings, seen in a direction of movement of the carrier plate, being attached in tandem in a gas-tight manner on the lower side of the carrier plate, wherein the carrier plate has a respective continuous opening inside each of the inflation rings, and wherein, in each of the at least two working positions of the carrier plate, one of the continuous openings is connected to the inflation opening of the inflation device, said inflation opening being arranged on an upper side of the carrier plate.