Patent ID: 8973639
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire wheel assembly, comprising the steps of: providing an apparatus including a plurality of tire support members; arranging the tire adjacent a tire sidewall engaging surface of a tire sidewall engaging device, wherein the tire sidewall engaging device is connected to an upper surface of a first tire support member of the plurality of tire support members; partially arranging the wheel within a passage of the tire such that one or more of an upper bead of the tire and a lower bead of the tire is/are not entirely arranged about a circumference of the wheel; moving the wheel through a first gap formed by a spaced-apart relationship of; a first tire tread engaging device of a second tire support member of the plurality of tire support members, and utilizing the movement of the wheel to impart corresponding movement of the tire through the first gap such that a tread surface of the tire directly engages both of the first tire tread engaging device and the second tire tread engaging device, wherein the movement of the wheel results in the wheel passing through the second gap such that a surface portion of the wheel directly engages the wheel-contacting portion connected respectively to the first tire tread engaging device and the second tire tread engaging device, wherein, as a result of the utilizing the movement step, further comprising the step of