Patent ID: 8919413
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B60B,B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing a tire and a wheel for forming a tire-wheel assembly, comprising: at least one linear mounter sub-station that couples the tire with the wheel for forming the tire-wheel assembly; a transporting device that transports one of the wheel and the tire along a linear path that traverses the at least one linear mounter sub-station, wherein a component of the at least one linear mounter sub-station resists, but does not prevent, movement of one of the tire and the wheel relative the other of the tire and the wheel along the linear path in order to spatially manipulate one of the tire and the wheel relative the other of the tire and the wheel in order to at least partially couple the tire with the wheel for forming the tire-wheel assembly; a tire lubricating sub-station that lubricates the tire prior to the at least one linear mounter sub-station coupling the tire with the wheel for forming the tire-wheel assembly; and a wheel lubricating sub-station that lubricates the wheel, prior to the at least one linear mounter sub-station coupling the tire with the wheel for forming the tire-wheel assembly.