Patent ID: 8820383
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B25J,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 tire support member that includes a first tire support member, a second tire support member and a third tire support member; arranging the tire adjacent a tire tread engaging surface of a tire tread engaging device, wherein the tire tread engaging device is connected to an upper surface of the first tire support member; partially arranging the wheel within a passage of the tire such that one or both 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 the apparatus; utilizing the movement of the wheel to impart corresponding movement the tire through a second gap formed by a first tire sidewall engaging device and a second tire sidewall engaging device of the apparatus for just prior to, or during movement of the tire through the second gap, imparting movement to the tire tread engaging device with respect to the upper surface of the first tire support member such that the tire tread engaging device is movable from a first orientation away from the first and second tire engaging devices to a second orientation that is proximate the first and second tire engaging devices.