Patent ID: 6179033
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for seating a bead of a tubeless tire on rim comprising:a charging reservoir having a control section with a combination fill/quick-release port and an outlet section with an inlet and said charging resevoir also having an outlet, said charging reservoir having a predetermined cross-sectional area;an inflation tank having a predetermined volume and pressure, said inflation tank having a combination inlet/outlet, wherein the inlet/outlet of said inflation tank is connected to the inlet of the outlet section of said charging reservoir;a piston having a control section side and a outlet section side, said piston moveably disposed within the control section of said charging reservoir, said piston having a cross-sectional area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the control section of said charging reservoir such that filling the control section of said charging reservoir with pressurized air via the fill/quick-release port, causes said piston to be releasably urged against the outlet of the outlet section of said charging reservoir substantially preventing the pressurized air from exiting the outlet in the outlet section of the charging reservoir while permitting the pressurized air to bypass said piston to fill said inflation tank and the outlet section of said charging reservoir so that air pressure within the outlet and control sections of said charging reservoir and said inflation tank are at substantially the same pressure and wherein quickly releasing the pressurized air within the control section of said charging reservoir via the fill/quick-release port causes said piston to be propelled away from the outlet of said charging reservoir thus releasing the pressurized air stored in said inflation tank to be substantially explosively released through the outlet of the outlet section of said charging reservoir to seat the bead of the tire on the rim.