Patent ID: 6067849
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B29C,B29D,B60C

Abstract:
A tire repair work station comprising a worker position, an overhead monorail conveyor system including a plurality of depending J-hooks for carrying tires beneath the conveyor system in an upright position, said conveyor system delivering tires to and transporting tires away from the station at an elevation above a comfortable working height, a tire support structure along side the worker position, said structure supporting a tire in an upright position and having mechanisms for spreading apart the beads of a tire, and means for supporting said tire support structure and moving the tire support structure between a lower comfortable working height along side the worker position and an elevated position in which a J-hook in the conveyor system can be disengaged from a tire being delivered to the work station and engaged with a tire to be transported away from the work station.