Patent ID: 6761061
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A device for bead engagement and inflation of a tubeless tire on a wheel rim, the device being adapted for use on a tire removal machine having a unit for supporting and locking the wheel rim, wherein the device is adapted to move between a first rest position away from the unit and a second working position near to the unit, said device comprising:a handlebar having two handles and two handgrips on the two handles respectively located at ends of the handlebar; each of the two handles being provided with at least one compressed air delivery nozzle and each of the two handgrips provided with a control member to activate delivery of compressed air to the at least one compressed air delivery nozzle respectively on the two handles; said control members being connected in series to a common valve unit so that the compressed air reaches the compressed air delivery nozzles only when said two control members are simultaneously activated; said delivery nozzles being adapted to be positioned in a gap between the wheel rim and tire when the device is in the second working position.