Patent ID: 6026552
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B23P,B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of inserting a tubeless tire valve into a hole of a wheel, comprising:transferring the wheel from a transferring conveyer to a belt of an operational conveyer belt;stopping the wheel by a stopper at a predetermined position;lifting the wheel to a upper predetermined position by a lifter;putting the wheel at a center position of a wheel size detecting device;detecting a wheel size of the wheel by the wheel size detecting device;taking out the wheel from the wheel size detecting device;mounting the wheel on a valve inserting device;positioning the wheel at a predetermined center position of the valve insert device;selecting the tubeless tire valve appropriate to the wheel size;confirming that the tubeless tire valve is correctly selected for the wheel and installed on a tip of a push rod of the valve inserting device;adjusting an attitude and a position of a supporting member mounting a light emitter and a support mounting a light receiver such that a light flux penetrates through the hole;rotating the wheel on the valve inserting device;determining the hole position;correcting the hole position by reversely and slowly turning the wheel;re-adjusting the valve inserting device;pressing the tubeless tire valve into the hole;making certain that the tubeless tire valve is exactly inserted into the hole;retracting the valve insert device; andremoving the wheel from the valve inserting device.