Patent ID: 6911104

Claim:
A sealant charging process in a sealant-incorporated tire including a loop-shaped sealant chamber ( 6 ) defined along an inner peripheral surface of a tire body ( 1 ) and partitioned from an air chamber ( 5 ) by an inner liner ( 8 , 8 ′), and a sealant ( 7 ) charged in said sealant chamber ( 6 ), characterized in that said process comprises a first step of forming a sealant charging bore ( 8 a ) in said inner liner ( 8 , 8 ′) to communicate with said sealant chamber ( 6 ), a second step of charging the sealant ( 7 ) into said sealant chamber ( 6 ) through said sealant charging bore ( 8 a ), a third step of discharging air present in said sealant chamber ( 6 ) by evacuation, and a fourth step of closing said sealant charging bore ( 8 a ) in a state in which a periphery of said sealant charging bore ( 8 a ) has been clamped.